Tektronix Phaser 360, Tektronix Color Printer user manual Transparency quality tips

Printing Basics 4

Transparency quality tips

■Use Tektronix transparencies, available in standard and premium grades. Tektronix premium transparencies offer enhanced print quality and ink adhesion.

■Select Standard as the print-quality mode for vibrant, saturated prints with smooth color transitions. This is the recommended mode for most transparency printing.

■Select the Enhanced print-quality mode for transparencies only when very Þne detail is important. Note that selecting this mode for transparency printing produces 600 x 300 dpi, not

800 x 450 dpi.

■Use large type on overheads; 18-point or larger type works well.

■Use yellow or other light colors for text on solid-color backgrounds.

■Use Tektronix transparency sleeves to protect your transparencies, make them easier to handle, and make your presentations more professional by covering blank areas exposed on your overhead projector.

■If not using Tektronix transparency sleeves, place slip sheets between printed transparencies or use a protective cover to prevent contact between transparencies.

■Use a printer driver installed from the printerÕs CD-ROM for printing. If you attempt to print transparencies using a nonsupported driver, the printer will use the printing mode of the tray (paper) and produce unsatisfactory results.

Note Do not load transparencies in the Lower Paper Tray Assembly.

To prevent jams, do not reuse transparencies that have already been fed through the printer, for example, after a jam or if the transparency was ejected without being printed.

Do not use transparency media intended for ink-jet or thermal-wax printers. For best results, use Tektronix transparency media. Refer to “Printer supplies” on page 10-2 and “Media trays” on page 10-4 for ordering information.

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