Tektronix Phaser 300X user manual Introduction

1Introduction

Language support. The Phaser 300X lets you make color prints from a variety of software applications since it incorporates Adobe’s PostScript Level 2 software and accepts Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HP-GL) files and monochrome PCL5 (Printer Command Language) files (PCL5 is optionally available). The Phaser 300X printer interfaces can be set (by using an automatic language selection PostScript utility file) to automatically switch between all three supported languages: PostScript, HP-GL, and PCL5. The default language is PostScript.

Network printing. The printer works with Macintosh computers, PCs, UNIX workstations, and VMS workstations, making it a resource that can be shared in mixed environments. You can connect one host or several hosts to the printer because it supports simultaneous input through parallel, serial, and LocalTalk, and the optional Ethernet interface with support for EtherTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP protocols.

Font support. Besides its 39 resident fonts, the printer accepts Adobe Type 1 and Type 3 downloadable fonts, TrueType fonts, optional PCL5, and a variety of user-defined fonts. You can download additional fonts as needed, or store them on an external hard disk.

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