User Manual Color Printer Phaser 600

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Table Of Contents

Welcome!
- Tips on using this guide
Contents
Introduction
- Features
  - Some of the Phaser 600 printer’s features include:...
- Information roadmap
Getting Set Up
- At a glance
- Setting up the printer
- Connecting the printer
- Selecting a language for the front panel
- Installing the starter paper roll
  - Loading the paper roll
  - Feeding roll paper
- Software installation
  - Overview for all PC and Macintosh platforms
- PC/Windows software
  - Which Windows driver to install?
  - Custom Install or Easy Install?
- Macintosh software
  - Which Macintosh driver to install?
  - Custom Install or Easy Install?
- Workstation software
  - Downloadable printer utility files
  - PhaserPrint software for UNIX (demo)
Printing Basics
- Printing overview
- Printing from a PC
- Printing from a Macintosh
- Printing from a workstation
- Printing from specific applications
  - General hints and tips
- Selecting print features
- All about media
- Image manipulation
- Printer languages: PostScript, HP-GL
- Fonts
Printing: Beyond the Basics
- Working with color
  - General guidelines
- Color corrections — making the best selection
- Printing and using the color sampler charts
- Special printing features
- Phaser Copystation
- Laminating your Phaser600 prints
  - Tips on laminating prints
Printing the Color Sampler Charts
- Available color charts
- Setting up the printer
  - If you are using manual feed media
  - If you are using roll media
- Printing from a Macintosh
- Printing from a PC
Color Matching
- Select your computer type
- Using ColorSync on a Macintosh
- Using host color correction in Windows 95
Using PANTONE® Color Files
- Pantone overview
- Installing Pantone files
  - Installing the Macintosh files
  - Installing the PC files
- Using the PANTONE Color templates
  - Using the Macintosh templates
  - Using the PC library files
- Printing the PANTONE Color sampler chart
  - Printing individual pages from Acrobat
    - Printing from Acrobat (Macintosh)
    - Printing from Acrobat (PC)
  - Printing the entire chart
    - Printing the entire chart (Macintosh)
    - Printing the entire chart (PC)
- Printing Pantone Colors from an application
  - Printing Pantone Colors from a Macintosh applicati...
  - Printing PANTONE Colors from a PC/Windows applicat...
Using the PhaserPrint™ Plug-in for Photoshop
- Overview
- Compatibility
  - Macintosh
  - Windows
- Installing the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop
  - Installing the plug-in for Macintosh
  - Installing the plug-in for Windows
- Using the plug-in
  - Starting the PhaserPrint plug-in
  - Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box
Using the Phaser600 GX Driver
- System requirements
- Installing the Phaser 600 GX printer driver
- Creating a desktop printer
- Setting up unique desktop printers
- Printing with a desktop printer
  - Using the Printing menu
- Setting up a shared printer
  - Using a shared printer
- Printing from QuickDraw GX applications
- Printing from non-QuickDraw GX applications
  - Changing a desktop printer’s default selections
- Viewing printer status
- Disabling QuickDraw GX
Printing From DOS
- Setting up ports
  - Setting up the parallel port
  - Setting up optional interface ports
- Printing from DOS
Printing from UNIX and VMS Workstations
- Overview
- Printing from UNIX workstations
- Printing from VMS workstations
- Using the printer’s software
- Obtaining the PC utility files
  - Using the Phaser600 printer’s CD-ROM
- Using the utility files
- Mounting the PC/DOS diskette on a workstation
Using Printer Utilities
- Installing the utility files
- Downloading files to the printer
  - Downloading files from a Macintosh
  - Downloading files from a PC
- Changing the printer's name
  - Changing the printer’s name from a Macintosh
  - Changing the printer's name from a PC
- Resetting the printer
  - Resetting the printer from a Macintosh
  - Resetting the printer from a PC
- Using the color rendering intents
  - Descriptions
  - Selecting
    - From the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop
    - From a downloadable utility file
- Enabling and disabling job pipelining
  - Enable/disable job pipelining from a Macintosh
  - Enable/disable job pipelining from a PC
- Modifying the Advance Media default
  - Modifying Advance Media from a Macintosh
  - Modifying Advance Media from a PC
- Setting page offset
  - Setting page offset from a Macintosh
  - Setting page offset from a PC
- Adding Control-D characters to PC files
  - ADDCTRLD.BAT
  - CTRLD.PS
- Configuring a printer’s serial port
  - Parameter values
- Other utilities
  - The following utility files are described in other...
Using SCSI Hard Disks
- SCSI peripheral devices
- Selecting a SCSI hard disk
  - For font storage
- Ordering information
- Connecting a SCSI hard disk
- Formatting a SCSI hard disk
  - Macintosh users
  - PC and workstation users
- Initializing a formatted SCSI hard disk
  - Macintosh users
  - PC and workstation users
- Enabling and disabling SysStart Job execution
Using the Printer’s Parallel Port
- Overview
- Disabling timeouts
- Bi-directional status reporting
- Parallel port pin signals
Using Different Printer Language Modes
- The printer recognizes the following printer or pa...
- Installing the files
- Setting PostScript and HP-GL job and wait timeouts...
- Changing the printer’s language mode
- Testing printer language mode changes
  - Testing HP-GL mode
  - Testing PostScript mode
- Setting default HP-GL pen colors
Caring for Your Printer
- Overview
- Cleaning hints
- Quick cleaning
- Occasional cleaning
- Emptying the waste bin
  - Front panel displays Empty Waste Bin
  - Before moving the printer
- Repacking and moving the printer
Troubleshooting
- If you need help
  - Downloading files from the Tektronix ColorPrinter...
- Using the automated fax systems
  - Use HAL in the U.S.A. and Canada
  - Use EuroHAL in Europe
- Front panel messages
- Symptoms and solutions
  - Diagnostic tools
  - Maintaining print quality
- Printing hints
- Improving print speed
- PostScript printing errors
  - Using a PostScript error handler
  - Fixing timeout problems in Windows
- Printed colors are not what you expected
- Selecting page sizes in Windows applications
  - Windows 3.1
  - Windows 95
- Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows
  - Getting printer configuration information
- Sharing the printer on a network
  - Driver, utility files, and front panel interaction...
  - If the LaserWriter Utility does not work (AppleTal...
- Media hints and tips
  - Cutting roll media
  - Startup page prints even though it is disabled
- Clearing a media jam
- Clearing an ink jam
Using the Front Panel
- Front panel
- Help Pages overview
- Printing the front panel menu map
  - Printing the menu map from the front panel
  - Printing the menu map with PhaserLink software
- Printing the configuration page
- Printing the startup page
- Enabling and disabling the startup page
- Enabling and disabling front panel menus
  - Macintosh utility file: Menu Short /Menu Long
  - PC utility file: MENUSHRT.PS/MENULONG.PS
Ordering Information
- Tektronix Printer and Tektronix Supplies: Made For...
  - Customizing your printer
- Ordering printer supplies
- Ordering Interface cables and adapters
- Expanding your printing system
Regulatory Information
- Overview
- Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regul...
- Declaration of conformity (for 220-230 VAC equipme...
- FCC Class B device (for 100-120 VAC equipment)
- Material Safety Data Sheets
  - MSDS for ink
- Specifications
- Copyrights/Trademarks
- Phaser® 600 Warranty
- Users safety summary
Index

CONNECTING THE PRINTER

Connecting the printer

NOTE

Make all printer connections before you turn on the printer.

Printer ports

The printer is shipped with a SCSI port and parallel port on the printer’s rear panel.

Additionally, the printer can support one optional PhaserShare™ network card. All

ports and network protocols are simultaneously active. The printer accepts print

jobs on a ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-served basis.

NOTE

See Order

ing Interface cables and adapters about ordering cables for connecting

the printer.