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Tektronix Phaser 360, Tektronix Color Printer user manual Phaser Color Printer

Models: Phaser 360 Tektronix Color Printer

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User Manual

Phaser® 360

Color Printer

First printing May 1998 070-9922-02

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Tektronix Phaser 360, Tektronix Color Printer user manual Phaser Color Printer

Contents

Phaser Color Printer Page Phaser 360 Printer Warranty Terms in manual Caution Users safety summaryContents Printing Basics Installing Printer SoftwareVii Viii Phaser 360 Color Printer Troubleshooting Index Customer SupportAbout Your Printer Media letter or A4-size Copier paper Features of your new printerOn-line support An illustrated guide to your printer 9922-146 6Phaser 360 Color Printer Printer parts and components Maintenance tray and waste linerConsumables ColorStix solid-ink sticksManual feed slot Printer partsTransit restraint Back panelLower Paper Tray Assembly Options and accessoriesHigh-capacity transparency tray Tektronix transparency mediaAbout Your Printer Setting up the printer at a glance Getting Set UpWhat you get with your printer Phaser 360 Color Printer Quick Reference GuideRemoving the packing material Choosing a printer locationRegistering the printer Installing the Lower Paper Tray Assembly optional Place the printer on top of the Lower Paper Tray Assembly 6Phaser 360 Color Printer Unlocking the transit restraint Installing the maintenance tray Using both thumbs, push the tray in Þrmly until it latches For ordering information, see Printer supplies on Loading the ink sticksLoading paper and transparency trays Loading the media traysTo load paper To load transparencies Set the switch on the side of the tray to Transparency14Phaser 360 Color Printer Loading the optional Lower Paper Tray Assembly 16Phaser 360 Color Printer Connecting an external hard disk optional Printer ports Connecting the printerConnecting to a network Parallel Connecting a PC or Unix workstation to the parallel portTurning on the printer Connecting to a MacintoshFront panel display and controls Letting the printer warm up Help Pages Menu Selecting a language for the front panelMenu Map Print Printing a ConﬁgurationTips for optimum printing performance Overview Installing Printer SoftwarePC/Windows software Easy Installation Installing printer software for WindowsSamplers Use the default Destination Directory or click Browse Custom InstallationDrivers/PPDs Printer UtilitiesFinish Installation Completed dialog box, click Finish Installing printer software for Windows NT Custom Installation Network printer server, and click Next Finish Installation Completed dialog box, click Finish Either Services for Macintosh AppleTalk or TCP/IP print Custom Installation Installation Completed dialog box, click Finish Tektronix Printer Driver 14Phaser 360 Color Printer Under Installed Printers , select your Click Continue in the PostScript Printer Driver SetupPhaser 360 TekColor printer, click Connect After Windows restarts, the Install PostScript PrinterMac OS software InstallEasy Select Easy Install or Custom Install Using the Mac OS installerEasy Install Custom Install Select Custom Install fromPhaser 360 Driver in the Custom Install window Setting up the Phaser 360 printer driverSetting up the Apple LaserWriter 8.3.4 driver 20Phaser 360 Color Printer Setting up the Phaser 360 GX driver 22Phaser 360 Color Printer Unix workstation software PhaserPrint for Unix softwareDownloadable printer utility ﬁles Installing Printer Software 24Phaser 360 Color Printer Printing Basics Selecting print features Print features overviewMedia tray selection TekColor correctionCheck Print See Image Smoothing SeeFast Color Adjusting print speed and resolutionEnhanced All about media Tray type Media type Acceptable media sizes, types, and weightLetter-size X 11 A4-size 210 x 297 mm Margins and image areaMm 0.2 200 mm 10.45 283 mm Mm 0.35 Media trays Media tray settings Default setting Changing the default media tray settingChanging to Upper and Lower settings 12345678 Printing letterheadPrinting labels Printing transparencies from the transparency tray Printing transparenciesPrinting transparencies from the standard paper tray Transparency quality tips When to use the manual-feed slot 12345678 Sec Using the printer’s front panel Using Windows printer driversPrinting from a PC Downloading utility ﬁlesMedia size Quick Collate Settings, then Printers Using the AdobePS 4 driver with WindowsDetails tab Paper tabDevice Options tab Graphics tabGraphics tab Optional Lower Tray or Optional Hard DrivePostScript tab Interface Select Then do the following Using the Tektronix driver for WindowsLPTx LPTx or COMx Printers-Network Connections dialog box26Phaser 360 Color Printer Close Network Settings If you are using PC/NFSPrint Net Jobs Direct box Features tab Using the Adobe PostScript driver for WindowsCorrections, Print Quality modes, and Optional Lower Tray Job Control tab Using the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver Using the Windows NT 3.51 PostScript driverSetting up installed options Phaser 360 printer, and select Properties in the menuSelecting a printers Default Document Properties Making default settingsDevice Settings sheet, locate Form To Tray Assignment Selecting printer options within an application Print Selecting printer options within an application Page SetupPrinting from MS-DOS Document Defaults Properties Advanced tabPrinting from a Macintosh Using Macintosh printer driversMedia size Tray selection Select Image Smoothing Select media size Using the Phaser 360 printer driverSelect printer-speciﬁc options TekColor Options dialog boxUsing the Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver Printing with a desktop printer Using the Phaser 360 GX printer driverSelecting printing options Overview Printing from a Unix workstationWorkstation Operating System Unix workstationsOpenVMS workstations Printing from speciﬁc applications Printing Beyond the Basics Adjusting the color of your prints Automatic General all-purpose printing TekColor correction descriptionsVivid Color Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue Press options Matching printing press colors Simulate Display Simulating screen colorsNone Turning off all color corrections Use Printer Setting Using the printer’s current defaultMonochrome Printing in gray scale Process Sampler Printing and using the color sampler chartsGeneral guidelines Tips for working with colorIf you are using an unsupported driver If your Phaser 360 printer is shared on a networkSpecial considerations Application color correctionsUsing the Quick Collate option Previewing with Check Print Setting the Check Print timeout Using Image SmoothingWorking with fonts Printer languagesResident typefaces PostScript and PCL5 Downloading fonts Using fonts with Windows Printing a font list from a Macintosh Printing a list of fontsPrinting a font list from a PC From the Utilities menu, choose Download PostScript FileAll users Improving print speedMacintosh and Windows users Windows 3.1 users Windows 95 users Select Use PostScript Level 2 featuresUnix workstation users Windows Selecting page sizes in Windows applicationsProperties from the File menu Indicator Blinking Off Front panel indicatorsFront panel overview Two-line display Front panel buttons Menus Enabling and disabling the front panel menuPress Front panel menu mapMenu Map Printer Help PagesConﬁguration StartupDemonstration Printing the Help PagesRGB and Cmyk Color Samplers Normal standby Printer standby modesCaring For Your Printer Moving or shipping your printer Remove and store the maintenance tray Lock the transit restraint 32434-06 Adding ink Ink handling tips Waste Liner a Full Open Front Cover Emptying the waste linerWaste Liner a Full Remove Tray B 9101-39 Replacing the maintenance tray ﬂuid if tipped. Never ship a partially used maintenance tray Using both thumbs, push the tray in Þrmly until it latches Problem Cleaning procedure Cleaning the printerIf the printer has frequent media jams If prints have light stripes or smears Selecting the Cleaning Page source CleaningCleaning Page Source Menu Cleaning supplies Using isopropyl alcohol Approximate time to complete 3-6 minutes Cleaning for ink smears and jams internal paper pathCleanLight Stripes Clean Test Approximate time to complete 5 minutes Cleaning for jams and ink smears paper-feed rollersOpen the front cover To clean the upper black rubber rollers To clean the upper white plastic rollers To clean the lower rubber paper-feed rollers To clean the lower white plastic rollers Approximate time to complete 10 minutes Cleaning for ink smears paper-exit path9922-138 9922-114 To clean the rubber exit rollers To clean the white plastic exit rollers 9922-116 Automatically cleaning the media-pick roller Cleaning for upper media tray jams media-pick rollerPrint Instructions? Continue Print 9101-27 Cleaning 9922-142 Manually cleaning the media-pick roller 40Phaser 360 Color Printer To clean the top surface of the media-pick roller Scrub the bottom surface of the pick roller thoroughly To clean the bottom of the media-pick rollerApproximate time to complete 1 minute Cleaning for lower tray jams paper-pick rollersCaring For Your Printer 44Phaser 360 Color Printer Troubleshooting Message Action Front panel error messagesFront panel messages contd Upper Media Tray Symptom Solution Troubleshooting quick referencePrinting to Off Image Quality ProblemsPrint Options dialog box, select Color/Grayscale Print using color optionTurn off Background Printing through the Chooser Transmission Retry toPrinting and installation problems contd Displays Processing SymptomSolutionNetwork problems Macintosh Approximate time to complete 10 minutes Light stripes on prints cleaning the printheadBlack Cyan Magenta Yellow 14Phaser 360 Color Printer Preventing media jams Media jams and misfeedsLocating jammed media Clearing a media jam 9922-60 9922-123 Ink smears General things to check for If your ﬁle doesn’t printMacintosh users Details tab Windows users generalIf you can’t print from Windows to an LPT port If you are using PC/NFSClick Add Port PropertiesChecking the printer’s language mode Mac OS users PostScript printing errorsWindows 3.1 users Windows 95 usersUsing a PostScript error handler Windows timeout From Windows Fixing timeout problems in WindowsMode LPT1,,P Windows timeout From DOS and WindowsPrinter’s timeout Printed colors are not what you expected Blue colors look too purple Printing Pantone ColorsTroubleshooting Sharing the printer on a network Prints do not reﬂect your settingsIf the Apple Printer Utility does not work On-line support Receiving email update noticesCustomer Support Centers Country Numbers Getting information by faxCustomer Support Customizing your printer Supplies, Accessories Expanding Your Printing SystemSupplies Order number Description Printer suppliesDescription Order number PhaserShare network cardsPaper and transparency trays Lower Paper Tray Assembly 625-sheet capacityDescription Order number High-capacity transparency tray Tektronix external hard disk Memory upgradeAdditional software Unix and VMSPhaserPrint for Unix Interface cables and adapters Description Connectors and cable lengthPage Declaration of conformity Regulatory Information SpecificationsEnvironmental phenomena Test speciﬁcation Basic standard Regulatory Information and SpecificationsFCC Class B warning for 115 VAC equipment Material Safety Data SheetsMsds for ColorStix ink sticks Original preparation date March 10, 1994 RC California Prop Not listedMsds for silicone oil drum ﬂuid Original preparation date October 21, 1994 RC Stability StablePrinter tilt Speciﬁcations11-9 Certiﬁed EN60950 Safety and emissionsIndex-1 IndexIndex-2Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-3 Check PrintIndex-4Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-5 Index-6Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-7 Index-8Phaser 360 Color Printer Index-9 Index-10Phaser 360 Color Printer