Tektronix 740L manual Troubleshooting, Printer Management

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Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

On-line support

63

 

 

 

Customer Support Centers

64

 

Getting information by fax

65

 

Diagnostic tools

66

 

 

 

Maintaining print quality 69

 

Symptoms and solutions

70

 

Print quality hints

 

83

 

 

 

Media hints 84

 

 

 

 

 

Media handling

84

 

 

Double-sided printing

84

 

If your printer has an Automatic Duplex/Lower Tray Assembly installed 84

 

Specialty media

84

 

 

Improving print speed

85

 

Relative port speed

85

 

Fastest print time

85

 

 

Printed colors are not what you expected

86

 

 

Printing PANTONE Colors

87

 

 

 

 

Using the Tektronix halftone screens

87

 

 

Selecting page sizes in Windows applications

88

 

Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows

89

 

 

Sharing the printer on a network 90

 

 

 

 

Startup page prints even though it is disabled

91

 

PostScript printing errors

92

 

 

 

 

 

Enabling the PostScript error handler

93

 

 

 

Error codes

94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clearing a media jam

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at A

98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at B

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at C

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at D

102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at E

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at Multi-Purpose

105

 

 

 

 

 

Jam at Duplex Unit 106

 

 

 

 

 

Occasional cleaning

107

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing the cleaning page

109

 

 

 

 

Cleaning the sensor

110

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning other rollers

110

 

 

 

 

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Printer Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PhaserLink™ Printer Management software

111

 

Usage Profile

112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Job Accounting 113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enabling and disabling the Startup Page

114

 

Changing the Energy Star timeout

115

 

 

 

Protected mode for the front panel menu

 

116

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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 User safety summary Symbols as marked on productTerms in manual Caution Terms on product CautionFor Users in Japan Contents Troubleshooting Printer ManagementConnecting Peripheral Devices Using ColorUsing Printer Utilities Index Regulatory Information and SpecificationsUsing Your Printer with a Scanner Color Printer Resources ChapterSetup Guide PhaserShare Networking Setup GuidePrinted and on-line books User GuideAdvanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual PhaserShare Networking ManualWhat it includes Where to find it Tektronix World Wide Web sitesPhaserLink software TekSMART Knowledge BaseColor Connection What it includesTransparency Trays All about mediaPaper Trays Multi-Purpose Tray Use the Multi-Purpose Tray for specialty mediaMargins Media Size Print area Top Bottom Sides Margins and print areaSupported media sizes selected in drivers and front panel Media hints U T I O NLoading letterhead paper Loading media traysLoading paper Loading Tektronix transparencies Hints for making transparencies Using the Transparency trayUsing the Multi-Purpose Tray Specialty media Using the Multi-Purpose TrayStandard media Setting media thickness Thin Medium ThickInserting the media Media type Tray capacityLoading specialty media in the Multi-Purpose Tray Tektronix TransparenciesLetterhead 0236-14 Tektronix Glossy Coated Paper / Card Stock Printing hints Envelopes Guidelines for printing envelopes Envelope printing hintsYour application A supported printer driverLaser labels Sheet size Label size Avery label Setting Guidelines for printing on labelsTektronix Fabric Transfer Media Guidelines for printing on Fabric Transfer media Duplex printing Automatic duplexAutomatic duplex Manual duplexMacintosh LaserWriter PC WindowsPC Windows 95 / Windows PC Windows NT4Paper trays Manual duplexMulti-Purpose Tray recommended Media type Front panel selection Using the Multi-Purpose TraySide 3 4 5 6 Using a Paper tray 32564-09a Adjusting margins Adjusting margins for a single-sided printScroll to Adjust Top Margin. Press Menu Adjusting margins for a duplex print Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers Using fonts Resident typefaces PostScriptResident typefaces PCL5 Downloading fontsDownloading fonts from a Macintosh From a PC or workstation Printing a list of resident fontsFrom a Macintosh Quick Collate hints Using Quick CollateRequirements Using Slip Sheets Enable Check Print and reset the timeout Previewing with Check PrintUse Check Print Macintosh Using Image SmoothingAutomatic tray switching Output Order Output Order Face UpOutput Order Face Down Output Order hintsPhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop Installing the plug-in MacintoshInstalling the plug-in Compatibility requirementsInstalling the plug-in Windows Using the plug-inNumber of copies Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog boxPrint using Macintosh Printer model Print using WindowsPrinter name Media size selection Color CorrectionMedia QualityCheck Print Fast previewOutput face up Scaling an image Image SmoothingStylized representation Landscape orientation Center imagesReplicate images Image sizeImage separation Number of imagesShow color preview of image Image layoutMedia size display Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers Consumables User-replaceable componentsWhen to replace components Toner CartridgesOrder numbers Average life % of coverage Front panel messagesImaging Unit FuserFuser Roll Order numbers Average lifeMain Charge Grid Consumable life informationTransfer Kit Usage Profile Report Status of each consumableUsing the information on the Consumables LOWTroubleshooting On-line supportCustomer Support Centers Customer Support CentersGetting information by fax Country NumbersConsumables Diagnostic toolsService Print Configuration PhaserLink Printer Management Software Front panel Usage Profile ReportColor Density Samples Color Reference Margin Adjust Pages Calibrate MarginsMaintaining print quality Basic rules for troubleshootingWhere does the symptom appear? Solution Front Panel Messages Symptoms and solutionsSymptom Possible Causes Solution Front Panel Messages contd Fuser expiredPrint quality problems Print quality problems contd To avoid the problemPhaser 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 printProblems with jams Problems with image size and positionPrinted colors are not what you expected Problems with automatic duplexingSymptomSolution Printed colors are not what you expected contd Presentation, change it to StandardPrint quality hints Media hints Media handlingDouble-sided printing Specialty mediaFastest print time Improving print speedRelative port speed Printed colors are not what you expected Using the Tektronix halftone screens Printing Pantone ColorsSelecting page sizes in Windows applications WindowsFeature set PostScript printer description file ppd Fonts printing incorrectly from WindowsIf the Apple Printer Utility does not work AppleTalk Sharing the printer on a networkDriver, utility files, and front panel interactions MessageDescription Startup page prints even though it is disabledError messages on the Startup PostScript printing errors Macintosh usersWindows 3.1 users Windows 95 usersEnabling the PostScript error handler Error codes Error User Corrective ActionIf 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 aJam at B Jam at C 101 Jam at D 103 Jam at E Jam at Multi-Purpose Jam at Duplex Unit Occasional cleaning 107Sensor Paper-pick rollers aDuplex Unit Printing the cleaning Phaser 740 Color PrinterCleaning the sensor Cleaning other rollersPhaserLink Printer Management software Printer ManagementUsage Profile For the system administratorFor the service provider Job Accounting From PhaserLink Printer Management software Enabling and disabling the StartupFrom utility files From the printer’s front panelChanging the Energy Star timeout PC utility files Protected mode for the front panel menuMacintosh utility files Using Color Print-quality modesColor corrections DICControlling color density Print the Color ReferenceColor Adjust the colors 121Calibrate Colors menu selections Menu item What it does How it worksPrinting the Color Sampler Charts OverviewColor charts Color sampler chart descriptionsInstalling color correction files Printing samplers from a MacintoshSelecting a color correction file Downloading a color correction filePrinting a color sampler chart Printing the desired color from an applicationPrinting 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 SamplerPrinter-specific Pantone Colors Pantone Color FilesMethods of printing Pantone Colors Pantone Colors from color selection books For final output on a color printing pressInstalling the Pantone Color files MacintoshPrinting individual pages from Acrobat Reader Printing the Pantone Color ChartPrinting the entire chart From a nonsupported driver Downloading files from a Macintosh Using the files on the printer’s CD-ROMUsing the Apple Printer Utility to download files Using Printer Utilities Changing the printer’s AppleTalk name Using the Apple Printer Utility to perform other tasksTurning on/off the Startup Windows 95 / Windows Downloading files from a PCWindows Windows NT Downloading files from the Tektronix World Wide Web site Downloading files from the Tektronix ftp server Type anonymousPage Scsi peripheral devices Device UsesConnection overview Connecting Scsi devicesRequired items Connecting one Scsi device Connecting multiple Scsi devices PC and workstation users Initializing a formatted Scsi deviceMacintosh users Enabling and disabling SysStart Job execution NOSYSTRT.PSUsing Your Printer with a Scanner OverviewMaking copies Copying a singleCopying multiple pages with an Auto-Document Feeder Using the front panel Copier Menu Reset Factory Defaults Copier MenuPlacing and scaling images Copying at 100% scaleCopying to fit full-bleed images Scaling images using Zoom Scaling images using Scan AreaRegulatory Information and Specifications Environmental Phenomena Test Specification Basic Standard Declaration of conformityFor 220-230 VAC equipment FCC Class B device R N I N GMaterial Safety Data Sheets Msds for Toner Physical And Chemical Properties Stability And ReactivityToxicological Information Ecological InformationSpecifications State Average power Power ConsumptionDimensions of Lower Tray Assembly Index Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers 167 CMYK.PS 169 Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers Printed on recycled paper
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