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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Adobe Photoshop
The PhaserPrint
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software plug-in operates within the Photoshop
application to improve the image data transfer time from your computer to
your printer. Use the installer application on the printerÕs CD-ROM or
diskettes to install the PhaserPrint software plug-in. The Þle is installed
automatically with Easy Install. Refer to the instructions on installing the
printerÕs software. Once the Þle is installed, open the File menu, choose
Export, and select PhaserPrint to make printing selections. Refer to the
on-line manuals on the printerÕs CD-ROM for details on using the
PhaserPrint software plug-in.
Pantone
If you are using an application that produces PANTONE Colors, see the
on-line manual on the printerÕs CD-ROM for information on color library
Þles available for speciÞc applications
Other applications
To use the printer with Adobe PageMaker or Macromedia FreeHand, and
other applications, use the installer application on the printerÕs CD-ROM or
diskettes to install the PPD printer description Þles. Refer to the instructions
on installing the printerÕs software. Once the Þles are installed, you can use
them to set up a PPD-driven printer driver, such as the Apple LaserWriter
8.3.4 or AdobePS 4 for your printer.