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
Printing Basics
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* These features are available with the printer’s Extended Features option only.
Print features quick reference: Windows printer drivers
Feature
Windows 3.1 drivers
AdobePS 3 Tektronix driver
PostScript
Windows 95 drivers
Microsoft PostScript
AdobePS 4 PostScript
Windows NT 4.0 driver
Print-quality modes
■ Fast Color
■ Standard
■ Enhanced (600 x 300)*
Features tab
➥ Print Quality
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Options
➥ Printer Features
➥ Print Quality
Properties
➥ Device Options tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Print Quality
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Print Quality
Color
correction
■ None
■ Vivid Color
(default)
■ Simulate
Display
■ SWOP Press
■ Euroscale
Press
■ Commercial
Press
■ SNAP Press
■ Toyo
■ DIC
■ FujiProof
■ Monochrome
■ Use Printer
Setting
Features tab
➥ Color Correction
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Options
➥ Printer Features
➥ Color
Correction
Properties
➥ Device Options tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Color Correction
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Color Correction
Media size
■ Executive
■ Letter
■ Legal
■ Tabloid
■ A3, A4, A5
■ Tabloid Extra
■ Personal Env.
■ #10 Envelope
■ ISO B4/B5/B6
■ C6 Envelope
■ DL Envelope
■ Custom
Paper tab
➥ Paper Size
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Paper Size
Properties
➥ Paper tab
➥ Paper Size
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Paper/output
➥ Paper Size
Media trays
■ Upper
■ Lower
■ Paper
■ Transparency
■ Manual Paper
■ Manual
Transparency
Paper tab
➥ Paper Source
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Paper Source
Properties
➥ Paper tab
➥ Paper Source
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Paper/output
➥ Paper Source
Quick Collate*
■ On
■ Off
Features tab
➥ Quick Collate
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Options
➥ Printer Features
➥Quick Collate
Properties
➥ Device Options tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Quick Collate
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Quick Collate
Check Print*
■ On
■ Off
Features tab
➥ Check Print
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Options
➥ Printer Features
➥Check Print
Properties
➥ Device Options tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Check Print
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Check Print
Image Smoothing
■ On
■ Off
Features tab
➥ Image Smoothing
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Options
➥ Printer Features
➥Image Smoothing
Properties
➥ Device Options tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Image Smoothing
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Image Smoothing
Color Control Strip
■ On
■ Off
Features tab
➥ Color Control Strip
Printers
➥ Setup
➥ Options
➥ Printer Features
➥Color Control Strip
Properties
➥ Device Options tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Color Control Strip
Print
➥ Properties
➥ Advanced tab
➥ Printer features
➥ Color Control Strip