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

Models: Phaser 360 Tektronix Color Printer

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1 About Your Printer

The Tektronix Phaser¨ 360 Color Printer is a fast, reliable, economical, and easy-to-use printer that produces brilliant, high-quality color prints on plain paper. It is compatible with the leading network protocols, operating systems, and software applications, so everyone in your workgroup can use it. Optional accessories and upgrades let you customize the printer to suit your current needs and to expand its capabilities in the future.

The Phaser 360 Color Printer

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

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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 ColorStix solid-ink sticks Maintenance tray and waste linerPrinter parts and components ConsumablesBack panel Printer partsManual feed slot Transit restraintTektronix transparency media Options and accessoriesLower Paper Tray Assembly High-capacity transparency trayAbout Your Printer Setting up the printer at a glance Getting Set UpWhat you get with your printer Phaser 360 Color Printer Quick Reference GuideRegistering the printer Choosing a printer locationRemoving the packing material 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 Samplers Installing printer software for WindowsEasy Installation Printer Utilities Custom InstallationUse the default Destination Directory or click Browse Drivers/PPDsFinish 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 After Windows restarts, the Install PostScript Printer Click Continue in the PostScript Printer Driver SetupUnder Installed Printers , select your Phaser 360 TekColor printer, click ConnectEasy InstallMac OS software Select Custom Install from Using the Mac OS installerSelect Easy Install or Custom Install Easy Install Custom InstallPhaser 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 Downloadable printer utility ﬁles PhaserPrint for Unix softwareUnix workstation software Installing Printer Software 24Phaser 360 Color Printer Printing Basics Selecting print features Print features overviewImage Smoothing See TekColor correctionMedia tray selection Check Print SeeEnhanced Adjusting print speed and resolutionFast Color All about media Tray type Media type Acceptable media sizes, types, and weightMm 0.2 200 mm 10.45 283 mm Mm 0.35 Margins and image areaLetter-size X 11 A4-size 210 x 297 mm Media trays Media tray settings Changing to Upper and Lower settings Changing the default media tray settingDefault setting 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 Downloading utility ﬁles Using Windows printer driversUsing the printer’s front panel Printing from a PCMedia size Quick Collate Paper tab Using the AdobePS 4 driver with WindowsSettings, then Printers Details tabOptional Lower Tray or Optional Hard Drive Graphics tabDevice Options tab Graphics tabPostScript tab LPTx or COMx Printers-Network Connections dialog box Using the Tektronix driver for WindowsInterface Select Then do the following LPTx26Phaser 360 Color Printer Close Print Net Jobs Direct box If you are using PC/NFSNetwork Settings Corrections, Print Quality modes, and Optional Lower Tray Using the Adobe PostScript driver for WindowsFeatures tab Job Control tab Phaser 360 printer, and select Properties in the menu Using the Windows NT 3.51 PostScript driverUsing the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver Setting up installed optionsDevice Settings sheet, locate Form To Tray Assignment Making default settingsSelecting a printers Default Document Properties 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 TekColor Options dialog box Using the Phaser 360 printer driverSelect media size Select printer-speciﬁc optionsUsing the Apple LaserWriter 8 printer driver Selecting printing options Using the Phaser 360 GX printer driverPrinting with a desktop printer 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 Vivid Color Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue TekColor correction descriptionsAutomatic General all-purpose printing Press options Matching printing press colors Simulate Display Simulating screen colorsMonochrome Printing in gray scale Use Printer Setting Using the printer’s current defaultNone Turning off all color corrections Process Sampler Printing and using the color sampler chartsGeneral guidelines Tips for working with colorApplication color corrections If your Phaser 360 printer is shared on a networkIf you are using an unsupported driver Special considerationsUsing the Quick Collate option Previewing with Check Print Setting the Check Print timeout Using Image SmoothingResident typefaces PostScript and PCL5 Printer languagesWorking with fonts Downloading fonts Using fonts with Windows From the Utilities menu, choose Download PostScript File Printing a list of fontsPrinting a font list from a Macintosh Printing a font list from a PCMacintosh and Windows users Improving print speedAll users Windows 3.1 users Unix workstation users Select Use PostScript Level 2 featuresWindows 95 users Windows Selecting page sizes in Windows applicationsProperties from the File menu Front panel overview Front panel indicatorsIndicator Blinking Off Two-line display Front panel buttons Menus Enabling and disabling the front panel menuPress Front panel menu mapStartup Printer Help PagesMenu Map ConﬁgurationRGB and Cmyk Color Samplers Printing the Help PagesDemonstration 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 If the printer has frequent media jams Cleaning the printerProblem Cleaning procedure 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 Macintosh users If your ﬁle doesn’t printGeneral things to check for 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 Windows 95 users PostScript printing errorsMac OS users Windows 3.1 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 If the Apple Printer Utility does not work Prints do not reﬂect your settingsSharing the printer on a network 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 cardsDescription Order number High-capacity transparency tray Lower Paper Tray Assembly 625-sheet capacityPaper and transparency trays 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