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
Caring for Your Printer
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User Manual
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The print-quality setting and ink coverage per print affect the printerÕs ink
consumption. To reorder additional ink sticks, contact your local dealer or,
in the United States, call Tektronix at 1-800-835-6100 to locate a dealer near
you.
Ink handling tips
■ Phaser 380 printer ColorStix ink is formulated speciÞcally for use
with the Phaser 380 printer. Only Tektronix ColorStix ink is
certiÞed for PANTONE Color matching.
■ To ensure optimum print quality and best performance, leave the
printer turned on overnight and during weekends. This reduces
cleaning cycles which consume ink.
■ Keep ink sticks clean by storing them in their original containers
until you are ready to use them. The ColorStix ink sticks may
break if dropped; handle them with care.
Caution
Use only Phaser 380 ColorStix ink sticks. The Phaser 380
printer cannot be used with solid-ink ColorStix ink sticks
intended for other Phaser printers.
Do not load used ink into the printer. Reusing waste ink ruins
the printhead and invalidates the printerÕs warranty.
Discard broken ink sticks. Loading broken pieces of ink sticks
can cause the ink-loading system to jam.
Printer ink sticks
016-1540-00 Phaser 380 ColorStix solid ink — 2 Black sticks
016-1541-00 Phaser 380 ColorStix solid ink — 2 Cyan sticks
016-1542-00 Phaser 380 ColorStix solid ink — 2 Magenta sticks
016-1543-00 Phaser 380 ColorStix solid ink — 2 Yellow sticks