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 Basics
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Phaser 380 Color Printer
Printing from specific applications
For printing from most applications, follow the instructions in
ÒPC/Windows softwareÓ on page 2-31 or ÒMacintosh softwareÓ on
page 2-46 to install drivers and printer software. Refer to the following
application notes for details on a few applications with special requirements.
General hints and tips
For hints and tips on printing from a speciÞc application, you can get
information in the following places:
■ World Wide Web: If you have access to the Internet, you can
view selected topics on the Phaser 380 printerÕs web page:
http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/userdoc/introduction.html
■ HAL: Request a document catalog from HAL or EuroHAL,
TektronixÕ automated fax systems. Refer to ÒUsing the automated
fax systemsÓ on page 6-3 for instructions.
Applications tips
QuarkXPress
To use the printer with QuarkXPress, use the installer application on the
printerÕs CD-ROM or diskettes to install the PDF printer description Þle.
The Þle is installed automatically with Easy Install. Refer to instructions on
installing the printerÕs software. Once the Þle is installed, the printerÕs name
appears alphabetically in the list of installed printers in the QuarkXPress
custom Page Setup dialog box. In the list, select Phaser 380 rather than
Tektronix Phaser 380.