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Tektronix 360 user manual Unix workstations, Workstation Operating System

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4Printing Basics

UNIX workstations

For UNIX environments, Tektronix offers the optional PhaserPrintª for UNIX software which offers driver-selectable printer options and provides fast, raster Þle and screen copy printing to Tektronix color printers.

PhaserPrint for UNIX software is available for these workstations:

Workstation	Operating System
Sun	SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.3 and 2.4

SGI	IRIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4

HP 9000 700/800	HP-UX 9.0.5 and 10.2

IBM RS/6000	AIX 3.2 and 4.2

DECstation	ULTRIX 4.0 and 4.4

DEC Alpha AXP	OSF/1 3.0, 3.2, and Digital UNIX 4.0

The printerÕs CD-ROM contains a demonstration copy of PhaserPrint for UNIX software and an on-line instruction guide in the unix/unixdemo directory. If you would like to purchase a licensed version of PhaserPrint software, contact your dealer or local Tektronix ofÞce. For ordering information, refer to ÒAdditional software (UNIX and VMS)PhaserPrintª for UNIX softwareÓ on page 10-6.

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Tektronix 360 user manual Unix workstations, Workstation Operating System

Contents

Phaser Color Printer Page Phaser 360 Printer Warranty Users safety summary Terms in manual CautionContents Installing Printer Software Printing BasicsVii Viii Phaser 360 Color Printer Troubleshooting Customer Support IndexAbout Your Printer Features of your new printer Media letter or A4-size Copier paperOn-line support An illustrated guide to your printer 9922-146 6Phaser 360 Color Printer Maintenance tray and waste liner Printer parts and componentsConsumables ColorStix solid-ink sticksPrinter parts Manual feed slotTransit restraint Back panelOptions and accessories Lower Paper Tray AssemblyHigh-capacity transparency tray Tektronix transparency mediaAbout Your Printer Getting Set Up Setting up the printer at a glancePhaser 360 Color Printer Quick Reference Guide What you get with your printerRemoving the packing material Choosing a printer locationRegistering the printer Installing the Lower Paper Tray Assembly optional Place the printer on top of the Lower Paper Tray Assembly 6Phaser 360 Color Printer Unlocking the transit restraint Installing the maintenance tray Using both thumbs, push the tray in Þrmly until it latches Loading the ink sticks For ordering information, see Printer supplies onLoading the media trays Loading paper and transparency traysTo load paper Set the switch on the side of the tray to Transparency To load transparencies14Phaser 360 Color Printer Loading the optional Lower Paper Tray Assembly 16Phaser 360 Color Printer Connecting an external hard disk optional Connecting the printer Printer portsConnecting to a network Connecting a PC or Unix workstation to the parallel port ParallelConnecting to a Macintosh Turning on the printerFront panel display and controls Letting the printer warm up Selecting a language for the front panel Help Pages MenuPrinting a Conﬁguration Menu Map PrintTips for optimum printing performance Installing Printer Software OverviewPC/Windows software Easy Installation Installing printer software for WindowsSamplers Custom Installation Use the default Destination Directory or click BrowseDrivers/PPDs Printer UtilitiesFinish Installation Completed dialog box, click Finish Installing printer software for Windows NT Custom Installation Network printer server, and click Next Finish Installation Completed dialog box, click Finish Either Services for Macintosh AppleTalk or TCP/IP print Custom Installation Installation Completed dialog box, click Finish Tektronix Printer Driver 14Phaser 360 Color Printer Click Continue in the PostScript Printer Driver Setup Under Installed Printers , select yourPhaser 360 TekColor printer, click Connect After Windows restarts, the Install PostScript PrinterMac OS software InstallEasy Using the Mac OS installer Select Easy Install or Custom InstallEasy Install Custom Install Select Custom Install fromSetting up the Phaser 360 printer driver Phaser 360 Driver in the Custom Install windowSetting up the Apple LaserWriter 8.3.4 driver 20Phaser 360 Color Printer Setting up the Phaser 360 GX driver 22Phaser 360 Color Printer Unix workstation software PhaserPrint for Unix softwareDownloadable printer utility ﬁles Installing Printer Software 24Phaser 360 Color Printer Printing Basics Print features overview Selecting print featuresTekColor correction Media tray selectionCheck Print See Image Smoothing SeeFast Color Adjusting print speed and resolutionEnhanced All about media Acceptable media sizes, types, and weight Tray type Media typeLetter-size X 11 A4-size 210 x 297 mm Margins and image areaMm 0.2 200 mm 10.45 283 mm Mm 0.35 Media trays Media tray settings Default setting Changing the default media tray settingChanging to Upper and Lower settings Printing letterhead 12345678Printing labels Printing transparencies Printing transparencies from the transparency trayPrinting transparencies from the standard paper tray Transparency quality tips When to use the manual-feed slot 12345678 Sec Using Windows printer drivers Using the printer’s front panelPrinting from a PC Downloading utility ﬁlesMedia size Quick Collate Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows Settings, then PrintersDetails tab Paper tabGraphics tab Device Options tabGraphics tab Optional Lower Tray or Optional Hard DrivePostScript tab Using the Tektronix driver for Windows Interface Select Then do the followingLPTx LPTx or COMx Printers-Network Connections dialog box26Phaser 360 Color Printer Close Network Settings If you are using PC/NFSPrint Net Jobs Direct box Features tab Using the Adobe PostScript driver for WindowsCorrections, Print Quality modes, and Optional Lower Tray Job Control tab Using the Windows NT 3.51 PostScript driver Using the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driverSetting up installed options Phaser 360 printer, and select Properties in the menuSelecting a printers Default Document Properties Making default settingsDevice Settings sheet, locate Form To Tray Assignment Selecting printer options within an application Page Setup Selecting printer options within an application PrintDocument Defaults Properties Advanced tab Printing from MS-DOSUsing Macintosh printer drivers Printing from a MacintoshMedia size Tray selection Select Image Smoothing Using the Phaser 360 printer driver Select media sizeSelect printer-speciﬁc options TekColor Options dialog boxUsing the Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver Printing with a desktop printer Using the Phaser 360 GX printer driverSelecting printing options Printing from a Unix workstation OverviewUnix workstations Workstation Operating SystemOpenVMS workstations Printing from speciﬁc applications Printing Beyond the Basics Adjusting the color of your prints Automatic General all-purpose printing TekColor correction descriptionsVivid Color Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue Simulate Display Simulating screen colors Press options Matching printing press colorsNone Turning off all color corrections Use Printer Setting Using the printer’s current defaultMonochrome Printing in gray scale Printing and using the color sampler charts Process SamplerTips for working with color General guidelinesIf your Phaser 360 printer is shared on a network If you are using an unsupported driverSpecial considerations Application color correctionsUsing the Quick Collate option Previewing with Check Print Using Image Smoothing Setting the Check Print timeoutWorking with fonts Printer languagesResident typefaces PostScript and PCL5 Downloading fonts Using fonts with Windows Printing a list of fonts Printing a font list from a MacintoshPrinting a font list from a PC From the Utilities menu, choose Download PostScript FileAll users Improving print speedMacintosh and Windows users Windows 3.1 users Windows 95 users Select Use PostScript Level 2 featuresUnix workstation users Selecting page sizes in Windows applications WindowsProperties from the File menu Indicator Blinking Off Front panel indicatorsFront panel overview Two-line display Front panel buttons Enabling and disabling the front panel menu MenusFront panel menu map PressPrinter Help Pages Menu MapConﬁguration StartupDemonstration Printing the Help PagesRGB and Cmyk Color Samplers Printer standby modes Normal standbyCaring For Your Printer Moving or shipping your printer Remove and store the maintenance tray Lock the transit restraint 32434-06 Adding ink Ink handling tips Emptying the waste liner Waste Liner a Full Open Front CoverWaste Liner a Full Remove Tray B 9101-39 Replacing the maintenance tray ﬂuid if tipped. Never ship a partially used maintenance tray Using both thumbs, push the tray in Þrmly until it latches Problem Cleaning procedure Cleaning the printerIf the printer has frequent media jams If prints have light stripes or smears Cleaning Selecting the Cleaning Page sourceCleaning Page Source Menu Cleaning supplies Using isopropyl alcohol Cleaning for ink smears and jams internal paper path Approximate time to complete 3-6 minutesCleanLight Stripes Clean Test Cleaning for jams and ink smears paper-feed rollers Approximate time to complete 5 minutesOpen the front cover To clean the upper black rubber rollers To clean the upper white plastic rollers To clean the lower rubber paper-feed rollers To clean the lower white plastic rollers Cleaning for ink smears paper-exit path Approximate time to complete 10 minutes9922-138 9922-114 To clean the rubber exit rollers To clean the white plastic exit rollers 9922-116 Cleaning for upper media tray jams media-pick roller Automatically cleaning the media-pick rollerPrint Instructions? Continue Print 9101-27 Cleaning 9922-142 Manually cleaning the media-pick roller 40Phaser 360 Color Printer To clean the top surface of the media-pick roller To clean the bottom of the media-pick roller Scrub the bottom surface of the pick roller thoroughlyCleaning for lower tray jams paper-pick rollers Approximate time to complete 1 minuteCaring For Your Printer 44Phaser 360 Color Printer Troubleshooting Front panel error messages Message ActionFront panel messages contd Upper Media Tray Troubleshooting quick reference Symptom SolutionImage Quality Problems Printing to OffPrint using color option Print Options dialog box, select Color/GrayscaleTransmission Retry to Turn off Background Printing through the ChooserPrinting and installation problems contd SymptomSolution Displays ProcessingNetwork problems Macintosh Light stripes on prints cleaning the printhead Approximate time to complete 10 minutesBlack Cyan Magenta Yellow 14Phaser 360 Color Printer Media jams and misfeeds Preventing media jamsLocating jammed media Clearing a media jam 9922-60 9922-123 Ink smears General things to check for If your ﬁle doesn’t printMacintosh users Windows users general Details tabIf you are using PC/NFS If you can’t print from Windows to an LPT portProperties Click Add PortChecking the printer’s language mode PostScript printing errors Mac OS usersWindows 3.1 users Windows 95 usersUsing a PostScript error handler Fixing timeout problems in Windows Windows timeout From WindowsWindows timeout From DOS and Windows Mode LPT1,,PPrinter’s timeout Printed colors are not what you expected Printing Pantone Colors Blue colors look too purpleTroubleshooting Sharing the printer on a network Prints do not reﬂect your settingsIf the Apple Printer Utility does not work Receiving email update notices On-line supportCustomer Support Centers Getting information by fax Country NumbersCustomer Support Supplies, Accessories Expanding Your Printing System Customizing your printerPrinter supplies Supplies Order number DescriptionPhaserShare network cards Description Order numberPaper and transparency trays Lower Paper Tray Assembly 625-sheet capacityDescription Order number High-capacity transparency tray Memory upgrade Tektronix external hard diskAdditional software Unix and VMSPhaserPrint for Unix Description Connectors and cable length Interface cables and adaptersPage Regulatory Information Specifications Declaration of conformityRegulatory Information and Specifications Environmental phenomena Test speciﬁcation Basic standardMaterial Safety Data Sheets FCC Class B warning for 115 VAC equipmentMsds for ColorStix ink sticks California Prop Not listed Original preparation date March 10, 1994 RCMsds for silicone oil drum ﬂuid Stability Stable Original preparation date October 21, 1994 RCSpeciﬁcations Printer tilt11-9 Safety and emissions Certiﬁed EN60950Index Index-1Index-2Phaser 360 Color Printer Check Print Index-3Index-4Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-5 Index-6Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-7 Index-8Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-9 Index-10Phaser 360 Color Printer