AR-M256 (serv.man10). Specification (Extracted from Service Manual) - Sharp Copying Equipment Specification (repair manual). Page 6

AR-M256/M257/M258/M316/M317/M318/5625/5631  SPECIFICATIONS  3 - 6

* Default

Item

Detail

Print Speed

15ppm: 600dpi (including transfer from PC)
25ppm: ROPM (AR-M256/ M257/ 5625)
31ppm: ROPM (AR-M316/ M317/ 5631)

Resolution

600dpi

Smoothing

600dpi

Toner Save Mode

Standard

Input tray

Multi Bypass tray
Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3, Tray 4 
(Depending on conditions of the machine 
and option installation.)

Duplex print

Standard

Finisher

Option

Printer driver

Standard

Manual 
(Online manual)

Standard

Platform

IBM PC/ AT (Include compatible machine)

Support OS 
(Printer Driver)

Windows 98/ Me
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP5 or later)
Windows 2000
Windows XP/ XP x64
Windows Vista/ Vista x64

Machine

OS

IBM PC/ AT (Include 
compatible machine)

Windows 98/ Me
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP5 or later)

Windows 2000

Windows XP/ XP x64
Windows Vista/ Vista x64

Function

Content

General

Copies

1-999

Orientation

Portrait

Landscape

Collate

Collate

Uncollate

Document Style

1-Sided, 2-Sided (Book), 

2-Sided (Tablet)

N-up printing

2/ 4

N-up Order

Z

N-up Border

Yes/ No

User Setting

Yes

Paper Input

Paper Size

A3/ B4/ A4/ B5/ A5/ B6/ A6/ 

Ledger (11x17) /

Legal (8.5 x 14) /

Foolscap (8.5 x 13) /

Letter (8.5 x 11) /

Invoice (5.5 x 8.5)/ Folio/ 

Executive/ COM-10 /

DL/ C5/ 8K/ 16K

Custom Paper Size

1 size

Source Selection

• Auto

• Bypass (Auto)

• Bypass (Manual)

• Tray 1/ 2/ 3/ 4

Paper Input

Paper Type

Tray: 
Normal paper, letter head 
paper, recycle paper, colored 
paper
Bypass: 
Normal paper,  recycle paper, 
OHP, label paper, gift 
wrapping paper, postcards, 
double postal card (no folding 
line), envelope, postcard 
paper, coarse paper, No. 2 
master drawing, thick paper

Transparency print

Yes/ No

Paper Output

Output Tray Selection • Center Tray

• Upper Tray

• Finisher Offset tray

Staple

Yes/ No

Graphic

Print Quality

 Normal

Draft

Photo

Smoothing

Yes/ No

Toner save

Yes/ No

Photo Enhancement 

Yes/ No

Fit to Page

Yes/ No

2 Gradation print

Yes/ No

Image Adjustment

Brightness: 0 to 100

Contrast: 0 to 100

Watermark

Watermark

(None)/ TOP SECRET/ 

CONFIDENTIAL/ DRAFT/ 

ORIGINAL/ COPY

User setting

Add/ Update/ Delete

Position

Center
X: ±50

Y: ±50

Size

6 to 300

Angle

±90

Gray Scale

0 to 255

Edit Font

Yes

On first page only

Yes/ No

Configuration 
Setting

Input Trays

Two/ Three/ Four trays

Output Tray Options

None/ Upper Tray/ Staple 

Finisher

Set Tray Status

Yes

Version Information

Yes

Others

ROPM

Yes/ No

Mode

Control

Content

Resolution/ 
Print quality

600dpi 
(Fixed)

Print quality is selected from 
Normal*/ Draft/ Photo.

Smoothing

On*

Smoothing function is ON.

Off

Smoothing function is OFF.

Toner Save Mode

On

Toner save function is ON.

Off*

Toner save function is OFF. 

Photo Enhancement 

On

Photo enhancement function is ON. 

Off*

Photo enhancement function is 
OFF. 

2 Gradation print

On

2-Gradation print function is ON. 

Off*

2-Gradation print function is OFF. 

Function

Content