Phaser¨ Color Printer
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Terms on product Caution
Terms in manual Caution
Phaser 480X Warranty
Contents
Caring for Your Printer
Supplies and Accessories
Printing
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Front and Rear Panels
Technical Notes
Expanding Your Printing System
Regulatory Information
Moving Your Printer
Index
Introduction
All about the Phaser
DCS Print
Printer features
Brilliant colors and resolution
Digital pre-press proofs complete with trapping
Hardware platform compatibility
PhaserMatch
Versatility of built-in PostScript Level
Software application compatibility
Extensive drivers and utilities
Ordering supplies
Wide range of media sizes
Font flexibility
At a glance
Getting Set Up
Setting up the printer
Checking the inventory
Setting up the printer
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Removing the packing material
Registering your printer
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Loading the transfer roll
Front Side of Printer
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Adding paper
Optional paper tray accommodates these paper
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Replace the plastic cover on the paper tray
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Printer ports
Connecting the printer
LocalTalk connection
LocalTalk Tatus
Connecting to a single computer
Scsi connection
Parallel connection
Ethernet connection
Status LocalTalk
Turning on the printer
Back
What happens at power-up
Front
PC Microsoft Windows driver
Installing a driver on your computer
Network port
Interface Select
If you selected a network port
Macintosh drivers
Installing the Phaser 480X driver
Workstation users
What next?
Which platform?
Printing
Printing from a Macintosh
Using the Phaser 480X driver
Printing Reference
Transparency
Printing from a PC Windows
Workstations Operating systems
Printing from a Unix or VMS workstation
Printing from specific applications
Handling paper and transparencies
About paper and transparencies
Tray Size Media
Setting paper and transparency size
Standard Tray
Select a paper tray
Set the paper guides on the tray
Set the paper stopper
Loading paper and transparencies
Margins and print area
Manual feed
Color correction
Using a printer driver or a utility file
Color correction mode Driver
Switch Color correction mode
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Helvetica Narrow Bold
Fonts resident typefaces
Helvetica Bold
Helvetica Condensed Bold
Screen fonts
Downloading fonts
Getting the largest printed picture
Printing hints
Application hints
Tektronix supplies and drivers
How long does it take to make a print?
Caring for Your Printer
Cleaning is important
Quick cleaning
Complete cleaning
Caring for Your Printer
Printer component Quick Complete Frequency Cleaning
Cleaning kit contents
Drying time
Clean, dust-free area
Cooling time
High-grade isopropyl alcohol
Outside surfaces
Cleaning the printer
Cleaning the paper-pick roller
Insert the paper tray into the printer
Serial
RS-232
LocalTalk Parallel
Separator Bar
Thermal Head
Paper-Feed Roller
Pinch Roller, Platen, and Idler
Complete 7. Exit rollers
Complete 8. Inside top cover and rack
Complete 9. Paper clamp bar
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Resume printing
Install the transfer roll tray
Complete 10. Transfer Roll Tray
Close the printer cover
Replacing the transfer roll
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Front Side of Printer
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Ordering information
Supplies and Accessories
Tektronix supplies the mark of quality
Media Kits
Phaser 480X Supplies and Accessories
Order number Description Supplies
Order number Description Accessories
Phaser 480X Supplies and Accessories cont’d
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Toll-free
Troubleshooting
If you need help
At a glance electronic addresses and telephone numbers
Customer Support Hotline
Printer service
Tektronix Bulletin Board Service
Send index from library-name
Colorprinterinfo@TEKTRONIX.TEK.COM
Send index
Using the automated fax systems
Country Numbers
Country Country code Your area code and fax number finished
Press #
When
Symptom Cause Solution
Problems and solutions
Troubleshooting Quick Reference
Troubleshooting Quick Reference contd
Clearing a jam
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Printer not operating
If you can’t make a print
Echo showpage lpt1
Printer doesn’t appear in the Chooser
Echo showpage port
Ready light blinks, but file doesn’t print
Media indicator blinks, and no print is produced
Error indicator is on
Mode COM19600,N,8,1,P
Frequent paper jams
Media handling problems
Frequent paper-picking errors
Media is picked but does not advance
Part of the image is cut off
Problems with image size and position
Printed images are off-set
Image prints in black-and-white instead of color
Print quality problems
Streaks or spots appear on prints
Message Description
Error messages on the startup
Startup page prints although you disabled it
Error messages on the startup
Rear panel
Front and Rear Panels
Switch Function Settings
Phaser 480X rear panel switches
Rear panel switches
Switches 8 and 9 Color Correction Mode
Switches 2, 3, and 4 Diagnostic
Front panel
Front panel indicator
Indicator Blinking Off
Enabling/disabling the startup
ATechnical NotesAppendix
Startup and configuration pages
Send a PostScript language file to the printer
Use the printer’s rear panel switches
Set Switch 4 up
Configuration
Parallel port
Parallel port signal descriptions
Signal name Pin # Return Description Source
Printer ports
Ethernet port
Parallel port signal descriptions contd
Specifications
Print speed paper-marking speed
Safety and emissions standards
Printing
Expanding Your Printing SystemAppendix
Upgrade kits
Memory Total Memory Performance
Memory configurations for Phaser 480X printers
Advantages of adding memory
Requirements for adding a hard disk
Adding a hard disk for font storage
Compatible hard disks
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CAU Tion
Connecting one disk
U T I O N
Connecting multiple disks
Changing the line voltage
CMoving Your PrinterAppendix
Repacking your printer
Moving Your Printer C
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DRegulatory InformationAppendix
Declaration of conformity for 220 VAC equipment
FCC Class B device for 110 VAC equipment
Hazardous Ingredients None
Material Safety Data Sheet
Section I Product identification
Section II Information on ingredients
Section VI Accidental release measures
Section III Hazards identification
Section IV First aid measures
Section V Fire fighting measures
Odor None
Section IX Physical and chemical properties
Section X Stability and reactivity
Section XI Toxicological information
Section XV Regulatory information
Section XII Ecological information
Section Xiii Disposal considerations
Section XIV Transport information
Original preparation date 9/30/93 R.C
Section XVI Other information
Index-1
Index
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Index-3
JAM
See paper-pick roller
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