Chapter
1 Introduction
Overview
The Tektronix Phaser® 350 Color Printer uses Tektronix’ solid ink-jet technology. Solid ink-jet refers to the melting of the solid inks inside the printer which then resolidify quickly as the image is transferred onto paper. The ink hardens so rapidly that it does not have time to bleed into the paper, so the printed colors remain brilliant and well-defined.
The Phaser 350 printer produces laser-quality color prints on Letter-size and A4-size paper, transparency and peel-off label media. With a print speed of up to six pages-per-minute on paper and two pages-per-minute on transparencies, the printer is well suited to workgroup printing environments.
For paper printing, the printer accepts common office paper ranging from 16 to 32 lbs. (60 to 120 g/m2). Using the printer’s manual feed capability, you can print on non-glossy cover stock ranging from 50 to 80 lbs. (135 to 220 g/m2). For transparency printing, use Tektronix premium transparencies for enhanced ink adhesion and superior print quality.
In its standard configuration, the printer provides 300 x 300 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution color printing, 8 Mbytes of memory and a total of 17 fonts. Adding the Extended Features option increases print resolution and print performance, making it the choice for larger workgroups. The Extended Features option adds 600 x 300 dpi resolution printing, 24 Mbytes of memory, job collation and Check Print features, and a total of 69 fonts. Additional memory improves the printer’s performance by offloading your computer faster, improving processing speeds, allowing job pipelining, and providing storage for more downloadable fonts.
