Contents
S E R P R I N T E R S
S E R P R I N T E R S
V3 January 071-0236-00
Pantone, Inc
Terms in manual Caution
User safety summary
Symbols as marked on product
Terms on product Caution
For Users in Japan
Contents
Troubleshooting
Printer Management
Using Color
Using Printer Utilities
Connecting Peripheral Devices
Regulatory Information and Specifications
Using Your Printer with a Scanner
Index
Color Printer Resources
Chapter
Printed and on-line books
Setup Guide
PhaserShare Networking Setup Guide
User Guide
What it includes Where to find it
Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual
PhaserShare Networking Manual
Tektronix World Wide Web sites
Color Connection
PhaserLink software
TekSMART Knowledge Base
What it includes
All about media
Paper Trays
Transparency Trays
Multi-Purpose Tray
Use the Multi-Purpose Tray for specialty media
Margins and print area
Supported media sizes selected in drivers and front panel
Margins Media Size Print area Top Bottom Sides
Media hints
U T I O N
Loading media trays
Loading paper
Loading letterhead paper
Loading Tektronix transparencies
Using the Transparency tray
Using the Multi-Purpose Tray
Hints for making transparencies
Using the Multi-Purpose Tray
Standard media
Specialty media
Setting media thickness
Thin Medium Thick
Inserting the media
Media type Tray capacity
Loading specialty media in the Multi-Purpose Tray
Tektronix Transparencies
Letterhead
0236-14
Tektronix Glossy Coated Paper / Card Stock
Printing hints
Envelopes
Your application
Guidelines for printing envelopes
Envelope printing hints
A supported printer driver
Laser labels
Sheet size Label size Avery label Setting
Guidelines for printing on labels
Tektronix Fabric Transfer Media
Guidelines for printing on Fabric Transfer media
Automatic duplex
Duplex printing
Automatic duplex
Manual duplex
PC Windows 95 / Windows
Macintosh LaserWriter
PC Windows
PC Windows NT4
Manual duplex
Multi-Purpose Tray recommended
Paper trays
Using the Multi-Purpose Tray
Side
Media type Front panel selection
3 4 5 6
Using a Paper tray
32564-09a
Adjusting margins
Adjusting margins for a single-sided print
Scroll to Adjust Top Margin. Press Menu
Adjusting margins for a duplex print
Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers
Resident typefaces PCL5
Using fonts
Resident typefaces PostScript
Downloading fonts
Downloading fonts from a Macintosh
Printing a list of resident fonts
From a Macintosh
From a PC or workstation
Using Quick Collate
Requirements
Quick Collate hints
Using Slip Sheets
Enable Check Print and reset the timeout
Previewing with Check Print
Use Check Print
Using Image Smoothing
Automatic tray switching
Macintosh
Output Order Face Down
Output Order
Output Order Face Up
Output Order hints
Installing the plug-in
PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop
Installing the plug-in Macintosh
Compatibility requirements
Installing the plug-in Windows
Using the plug-in
Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box
Print using Macintosh
Number of copies
Print using Windows
Printer name
Printer model
Media
Media size selection
Color Correction
Quality
Fast preview
Output face up
Check Print
Image Smoothing
Stylized representation
Scaling an image
Replicate images
Landscape orientation
Center images
Image size
Image separation
Number of images
Image layout
Media size display
Show color preview of image
Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers
Consumables
User-replaceable components
Order numbers Average life % of coverage
When to replace components
Toner Cartridges
Front panel messages
Fuser Roll
Imaging Unit
Fuser
Order numbers Average life
Consumable life information
Transfer Kit
Main Charge Grid
Usage Profile Report
Status of each consumable
Using the information on the Consumables
LOW
Troubleshooting
On-line support
Customer Support Centers
Customer Support Centers
Getting information by fax
Country Numbers
Diagnostic tools
Service Print Configuration
Consumables
PhaserLink Printer Management Software Front panel
Usage Profile Report
Color Density Samples Color Reference Margin Adjust Pages
Calibrate Margins
Basic rules for troubleshooting
Where does the symptom appear? Solution
Maintaining print quality
Symptoms and solutions
Symptom Possible Causes Solution
Front Panel Messages
Front Panel Messages contd
Fuser expired
Print quality problems
Print quality problems contd
To avoid the problem
Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers
Approximately on the same
Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers
Entire page prints in black, including the borders
Quality
Symptom Solution
If you can’t make a print
Problems with jams
Problems with image size and position
Problems with automatic duplexing
SymptomSolution
Printed colors are not what you expected
Printed colors are not what you expected contd
Presentation, change it to Standard
Print quality hints
Double-sided printing
Media hints
Media handling
Specialty media
Improving print speed
Relative port speed
Fastest print time
Printed colors are not what you expected
Using the Tektronix halftone screens
Printing Pantone Colors
Selecting page sizes in Windows applications
Windows
Feature set PostScript printer description file ppd
Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows
Sharing the printer on a network
Driver, utility files, and front panel interactions
If the Apple Printer Utility does not work AppleTalk
Startup page prints even though it is disabled
Error messages on the Startup
MessageDescription
Windows 3.1 users
PostScript printing errors
Macintosh users
Windows 95 users
Enabling the PostScript error handler
Error codes
Error User Corrective Action
If problem persists for Error 30, clean the sensor. See
Error 80, 81, 82, 83, Turn the printer off, then on.
Clearing a media jam
Solution
Jam at a
Jam at B
Jam at C
101
Jam at D
103
Jam at E
Jam at Multi-Purpose
Jam at Duplex Unit
Occasional cleaning
107
Paper-pick rollers a
Duplex Unit
Sensor
Printing the cleaning
Phaser 740 Color Printer
Cleaning the sensor
Cleaning other rollers
PhaserLink Printer Management software
Printer Management
For the system administrator
For the service provider
Usage Profile
Job Accounting
From utility files
From PhaserLink Printer Management software
Enabling and disabling the Startup
From the printer’s front panel
Changing the Energy Star timeout
Protected mode for the front panel menu
Macintosh utility files
PC utility files
Using Color
Print-quality modes
Color corrections
DIC
Controlling color density
Print the Color Reference
Color
Adjust the colors
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Calibrate Colors menu selections
Menu item What it does How it works
Printing the Color Sampler Charts
Overview
Color charts
Color sampler chart descriptions
Selecting a color correction file
Installing color correction files
Printing samplers from a Macintosh
Downloading a color correction file
Printing a color sampler chart
Printing the desired color from an application
Printing samplers from a PC
Selecting a color correction in an application
Printing a color sampler chart from the front panel
Scroll to RGB Color Sampler or Cmyk Color Sampler
Pantone Color Files
Methods of printing Pantone Colors
Printer-specific Pantone Colors
Pantone Colors from color selection books
For final output on a color printing press
Installing the Pantone Color files
Macintosh
Printing the Pantone Color Chart
Printing the entire chart
Printing individual pages from Acrobat Reader
From a nonsupported driver
Using the files on the printer’s CD-ROM
Using the Apple Printer Utility to download files
Downloading files from a Macintosh
Using Printer Utilities
Using the Apple Printer Utility to perform other tasks
Turning on/off the Startup
Changing the printer’s AppleTalk name
Downloading files from a PC
Windows
Windows 95 / Windows
Windows NT
Downloading files from the Tektronix World Wide Web site
Downloading files from the Tektronix ftp server
Type anonymous
Page
Scsi peripheral devices
Device Uses
Connecting Scsi devices
Required items
Connection overview
Connecting one Scsi device
Connecting multiple Scsi devices
Initializing a formatted Scsi device
Macintosh users
PC and workstation users
Enabling and disabling SysStart Job execution
NOSYSTRT.PS
Using Your Printer with a Scanner
Overview
Making copies
Copying a single
Copying multiple pages with an Auto-Document Feeder
Using the front panel Copier Menu
Reset Factory Defaults
Copier Menu
Placing and scaling images
Copying at 100% scale
Copying to fit full-bleed images
Scaling images using Zoom
Scaling images using Scan Area
Regulatory Information and Specifications
Declaration of conformity
For 220-230 VAC equipment
Environmental Phenomena Test Specification Basic Standard
FCC Class B device
R N I N G
Material Safety Data Sheets
Msds for Toner
Toxicological Information
Physical And Chemical Properties
Stability And Reactivity
Ecological Information
Specifications
Power Consumption
Dimensions of Lower Tray Assembly
State Average power
Index
Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers
167
CMYK.PS
169
Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers
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