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
Getting Set Up
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1.
PhaserShare card port (optional)
The printer accepts one of the following:
■ PhaserShare Ethernet card supporting TCP/IP, Novell NetWare,
EtherTalk, Telnet and FTP protocols.
■ PhaserShare Token Ring card supporting TCP/IP, Novell NetWare,
TokenTalk, Telnet and FTP protocols.
■ PhaserShare LocalTalk/Serial card.
The PhaserShare Network Cards and Software System Administrator
Manual contains all the information necessary for conÞguring and
using the optional network interfaces. Refer to ÒPhaserShare
network cards (recommended)Ó on page 8-7 for ordering
information.
2.
Parallel port (standard)
The parallel port is a standard IEEE 1284 high-density port. The
adapter that is included with the printer may be used with
low-density parallel cables if an appropriate high-density cable is
not available.
3.
SCSI port (standard)
The SCSI port is used only for connecting an external SCSI hard
disk or for connecting the Phaser Copystation. Refer to ÒSCSI
peripheral devicesÓ on page 2-24 for more information on the SCSI
port. Refer to ÒPhaser CopystationÓ on page 8-8 for more
information on the Phaser Copystation.