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

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printhead 567

quick cleaning 539

tool 548

clearing an ink jam 676

clearing media jams 672

CMYK Sampler, Macintosh utility

ﬁle

256

CMYK.PS, PC utility ﬁle 256

color

adjusting or correcting

197

guidelines for use 196

how to use 195

problems with 642

special considerations 215

working with 195

color charts

CMYK

255

HSB 255

important notes 262

PANTONE 301

printing

from a Macintosh

264

from a PC 272

RGB 255

Color Control Strip 238

color corrections 219

Commercial Press 205

Euroscale Press 205

from an application 217

front panel selection 152

host, Windows 95 282

Monochrome 211

no corrections 202

selecting 155

selecting the best 197

Simulate Display 204

SNAP Press 205

SWOP Press 205

use printer setting 212

Vivid Color 203

with an unsupported driver 218

with printer on a network 216

Color Printer Information Server 583

email address 583

information types available 583

ColorStix ink sticks 537

ordering 729

ColorSync, using 277

commands, DOS

COPY command, using

441

MODE command, using 396

Commercial Press color correction

description

205

selecting from the front panel 152

selecting in a Macintosh driver 125

selecting in a Windows driver 83

using a utility ﬁle 477

communication ports 110

CompuServe 581

CONFIG.PS, PC utility ﬁle 518

conﬁguration descriptions 2

conﬁguration page 596

printing 699

from a Macintosh 702

from a PC 704

from the front panel 700

conﬁguring a serial port (PC) 473

connecting power 34

connecting printer ports 28

connections

network

parallel cables 30

power 32

SCSI port 482

Control-D, PC utility ﬁles 471

Copystation 13, 242

automatic scaling 246

custom scaling 246

media size interactions 248

SCSI ID 29

CorelDRAW!, PANTONE color library ﬁle

300

correcting printed colors 197

CTRLD.PS, PC utility ﬁle 471

Custom Install option 47

custom page sizes 241

custom proﬁles 49, 70

custom scaling, Copystation 246

Cut Media, Macintosh utility ﬁles 478

CUTJOB.PS, PC utility ﬁle 478

CUTNEVER.PS, PC utility ﬁle 478

CUTNOW.PS, PC utility ﬁle 478