Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Warranty
- Safety Summary
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Set Up
- Printing Basics
- Overview
- Printing from a PC
- Using Windows printer drivers
- Using the printer’s front panel
- Using the AdobePS 4 and Microsoft drivers with Windows 95
- Using the Tektronix driver for Windows 3.1
- Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows 3.1
- Using the Windows NT 3.51 PostScript driver
- Using the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver
- Printing from DOS
- Printing from a Macintosh
- Printing from a workstation
- Printing from specific applications
- Selecting print features
- Print quality modes
- Color corrections
- All about media
- Media trays
- Printing on letterhead
- Printing transparencies
- Manual-feed printing
- Duplex printing
- Printer languages: PostScript, HP-GL, PCL5
- Fonts
- Printing: Beyond the Basics
- Caring for Your Printer
- Overview
- Adding ink
- Emptying the waste liner (A)
- Replacing the maintenance tray (B)
- Replacing the media tray separator pad
- Cleaning the printer
- Cleaning pages
- Cleaning supplies
- Using isopropyl alcohol
- Identifying cleaning procedures
- Cleaning for light stripes: printhead
- Cleaning for upper tray jams: media pick roller
- Cleaning for jams and ink smears: media-feed rollers
- Cleaning for lower tray jams: paper pick roller
- Cleaning for lower tray jams: paper-feed rollers
- Cleaning for ink smears and transfix problems: internal paper path
- Cleaning for ink smears: paper-exit path
- Cleaning the maintenance tray blade (optional)
- Moving your printer
- Troubleshooting
- If you need help
- Receiving email update notices
- Using the automated fax systems
- Front panel messages
- Problems and solutions
- All about media jams
- If your file doesn’t print
- PostScript printing errors
- Printed colors are not what you expected
- Selecting page sizes in Windows applications
- Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows
- Sharing the printer on a network
- Using the Front Panel
- Supplies, Accessories, and Expanding Your Printer
- Tektronix supplies: the mark of quality
- Customizing your printer
- Ordering printer supplies
- Extended Features upgrade
- Lower Paper Tray Assembly (recommended)
- Printer Station (recommended)
- Media tray
- Memory upgrade
- Font upgrade
- 600 x 300 dpi upgrade
- PhaserShare network cards (recommended)
- Phaser Copystation
- SCSI hard disk
- PhaserPrint for UNIX software
- PhaserSym
- Regulatory Information and Specifications
- Index
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5 Caring for Your Printer
Overview 5-1
Adding ink 5-2
Ink handling tips 5-3
Emptying the waste liner (A) 5-4
Replacing the maintenance tray (B) 5-7
Replacing the media tray separator pad 5-10
Cleaning the printer 5-13
Cleaning pages 5-13
Cleaning supplies 5-14
Reordering cleaning kit supplies 5-14
Using isopropyl alcohol 5-15
Identifying cleaning procedures 5-16
Cleaning for light stripes: printhead 5-17
Cleaning for upper tray jams: media pick roller 5-20
Cleaning the upper pick roller manually 5-24
Cleaning for jams and ink smears: media-feed rollers 5-28
Cleaning for lower tray jams: paper pick roller 5-34
Cleaning the lower paper-pick roller manually 5-38
Cleaning for lower tray jams: paper-feed rollers 5-39
Cleaning for ink smears and transfix problems: internal paper path 5-41
Cleaning for ink smears: paper-exit path 5-43
Cleaning the maintenance tray blade (optional) 5-49
Moving your printer 5-53
Waiting 30 minutes before moving 5-53
Removing the maintenance tray (B) 5-54
Locking the transit restraint 5-55
Changing line voltage 5-56