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Tektronix user manual Getting Set Up 36Phaser 240 Color Printer

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Troubleshooting Install Color sampler chart ﬁles PostScript printing errors Connecting the printer Warranty Resetting the printer Setting up the printer Using the Print command JobTimeOut 0 to

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Phaser 240 Color Printer Page Phaser 240 Warranty Users safety summary Contents Printing Caring for Your Printer Supplies Troubleshooting Front and Rear PanelsTechnical Notes Moving Your Printer Regulatory Information Index Phaser 240 Color Printer Introduction Introduction Setting up the printer Connecting the printerInstalling a driver on your computer Setting up computer ports Setting up the printer What you get with your printer RollTransfer 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 Connecting the printer Printer ports LocalTalk 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 When the printer is ready for operation Startup Installing a driver on your computer Phaser 240 drivers and utilities diskettes PC users Microsoft Windows Getting Set Up Interface Select LPT1 or LPT2Network 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 Setting up PC ports DOS Parallel port setup Turning on and off the startup What next? Getting Set Up 36Phaser 240 Color Printer Printing Which computer? Printing from a PC Windows Printing from a PC DOS Using the Phaser 240 driver Printing from a Macintosh Using the Phaser 240 GX driver Printing from a Unix or VMS workstation Workstation Operating System Printing Printing from speciﬁc applications Margins and print area Perforated paper and transparencies Non-perforated plain paper Using two paper trays Recommended paper tray selections Selecting driver features Print modes Color corrections Fonts Resident typefaces PostScript Resident typefaces PCL5 Downloading fonts Installing Macintosh screen fonts Enabling and disabling automatic language switching Printer languages PostScript, HP-GL, PCL5 Why should I use perforated paper? Printing hintsGetting the largest printed picture How long does it take to make a print? Importance of cleaning Overview When to clean Cleaning kit Cleaning the printer with every transfer roll change Cleaning the thermal head and transfer roll guide Cleaning the paper-feed rollers Cleaning the paper-pick rollers 9238-26 9238-27 9238-28 Cleaning the printer every 5,000 prints Cleaning the transfer roll sensor pad 9238-30 Cleaning the drum Cleaning the exit rollers Caring for Your Printer 14Phaser 240 Color Printer Selecting Media Image Options Phaser 240 special paper sizes Selecting media size Letter-size media A4-size media Phaser 240 Macintosh driver based on LaserWriter Phaser 240 GX Macintosh driver Tektronix driver for Windows Selecting media trays Upper TrayLower Tray Auto Select Different ways of selecting media trays High Resolution Selecting print qualityStandard Enhanced Different ways of selecting print quality Phaser 240 Macintosh driver LaserWriter 7.1.2-based Selecting image orientation Orientation option is in the Setup dialog box Selecting media type Using Color TekColor Dynamic Correction Working with color General guidelines Using color in presentations Color design guidelinesText and font guidelines Using color corrections Color corrections table Raw Cmyk Raw RGB Different ways of selecting color corrections Using a Tektronix driver for selecting color corrections Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Application color corrections Turning off all color corrections Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue Simulating display screen colors Closely match printing press colors Using the printer’s current color setting Printing in gray scale Use simple color conversions Printing the color sampler charts Color sampler chart ﬁles Illustration Before you print the CMYK, RGB, and HSB color charts Printing and using the CMYK, RGB, and HSB color charts Macintosh usersChoose Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu 18Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities If you are not using a Tektronix driver If you are printing from a Tektronix driver PC and workstation users PC color correction Utility ﬁle name If you are printing from a Tektronix driver Before printing the Pantone Color chart Color correction None Printing and using the Pantone Color chart Select Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu 24Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities PC and workstation users 26Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Using Fonts Printer fonts Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique Using Macintosh screen fonts Macintosh fonts Installing the decompressed fonts If you are using System SoftwareIf you are using System Software 7.0 and later Decompressing the fonts Printing a font sampler from the Macintosh Downloading fonts to the printer from a Macintosh Using fonts with Windows PC fonts Printing a font sampler from a PC Downloading fonts to the printer from a PC Using the Tektronix Bulletin Board Service To access the BBS 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, call 503Getting help Reaching the Customer Support staff Using the automated fax systems Use HAL in the U.S.A. and Canada Use EuroHAL in Europe Country Number Press # Downloading Tektronix ﬁles from the Internet Electronic mail requests Other electronic addresses and telephone numbers Opening the Read ME ﬁles on the Macintosh diskette Solving PostScript printing problems PostScript printing errorsMacintosh users PC/Windows users Random PostScript errors To upgrade your software Using a PostScript error handler PC and workstation users Improving print speed All users Windows users Unix workstation users If your ﬁle doesn’t print General things to check forIf Background Printing is turned on, turn it off If you are using PC/NFS If you can’t print from Windows to an LPT port Check the printer’s language mode Fixing timeout problems in Windows From WindowsFrom DOS Printed colors are not what you expected GeneralPrinting Pantone Colors Blue colors look too purple Colors are printing incorrectly PC and workstation users Selecting page sizes in Windows applications Sharing the printer on a network Driver and utility ﬁle interactions LaserWriter Utility does not work Resetting the printer PC and workstation users If you have problems using the paper trays 26Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Using Phaser 240 GX Driver System requirements Installing the Phaser 240 GX printer driver Creating a desktop printer 4Phaser 240 Drivers and Utilities Using a desktop printer Setting up unique desktop printers If you are using GX-aware applications If you are using non-GX-aware applicationsPrinting with a desktop printer Using the Printing menu Control printing Designating a default desktop printer From the Printing menu, select Set Default PrinterControlling input trays Using printing extensions Select Extension Setup from the Printing menu Selecting printing options Downloading printer utilities Select Printer Utilities from the Printing menu Utilities Where to ﬁnd details Download PostScript ﬁles Select Send PostScript File from the Printing menu Setting up a shared printer About shared printers Using a shared printer Using the Page Setup command Printing from QuickDraw GX-aware applications Setup options Using the Print command Print dialog box options Using the TekColor printing extension Using the Paper Match printing extension Changing a desktop printer’s default selections Printing from non-QuickDraw GX-aware applications Disabling QuickDraw GX Viewing printer status Modifying Printer Operations Enabling and disabling the startup Choose Set Startup Page from the Utilities menu Printing 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 JobTimeOut 0 to ManualFeedTimeout 0 to Changing the printer’s language mode Printing PostScript ﬁles Printing HP-GL ﬁles Printing PCL5 ﬁles Testing the printer’s language mode HP-GL modePostScript mode Setting default HP-GL pen colors CTRL-D 5 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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