Phaser Color Laser Printer
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Phaser 560 Color Laser Printer Warranty
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Users safety summary
Terms in manual Caution
Terms on product Caution
Vorsicht
For Users in Norway
Contents
Printing Basics
Viii Phaser 560 Color Laser Printer
Caring for Your Printer
Printing Beyond the Basics
Using the Front Panel
Troubleshooting
Regulatory Information and Specifications
Supplies, Accessories, and Expanding Your Printing System
Index
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Features
Feature Description
Chapter
Introduction
PhaserLink software
Quick Reference Guide
Information roadmap
Consumables Instruction Sheets
Diskettes
World Wide Web
PhaserShare manuals
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At a glance
Setting up the printer
What you get with your printer
Setting up the printer
9698-02
Optional accessories
Registering your printer
Accessories box
Removing the packing material
Installing the optional Lower Tray Assembly
Installing the toner cartridges
9698-07
Preparing the imaging unit
Insert the Quick Reference Guide
Setting up the output tray
Remove the Paper tray
Adding paper or transparencies
Types and sizes of media trays
Multi-Purpose Feeder
Tray Media Type Size
Loading media
9008-14
If you have a single media tray
Install a media tray into each of the three slots
If you have a Lower Tray Assembly
Printer ports
Connecting the printer
Parallel
Turning on the printer
When the printer is ready for operation
What happens at power-up
Selecting a language for the front panel
Making a demonstration print
Setting the Energy Star Timeout
PC/Windows software
These are the basic steps for software installation
Overview
Yes
Easy Installation Custom Installation
Installing printer software for Windows
PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop
Drivers/PPDs
Manufacturers/Printers dialog box, click Have Disk
Installing printer software for Windows NT
Installing Printer Software
Easy Install Custom Install
Installing Printer Software
Tektronix Printer Driver
Easy Installation
Go on to the setup instructions refer to the next
Select the printer’s port, click OK
Click OK in the next dialog box
TCP/IP connection
Setting up the printer on a network Windows NT 3.5
AppleTalk connection
COM
Setting up the printer on a network Windows NT
Shared
Custom Install
Easy Install
Macintosh software
Overview for MacOS platforms
Install
Custom Install or Easy Install?
Installing printer software for Macintosh
For Easy Install
For Custom Install
Setting up the Phaser 560 printer driver
TKP560P1.PPD
Setting up the Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver
Setting up the Phaser 560 GX printer driver
PhaserPrint for Unix software demo
Workstation software
Downloadable printer utility files
Printing from a PC
Printing Basics
Printing Basics
Print features quick reference Windows printer drivers
Print features quick reference Windows printer drivers contd
Details
Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows
Paper
Graphics
Download header with each print job
PostScript
Using the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver
Print command options in an application
Selecting printer options from the Control Panel
Select Paper Size and Source
Setup options in an application
Using the Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 PostScript driver
Using the Tektronix printer driver for Windows
Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows
Features
Job Control
To access the timeout settings
Setting the timeouts
To change the timeout settings
Windows
Printing from a Macintosh
Using the printer’s front panel
Supported Macintosh printer drivers
Downloading utility files
Feature Driver name Phaser Apple LaserWriter Phaser 560 GX
Print features quick reference Macintosh printer drivers
Quick Collate
Using the Multi-Purpose Feeder
Using the Phaser 560 printer driver
Select media size
Select printer-specific options
Using the Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver
Using the Phaser 560 GX printer driver
Printing with a desktop printer
Selecting printing options
Printing from a workstation
Overview
Unix workstations
Workstation Operating System
For more information
Printing from specific applications
Print features
General hints and tips
Through a supported printer driver recommended
Print features quick reference Printer’s front panel
Print features quick reference Printer’s front panel contd
Print-quality modes
Swop
Color corrections
Output Order Face Up
Output Order
Output Order Face Down
Hints
Resident typefaces PostScript
Fonts
9317-10
Resident typefaces PCL5
Downloading fonts
Macintosh fonts
Printer languages PostScript, HP-GL, PCL5
All about media
Media sizes
Size Media Type
Margins Media Size Print area Top Bottom Sides
Margins and print area
Media types
Selecting a media type
Media trays
Selecting a media tray by location
Loading plain paper
Loading letterhead paper
Loading transparencies
Hints for making transparencies
Using the Multi-Purpose Feeder
Standard media
Specialty media
Thin Medium Thick
Setting media thickness
Inserting the media
Selecting the Multi-Purpose Feeder
Front panel selection
Multi-Purpose Manual Feed see Step
Transparencies
Loading specialty media in the Multi-Purpose Feeder
Letterhead
3 4 5 6
Glossy Coated
Glossy Coated Paper and Card stock
9698-117
Your application
Envelopes
Make the following selections
A supported printer driver
Minimum
Labels
Printing Basics
Tektronix Fabric Transfer Media
Flip Horizontal
Duplex printing
Printer Defaults menu
Making selections in the driver
Making selections in the front panel
Face Up
Listed under Multi-Purpose Feeder
Multi-Purpose
Tray
Now face down
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Printing Beyond the Basics
Controlling color density
Special printing features
Color Reference
CyanColor
Adjust cyan+1
Color Reference
Menu item What it does How it works
Calibrate Colors menu selections
Phaser 560 Quick Collate
Using the Quick Collate option
➋ 4 copies ➌ 4 sets of pages 5
➊ 4 sets of pages 1, 2,
Collation hints and tips Output order
Increasing the collation capacity
Quick Collate and the Check Print option
Previewing with Check Print
Press the Menu button. The following message appears
Phaser 560 GX driver
Phaser 560 driver
LaserWriter 8 driver
Windows 95 PostScript driver
Automatic tray switching
Image Smoothing
Options
Getting job information
General guidelines
Working with color
TekColor corrections
Color corrections making the best selection
Deciding which color correction to use
Printing objective or problem Color correction to use
Color correction solutions
Color correction descriptions
General all-purpose printing
Turning off all color corrections
Simulating display screen colors
Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue
Closely match printing press colors
Commercial Press
Euroscale Press
Using simple color conversions
Using the printer’s current color defaults
If you are using an unsupported driver
If your Phaser 560 printer is shared on a network
Special considerations
Application color corrections
Printing color sampler charts
Printing and using the color sampler charts
Color Sampler Charts
Charts on the CD-ROM
PANT560.PS
Color sampler chart files
Overview
Caring for Your Printer
User-replaceable components
Transfer Kitreplace
When to replace components
Consumable life information
Resource Information provided How to access
Toner cartridges
Replacing the components
Diagnosing print quality
Replacing a toner cartridge
Imaging unit
Imaging kit
Replacing
Replacing the Fuser
Fuser
Replacing the Fuser Roll
Fuser Roll
Replacing the Transfer Kit
Transfer kit
Front panel Messages Diagnosing print quality
Main Charge Grid
Occasional cleaning
Cleaning the paper-pick and paper-feed rollers
Use the blue handles to pull out the paper feeder
If you have a Lower Tray Assembly
9698-58
Cleaning the sensor
Cleaning other rollers
9698-64
Power off
Repacking the printer
Prepare the media trays
Remove and discard the Transfer Kit
Prepare the Imaging Unit
Secure the doors and output tray
Remove the toner cartridges
9698-69
Returning the printer to Tektronix
Repack the printer
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If you need help
Printer support and service
Type of service contd How to access contd Details contd
Receiving email update notices
Country Numbers
Using the automated fax systems
Symptoms and solutions
Diagnostic tools
PhaserLink
Quick reference table
Maintaining print quality
Symptom Possible Causes Solution
Troubleshooting and print quality quick reference
Waiting for media
Troubleshooting and print quality quick reference contd
Troubleshooting and print quality quick reference contd
To avoid the problem
To fix the problem
Troubleshooting and print quality quick reference contd
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Fuser is worn out
Dark and wavy vertical
Printer Error ##
If you can’t make a print
Media problems
Mode COM19600,N,8,1,P
If you can’t make a print contd
Problems with image size and position
Media problems contd
SymptomSolution
Print quality problems
Print quality problems contd
Application hints
Printing hints
Tektronix supplies and software
Getting the largest printed picture
Relative port speed
Improving print speed
Fastest print time
If Image Smoothing is activated
Macintosh and Windows users
All users
Windows 3.1 users
Select Use PostScript Level 2 features
Windows 95 users
Unix workstation users
Macintosh users
PostScript printing errors
Using a PostScript error handler
From Windows
Fixing timeout problems in Windows
General
Printed colors are not what you expected
Printing Pantone Colors
Using the Tektronix halftone screens
Choose Download PostScript File from the Utilities menu
PC and workstation users
Selecting page sizes in Windows applications
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Getting printer configuration information
Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows
Sharing the printer on a network
Driver, utility files, and front panel interactions
If the LaserWriter Utility does not work AppleTalk
Message Description
Startup page prints even though it is disabled
Media hints and tips
If your printer has a Lower Tray Assembly installed
Media handling
Double-sided printing
Clearing a media jam
Jam at a
Jam at B
Jam at C
Jam at C contd
Jam at D
Jam at D contd
Jam at Multi-Purpose Feeder
Jam at E
Front panel indicators
Indicator Blinking Off
Front panel
Front panel buttons
Mode Front Panel Buttons
Mode Front Panel Buttons
Two-line display
Line a
Line b
Info Button 2 Capability
Printer information
Protected mode for the front panel menu
Front panel menu map
Phaser 560 Menu Map
Printing Help Pages
Press the Printbutton to print the desired
Enabling and disabling the Startup
Startup Menu
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Customizing your printer
Tektronix Printer and Tektronix supplies Made For Each Other
Supplies and accessories
Phaser 560 Printer Supplies
Order number Description Supplies
Accessories Order Number Description
Phaser 560 Accessories
Cleaning supplies
Manuals
Order number Description Connectors and cable length
Interface cables and adapters
Printer interface cables and adapters
Expanding your printing system
Upgrade kits
Description
Order number
Extended Features upgrade
Memory configurations for the Phaser 560 printer
Memory upgrade
Advantages of adding memory
Memory Total Performance / Benefit
PhaserShare network cards
Benefits of networking the printer
Order number Description
Lower Tray Assembly
Phaser Copystation accessory
Scsi hard disk
PhaserPrint for Unix
Regulatory Information Specifications
Declaration of conformity for 220-230 VAC equipment
FCC Class B device for 100-120 VAC equipment
Material Safety Data Sheets
Msds for Toner
Physical And Chemical Properties
Exposure Control Personal Protection
Stability And Reactivity
Toxicological Information
Specifications
Weight of Lower Tray Assembly
Dimensions with Lower Tray Assembly
Safety and emissions standards
Printing speed
Chooser
Check Print
Automatic
Commercial Press
Color Density Samples ordering 9-3using
Swop Press Use Printer Setting
Extended Features
Fast Color print mode Fast Monochrome print mode
With Extended Features
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No Color Correction
10-5
Presentation print mode
Extended Features 4-28 printer languages
Image Smoothing
Index-7
Printing menu
Quick Collate option
Index-9
Simulate Display color correction
Use Printer Setting color correction description
PostScript tab
Device Options tab Graphics tab Paper tab
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