3Com 860 Printer Management

Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual 27

Printer Management

Printer Management

You can configure and manage your printer:

■On the front panel

■Using CentreWare IS Printer Management software

■Through Usage Profile Reports, which can be emailed when the printer needs

attention (such as needing more paper)

This section covers the following features related to the operation of your printer:

■The printer’s Startup Page — seepage 30

■Protected mode for the front panel menus — seepage 31

■Sys/Start Job execution — seepage 32

■Manual feed timeout — seepage 33

■Front panel intensity — seepage 33

■Front panel contrast — seepage 34

■Intelligent Ready mode — seepage 34

■Front panel language — seepage 35

■Automatic tray switching — see page 35

CentreWare IS Printer Management software

CentreWare Internet Services™ Printer Management software is a printer management tool

that uses a web browser to connect to the printer and gather printer information:

■Job status

■Job accounting

■Printer usage

■Routine troubleshooting

■Configuration of printer settings

CentreWare IS requires a TCP/IP connection. To view information on your printer, enter

your printer’s IP address as the URL in a web browser. For example, if your printer’s IP

address is 113.25.72.34, the URL would be http://113.25.72.34. The CentreWare IS

interface appears on your computer’s screen.

For detailed information on CentreWare IS Printer Management software, refer to its

online help. You can access interactive troubleshooting assistance by

selecting Technical Support from the Support tab.

For general information, access the following web site:

www.xerox.com/officeprinting/products/860/sprt.html

then click the CentreWare link

Contents

Main Page Page ii Phaser 860 Color Printer Contents Page Advanced Features 2 Phaser 860 Color Printer Advanced Features Print quality modes You can specify the print quality in a supported driver: On the Setup tab, select a print quality by clicking or dragging the scroll bar. On the Paper/Quality tab, select a print quality by clicking or dragging the scroll bar. On the Print Quality tab, select a print quality by clicking or dragging the scroll bar. TekColor color corrections Secure prints, proof prints, and saved prints Printing secure print, proof print, and saved print jobs Deleting secure print, proof print, and saved print jobs Separation pages Collating copies N-up Booklet printing Negative and mirror images Scaling Watermarks Image smoothing Color and Color Sampler Charts Color Sampler Charts Printing a color sampler chart from the printers front panel Printing the colors from an application Printing the color sampler charts with CentreWare IS Printing the color sampler charts with utility files From a Macintosh From a PC or workstation PANTONE Colors Printing PANTONE Colors from the color selection book Printing printer-specific PANTONE Colors Installing the PANTONE Color files Printing the PANTONE Color Chart from a Macintosh Printing the PANTONE Color Chart from a PC PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop Installing the plug-in Using the plug-in Page Fonts Resident typefaces (PostScript) Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual 21 Fonts 22 Phaser 860 Color Printer Fonts Resident typefaces (PCL5C) Downloading fonts Downloading fonts from a Macintosh Downloading fonts from a PC Printing a list of resident fonts Listing the fonts from a Macintosh Listing the fonts from a PC Printer Management CentreWare IS Printer Management software Usage Profile Email notification Page Operational features The printers Startup Page Protected mode for the front panel menus SysStart Job execution Manual feed timeout Front panel intensity Front panel contrast Intelligent Ready mode Front panel language Selecting the source for cleaning pages Automatic tray switching Printer Utilities Utility files on the printers CD-ROM Installing the utility files on a Macintosh Installing the utility files on a PC Utility files on the Xerox web site Downloading utility files from a Macintosh Using the Apple Printer Utility to perform other tasks Downloading utility files from a PC Downloading files from Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows Me Downloading files from Windows NT/Windows 2000 Downloading files if your printer is connected to a Novell Netware network Downloading files if your printer is connected to Windows NT Page Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Getting Help Printer CD-ROM Advanced Network Management Tools CD-ROM Printers front panel and internal pages Windows driver and driver help system Xerox web sites CentreWare IS Other online services To find a local reseller Indicator light problems Front panel error messages Page Page Problems with automatic two-sided printing Problems printing on labels Printing labels from Microsoft Word Print quality problems Page Printing problems Preventing media jams Page Specifications for the Phaser 860 Color Printer 2 cm/.75 in. 10 cm (4 in.) 10 cm (4 in.) 10 cm (4 in.) Regulatory Information for Phaser 860 Printers Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regulatory standards Declaration of conformity FCC Class B device Page Index A B C D E F H I L M N P Q R S T U V W X