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