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