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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Printing: Beyond the Basics
4-10
Phaser 380 Color Printer
Printing and using the color sampler charts
You can print color sampler charts from your printer to see how the colors,
as speciÞed from within an application, will look when printed. Having a
pre-printed sample of each color can help you save time in selecting the right
color for your use. Each chart can be printed on Letter-size paper.
The printerÕs color sampler Þles are available from a variety of sources,
according to the following table:
* You can also use Tabloid-size paper for printing two Letter-size pages on each sheet.
** These sampler charts are unavailable via PhaserLink software.
Printing color sampler charts
Color Sampler Charts Print from the
front panel
See page 2-30.
Print from CD-ROM and
diskettes
See “Printing the Color Sampler
Charts” on the CD-ROM.
Download from World Wide Web
Visit the Tektronix web site:
http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/support/
or use PhaserLink software to print sampler
charts from your web browser.
CMYK sampler chart*
(cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black color model)
yes yes yes
RGB sampler chart*
(red, green, and blue color
model)
yes yes yes
HSB sampler chart*
(hue, saturation, and
brightness color model)
Not available yes yes**
PANTONE sampler chart
Not available yes yes**