Tektronix user manual Phaser 240 Color Printer

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User Manual

Phaser™ 240 Color Printer

First printing February 1995 070-9238-00

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Contents Phaser 240 Color Printer Page Phaser 240 Warranty Users safety summary Contents Printing Supplies Caring for Your PrinterFront and Rear Panels TroubleshootingTechnical Notes Regulatory Information Index Moving Your PrinterPhaser 240 Color Printer Introduction Introduction Connecting the printer Setting up the printerInstalling a driver on your computer Setting up computer portsWhat you get with your printer Setting up the printerRollTransfer KitCleaning Printer options Installing the optional Lower Tray Assembly 9238-03 Removing the packing material from inside the printer Install the transfer roll Adding paper or transparencies 10Phaser 240 Color Printer 9238-10 12Phaser 240 Color Printer Installing options Printer ports Connecting the printerLocalTalk connection Connecting the printer to a single computer using LocalTalk Parallel connection Ethernet connection Connecting the power and turning on the printer Front panel at power-up Rear panel at power-up Startup When the printer is ready for operationPhaser 240 drivers and utilities diskettes Installing a driver on your computerMicrosoft Windows PC usersGetting Set Up LPT1 or LPT2 Interface SelectNetwork button DOS Macintosh users Installing the Phaser 240 driver 30Phaser 240 Color Printer Installing the Phaser 240 GX driver 32Phaser 240 Color Printer Workstation users Parallel port setup Setting up PC ports DOSWhat next? Turning on and off the startupGetting Set Up 36Phaser 240 Color Printer Which computer? PrintingPrinting from a PC Windows Printing from a PC DOS Printing from a Macintosh Using the Phaser 240 driverUsing the Phaser 240 GX driver Workstation Operating System Printing from a Unix or VMS workstationPrinting Printing from speciﬁc applications Perforated paper and transparencies Margins and print areaNon-perforated plain paper Recommended paper tray selections Using two paper traysPrint modes Selecting driver featuresColor corrections Resident typefaces PostScript FontsDownloading fonts Resident typefaces PCL5Installing Macintosh screen fonts Printer languages PostScript, HP-GL, PCL5 Enabling and disabling automatic language switchingPrinting hints Why should I use perforated paper?Getting the largest printed picture How long does it take to make a print?Overview Importance of cleaningWhen to clean Cleaning kit Cleaning the thermal head and transfer roll guide Cleaning the printer with every transfer roll changeCleaning the paper-feed rollers Cleaning the paper-pick rollers 9238-26 9238-27 9238-28 Cleaning the transfer roll sensor pad Cleaning the printer every 5,000 prints9238-30 Cleaning the drum Cleaning the exit rollers Caring for Your Printer 14Phaser 240 Color Printer Selecting Media Image Options Selecting media size Phaser 240 special paper sizesLetter-size media A4-size media Phaser 240 GX Macintosh driver Phaser 240 Macintosh driver based on LaserWriterTektronix driver for Windows Upper Tray Selecting media traysLower Tray Auto SelectDifferent ways of selecting media trays Selecting print quality High ResolutionStandard EnhancedDifferent ways of selecting print quality Selecting image orientation Phaser 240 Macintosh driver LaserWriter 7.1.2-basedOrientation option is in the Setup dialog box Selecting media type TekColor Dynamic Correction Using ColorGeneral guidelines Working with colorColor design guidelines Using color in presentationsText and font guidelines Using color corrections Raw Cmyk Raw RGB Color corrections tableDifferent ways of selecting color corrections Using a Tektronix driver for selecting color corrections Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Application color corrections Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue Turning off all color correctionsClosely match printing press colors Simulating display screen colorsPrinting in gray scale Using the printer’s current color settingUse simple color conversions Color sampler chart ﬁles Printing the color sampler chartsIllustration Before you print the CMYK, RGB, and HSB color charts Macintosh users Printing and using the CMYK, RGB, and HSB color chartsChoose Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu 18Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities If you are printing from a Tektronix driver If you are not using a Tektronix driverPC color correction Utility ﬁle name PC and workstation usersIf you are printing from a Tektronix driver Color correction None Before printing the Pantone Color chartSelect Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu Printing and using the Pantone Color chart24Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities PC and workstation users 26Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Using Fonts Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique Printer fontsMacintosh fonts Using Macintosh screen fontsIf you are using System Software Installing the decompressed fontsIf you are using System Software 7.0 and later Decompressing the fontsPrinting a font sampler from the Macintosh Downloading fonts to the printer from a Macintosh PC fonts Using fonts with WindowsDownloading fonts to the printer from a PC Printing a font sampler from a PCTo access the BBS 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, call 503 Using the Tektronix Bulletin Board ServiceGetting help Reaching the Customer Support staffUse HAL in the U.S.A. and Canada Using the automated fax systemsCountry Number Use EuroHAL in EuropePress # Electronic mail requests Downloading Tektronix ﬁles from the InternetOpening the Read ME ﬁles on the Macintosh diskette Other electronic addresses and telephone numbersPostScript printing errors Solving PostScript printing problemsMacintosh users PC/Windows usersTo upgrade your software Random PostScript errorsUsing a PostScript error handler PC and workstation users All users Improving print speedUnix workstation users Windows usersGeneral things to check for If your ﬁle doesn’t printIf Background Printing is turned on, turn it off If you can’t print from Windows to an LPT port If you are using PC/NFSCheck the printer’s language mode From Windows Fixing timeout problems in WindowsFrom DOS General Printed colors are not what you expectedPrinting Pantone Colors Blue colors look too purpleColors are printing incorrectly PC and workstation users Selecting page sizes in Windows applications Driver and utility ﬁle interactions Sharing the printer on a networkLaserWriter Utility does not work Resetting the printer PC and workstation users If you have problems using the paper trays 26Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities System requirements Using Phaser 240 GX DriverInstalling the Phaser 240 GX printer driver Creating a desktop printer 4Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Setting up unique desktop printers Using a desktop printerIf you are using non-GX-aware applications If you are using GX-aware applicationsPrinting with a desktop printer Control printing Using the Printing menuFrom the Printing menu, select Set Default Printer Designating a default desktop printerControlling input trays Select Extension Setup from the Printing menu Using printing extensionsSelecting printing options Select Printer Utilities from the Printing menu Downloading printer utilitiesUtilities Where to ﬁnd details Select Send PostScript File from the Printing menu Download PostScript ﬁlesAbout shared printers Setting up a shared printerUsing a shared printer Printing from QuickDraw GX-aware applications Using the Page Setup commandSetup options Print dialog box options Using the Print commandUsing the Paper Match printing extension Using the TekColor printing extensionPrinting from non-QuickDraw GX-aware applications Changing a desktop printer’s default selectionsDisabling QuickDraw GX Viewing printer status Modifying Printer Operations Choose Set Startup Page from the Utilities menu Enabling and disabling the startupPrinting a startup Printing a conﬁguration PC and workstation users Setting the printer’s EtherTalk zone Choose Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu PC and workstation users Using Different Printer Language Modes Setting PostScript and HP-GL job and wait timeouts ManualFeedTimeout 0 to JobTimeOut 0 toChanging the printer’s language mode Printing HP-GL ﬁles Printing PostScript ﬁlesPrinting PCL5 ﬁles HP-GL mode Testing the printer’s language modePostScript mode CTRL-D Setting default HP-GL pen colors5 1.0 0.0 10Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Index Index-2Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Index-3 Index-4Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Index-5 Driver, see Macintosh printer driver Quality modes, see print quality modes QuickDraw GX Index-8Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Index-9 Index-10Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities

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