Tektronix 300X User Manual

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User Manual

Phaser

300X

Color Printer

First printing August 1996 070-8873-01

Tektronix, Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission of Tektronix, Inc.

This instrument, in whole or in part, may be protected by one or more U.S. or foreign patents or patent applications. Information provided upon request from Tektronix, Inc., P.O. Box 1000, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-1000.

If acquired subject to FAR or DFARS, the following shall apply:

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Unpublished — rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.

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Tektronix

TekColor™, Finepoint™, PhaserPrint™, and PhaserSym™ are trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. TekColor Care

, Phaser

, ColorStix

, Made For Each Other

, and ColorCoat

are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc.

is a service

mark of Tektronix, Inc.

Adobe

, Acrobat

Reader, Illustrator

, Photoshop

, and PostScript

are registered trademarks and Brilliant Screens™ and IntelliSelect™ are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

The printer contains an implementation of the LZW algorithm licensed under U.S. Patent 4,558,302.

Apple

, LaserWriter

, LocalTalk

, Macintosh

, and TrueType2

are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Incorporated.

Ethernet™ is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.

Times™, Helvetica™, and Palatino™ are trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are registered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation.

MS-DOS

Novell

PCL5

SPARC

and Windows

and NetWare

is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation.

is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Incorporated. SPARCstation™ is a trademark of SPARC

International, Incorporated, licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Incorporated.

, Sun Microsystems

Sun Incorporated.

is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.

UNIX

Other marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.

PANTONE

Colors generated by the Phaser 300X Color Printer are four- and/or three-color process simulations and may not

match PANTONE-identiﬁed solid color standards. Use current PANTONE Color Reference Manuals for accurate colors. PANTONE Color simulations are only obtainable on this product when driven by qualiﬁed Pantone-licensed software

packages. Contact Pantone, Inc. for a current list of qualiﬁed licensees. All trademarks noted herein are either the property of Tektronix, Inc., Pantone, Inc., or their respective companies.

are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

are registered trademarks of Novell, Incorporated.

, and Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation

are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,

Users safety summary

Terms in manual:

Power source:

conductor and ground. Use only the speciﬁed power cord and connector. Refer to a qualiﬁed service technician for changes to the cord or connector.

Operation of product:

product. Do not operate without the covers and panels properly installed. Do not operate in an atmosphere of explosive gases.

Safety instructions: Terms on product:

Care of product:

power cord or plug is frayed or otherwise damaged, if you spill anything into the case, if product is exposed to any excess moisture, if product is dropped or damaged, if you suspect that the product needs servicing or repair, and whenever you clean the product.

Ground the product:

necessary, contact a licensed electrician to install a properly grounded outlet.

Symbols as marked on product:

CAUTION Conditions that can result in damage to the product. WARNING Conditions that can result in personal injury or loss of life.

Do not apply more than 250 volts RMS between the supply conductors or between either supply

Avoid electric shock by contacting a qualiﬁed service technician to replace fuses inside the

Read all installation instructions carefully before you plug the product into a power source.

CAUTION A personal injury hazard exists that may not be apparent. For example, a

panel may cover the hazardous area. Also applies to a hazard to property including the product itself.

DANGER A personal injury hazard exists in the area where you see the sign.

Disconnect the power plug by pulling the plug, not the cord. Disconnect the power plug if the

Plug the three-wire power cord (with grounding prong) into grounded AC outlets only. If

DANGER high voltage:

Protective ground (earth) terminal:

Use caution. Refer to the manual(s) for information:

WARNING:

can cause an electrical shock. Electrical product may be hazardous if misused.

If the product loses the ground connection, usage of knobs and controls (and other conductive parts)

Phaser

Tektronix warrants that the 300X Color Printer will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If this product proves defective during its warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, will either repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.

This warranty applies only to products returned to the designated Tektronix depot or the Tektronix authorized representative from which the product was originally purchased. For products returned to other locations, Customer will be assessed an applicable service charge. The preceding limitation shall not apply within the European Economic Area, where products may be returned for warranty service to the nearest designated service depot regardless of the place of purchase.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must provide the applicable ofﬁce of Tektronix or its authorized representative with notice of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix or its representative, with shipping charges prepaid. Tektronix or its representative shall pay for the return of the product to Customer. Customer shall be responsible for paying any associated taxes or duties.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care. Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty:

a) to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product;

b) to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment;

300X Warranty

c) to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non-Tektronix supplies or consumables;

d) to repair a product that has been modiﬁed or integrated with other products when the effect of such modiﬁcation or integration increases the time or difﬁculty of servicing the product; or

e) to repair damage or malfunction resulting from failure to perform user maintenance and cleaning at the frequency and as prescribed in the user manual (if applicable).

THE ABOVE WARRANTIES ARE GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THIS PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. TEKTRONIX' RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Getting Set Up

At a glance 2-1 Checking the inventory 2-2 Setting up the printer 2-3

Removing the shipping block 2-3 Loading paper 2-4 Installing the output tray 2-5 Setting the media switch 2-6

Connecting the printer 2-7

Printer ports 2-7 LocalTalk connection 2-8

Connecting the printer to a single computer using LocalTalk 2-9

Ethernet connection 2-10 Parallel connection 2-11 Serial connection 2-12

Turning on the printer 2-13 Selecting a language for the front panel 2-15 Making a test print 2-16 Installing software on your computer 2-17 Setting up PC ports (DOS) 2-18

Parallel port setup 2-18 Serial port setup 2-19

3 Printing

Which platform? 3-1

Printing from a PC 3-1

Using Windows printer drivers 3-2 Using the printer’s rear panel switches 3-2 Using the Microsoft PostScript driver with Windows 95 3-4 Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows 95 3-6 Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows 3.1 3-8

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Using the Windows NT PostScript driver 3-10 Printing from DOS 3-10

Printing from a Macintosh 3-11

Using Macintosh printer drivers 3-11 Using the printer’s rear panel switches 3-11 Using the Phaser 300X driver 3-14 Using the Adobe PSPrinter Driver 3-14 Using the Phaser 300X GX driver 3-15

Printing from a workstation 3-16

Overview 3-16 UNIX workstations 3-17 VMS workstations 3-18 For more information 3-18

Printing from specific applications 3-19

General hints and tips 3-19 Windows applications 3-19

Aldus PageMaker and FreeHand 3-19 Adobe PageMaker 3-19 Macromedia FreeHand 3-19 QuarkXPress 3-19 Pantone 3-19

Macintosh applications 3-20

QuarkXPress 3-20 Adobe Photoshop 3-20 Pantone 3-20 Other applications 3-20

Selecting print features 3-21

Print modes 3-21

Print-quality modes 3-21 Finepoint Sharpening 3-21

Color correction 3-22

Color Control Strip feature 3-23

All about media 3-24

Grade and finish 3-24

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Size 3-25 Weight and thickness 3-26 Grain 3-27 Margins and image area 3-28

Image area for Tabloid Extra 3-29

Image area for color prints 3-29 Image orientation 3-30 Media handling 3-31 Using the paper trays 3-32

Loading letterhead 3-33

Loading three-holed paper 3-33 Using manual feed 3-34

Inserting the paper 3-34

Manual feed examples: paper, envelopes 3-35 Making transparencies 3-36

Fonts 3-37

Resident typefaces (PostScript) 3-37 Resident typefaces (PCL5) 3-38 Downloading Macintosh and TrueType fonts 3-38 Installing Macintosh screen fonts 3-39

Printer languages: PostScript, HP-GL, PCL5 3-40

Switching printer languages 3-41 Printing with PCL5 3-42 Printing with HP-GL 3-42 Printing PostScript 3-42

Changing the HP-GL default settings 3-43

4 Caring for Your Printer

Overview 4-1 Adding ink 4-2 Changing the fuser wiper 4-4 Emptying the waste bin 4-5

Emptying the waste bin when front panel message displays 4-6 Emptying the waste bin before moving the printer 4-7

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Cleaning the printer 4-8

New printer cleaning supplies 4-8 Reorder cleaning kit supplies 4-9

Using isopropyl alcohol 4-10 Cleaning the paper-pick rollers 4-11 Cleaning the feed rollers 4-12 Cleaning the paper tension blade, paper clamp, and drum 4-13 Cleaning the head wiper 4-20 Cleaning the fuser rollers 4-22

Quick Steps 4-22

Procedure A 4-24

Procedure B 4-25

5 Supplies and Accessories

Tektronix supplies: the mark of quality 5-1 Ordering information 5-1

Upgrade kits 5-3 Interface cables and Ethernet adapters 5-4

6 Troubleshooting

If you need help 6-1 Using the automated fax systems 6-2 Error codes and front panel messages 6-3 Clearing paper jams 6-5

Removing jammed paper 6-6 Removing a paper jam from the rear of the printer 6-7

Setting head convergence 6-8

Test print example 6-8

General cleaning guide 6-12 Problems, solutions, hints 6-13

Print quality problems 6-13 Network problems 6-20 Operation hints 6-21 Printer standby modes 6-23 Printing and installation 6-24

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7 Front and Rear Panels

Front panel 7-2

Utilities mode menu structure 7-4

Rear panel 7-5

Rear panel switches 7-5 Rear-panel LED indicator 7-6

A Technical Notes

Startup and configuration pages A-1

Turning off the startup page A-1 Generating a configuration page A-2 Print count A-3

Printer ports A-4

LocalTalk and Ethernet ports A-4 Printer name and AppleTalk zones A-4 Parallel port A-5 Serial port A-6

Serial port signals A-8 Specifications A-9 Safety and emissions A-10

B Expanding Your Printing System

Customizing your printer B-1 Extended features upgrade B-1 Upgrades kits B-2

Advantages of adding memory B-3 PhaserPrint B-4 PhaserSym B-4 Adding a hard disk for font storage B-5

Connecting one disk B-7

Connecting multiple disks B-8

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C Moving Your Printer

Reinstalling the shipping block C-2 Changing line voltage C-4

D Regulatory Information

Declaration of conformity D-1 Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)

regulatory standards D-2 FCC Class B warning (for 115 VAC equipment) D-2 Material Safety Data Sheets D-3

Index

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Chapter

Introduction

The Tektronix Phaser 300X Color Printer uses Tektronix’ solid ink-jet technology. Solid ink-jet refers to the melting of the solid inks inside the printer, which then resolidify on paper. The ink resolidiﬁes so rapidly that it does not have time to bleed into the paper, so the printed colors remain brilliant and well-deﬁned.

With the Phaser 300X, you can use almost any kind of paper, such as Bond, Book, Cover, and Text, as well as transparency ﬁlm.

Standard conﬁguration.

10 Mbytes of memory, a total of 39 fonts, and prints on media as large as 11 x 17 in. (297 x 420 mm). Additional memory for improved performance is optionally available.

Extended Features option.

conﬁguration, provides the following features and capabilities:

In its standard conﬁguration, the printer provides

The Extended Features option, the recommended

Feature Capabilities

Additional 12 Mbytes of RAM (for a total of 22 Mbytes)

Ethernet connectivity PhaserMatch™

custom proﬁler Supplies Startup Kit

Full Tabloid-bleed image area on Tabloid Extra media

■

(305 x 457-mm, 12 x 18 in.)

■

Allows printing of complex documents Faster printing and file downloading

■

Maximum throughput in networked workgroups

■

Optimum Photoshop performance via a custom plug-in

■

Monochrome PCL5 (must be enabled)

■

EtherTalk, Novell, TCP/IP Custom color matching for the greatest accuracy and

■

consistency in printed colors 8 ColorStix ink sticks of each color ink

■

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Introduction

Language support.

variety of software applications since it incorporates Adobe’s PostScript Level 2 software and accepts Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HP-GL) ﬁles and monochrome PCL5 (Printer Command Language) ﬁles (PCL5 is optionally available). The Phaser 300X printer interfaces can be set (by using an automatic language selection PostScript utility ﬁle) to automatically switch between all three supported languages: PostScript, HP-GL, and PCL5. The default language is PostScript.

Network printing.

workstations, and VMS workstations, making it a resource that can be shared in mixed environments. You can connect one host or several hosts to the printer because it supports simultaneous input through parallel, serial, and LocalTalk, and the optional Ethernet interface with support for EtherTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP protocols.

Font support.

and Type 3 downloadable fonts, TrueType fonts, optional PCL5, and a variety of user-deﬁned fonts. You can download additional fonts as needed, or store them on an external hard disk.

The Phaser 300X lets you make color prints from a

The printer works with Macintosh computers, PCs, UNIX

Besides its 39 resident fonts, the printer accepts Adobe Type 1

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Phaser 300X Color Printer

Introduction

Excellent color control.

correction modes for simulating SWOP (Speciﬁcations for Web Offset Publications), SNAP proﬁle (for creative work designed to print on newsprint), Commercial Press (matching commercial Matchprint and Euroscale Press (matching the

Euroscale

and color prooﬁng used to ensure the consistency of printed colors between different publications.

With the Extended Features option, you get the which allows you to adjust printed colors for a speciﬁc press, paper, and ink, providing the greatest accuracy and consistency. This feature is invaluable for graphics professionals who want full control of the color process.

PhaserMatch software for the Macintosh and PC platforms provides a simple approach for creating and editing color proﬁles. It is designed for the most demanding users who need to consistenly and accurately predict and control colors. The proﬁles are created by adjusting dot gain, controlling density or color reproduction curves to simulate the color output of a particular press or other industry standard systems.

). SWOP Press is a set of speciﬁcations for color separation ﬁlms

TekColor Dynamic Correction provides built-in color

proofs),

Pantone Process Color System Guide,

PhaserMatch color proﬁler

The printer software also includes the allows you to check the consistency of printed colors between prints made on the same printer, as well as between prints made on more than one of the same type or model of printer. When this option is selected in the printer driver, the printed page includes a band of colors along the bottom edge; the colors in this band reﬂect the currently selected color correction.

PANTONE

that support PANTONE Colors, the printer produces Pantone-approved process color simulations. The software application provides the process color values used to approximate PANTONE Colors. The Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes include a sampler chart of process color values, which are optimized for the Phaser 300X. You can also retrieve this information from Tektronix’ World Wide Web server at

support.

When you use the printer with software applications

Color Control Strip

feature, which

www.tek.com .

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Introduction

Print quality and speed.

and a print speed of 1 to 4 minutes per Letter-sized page, depending on the print quality mode. Print quality modes include Standard, Enhanced, and Premium.

Media support.

from 100 x 150 mm (4 x 6 in.) to 305 x 457 mm (12 x 18 in.). The printer has 10 Mbytes of standard memory, expandable in 4-Mbyte increments to 22 Mbytes. With the standard memory conﬁguration, the maximum printable area is 287 x 408 mm for A3-size media and 10.5 x 16.5 in. for B-size media. When you expand memory to 14 Mbytes, you can print Tabloid-size bleed images (297 x 445 mm, 11.7 x 17.5 in.) on Tabloid Extra paper (305 x 457-mm, 12 x 18 in.).

The printer produces laser-quality prints on paper ranging

Easy to use and maintain.

ColorStix ink. Each ColorStix ink stick is a unique shape so that you always load the correct color into the correct ink bin.

To order supplies such as paper or ColorStix ink, refer to the supplies information sheet that is shipped with the printer and contact your local dealer or, in the United States, call Tektronix at retrieve this information from Tektronix’ World Wide Web server at

www.tek.com .

The Phaser 300X has 300 dots-per-inch resolution

When the printer needs ink, you just drop in solid

1-800-835-6100 . You can also

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Phaser 300X Color Printer

Chapter

At a glance

Getting Set Up

Installation of your Phaser 300X Color Printer involves these tasks:

Checking the inventory

Setting up the printer

Removing the shipping block

■

Loading paper

■

Installing the output tray

■

Setting the media switch

Connecting the printer

■

Connecting all cables: serial, parallel, LocalTalk, Ethernet, SCSI, and power.

Selecting a language for the front panel

Installing software on your computer

Setting up PC ports (DOS)

■ Serial port setup

■ Parallel port setup

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Checking the inventory

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Universal media tray

Registration

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Registration card and license agreement

Power cord

Parallel cable adapter

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Cleaning kit

Phaser 300X Media Sampler

Individual ColorStix ink sticks

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An extra box of each color of ColorStix ink (optional)

10.

The Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference

manual, CD-ROM, diskettes, and (optional) PhaserMatch documentation

11.

Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers User Manual

and diskettes (optional)

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See “Interface cables and Ethernet adapters” on page 5-4 for information on purchasing interface cables, LocalTalk adapters, and Ethernet adapters.

Note

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Save all boxes and packing material in case moving or subsequent shipment is necessary.

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Setting up the printer

Getting Set Up

Note

The printer is shipped to you already loaded with ink. You do not need to add any ink when you ﬁrst set up the printer.

Removing the shipping block

Open the top cover.

Hold down the button while you open the rear cover.

Push the shipping block tab up and slide it, along with the printhead, past the post.

Remove the shipping block, then close the covers.

Note

Save the shipping block to use again if you move the printer; the shipping block protects the printhead.

Save all boxes and packing material in case moving or subsequent shipment is necessary.

Caution

You must remove all packing material before turning the printer on; otherwise you will damage the printhead.

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Loading paper

Move the guides.

Push down on the metal lift plate with your ﬁnger; then slide the paper under the tabs. When you use A-size (8.5 x 11 in.) or A4-size (210 x 297 mm) paper, place the long side of the paper under the tabs, making sure that the paper ﬁts snugly against the inside front wall of the paper tray.

Adjust the rear guide until it touches the rear of the paper.

Note

The rear guide must ﬁt snugly against the paper; otherwise the printed image might be clipped or rotated.

A, A4

2-4

Put the cover on the paper tray.

Insert the paper tray into the printer. Tilt the paper tray up slightly as you insert it.

Note

To load transparencies, refer to “Making transparencies” on page 3-36.

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Installing the output tray

Push the output tray into the lower slot until it clicks into place.

Fit the rear tab into the slot inside the printer. The tabs on the sides of the tray ﬁt into the slots on the sides of the printer.

If you need to remove the tray, press in on both sides of the tray next to the tabs while you pull out the tray.

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Setting the media switch

Set Switch 6 for the paper size:

■ Down for American-size paper

■ Up for Metric-size paper

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Reset

Diagnostics

Run

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Metric

Paper Size

Startjob Color Correction

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1200

Baud Rate

Variable

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Metric

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Paper Size

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Color Adjust

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The default setting for all switches is down. Unless you are using the serial port, the only switch you have to set is Switch 6 for the media size. Refer to “Rear panel” on page 5 for details on all the switches.

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Connecting the printer

Printer ports

The printer accepts data through four ports:

LocalTalk

Serial (RS-232)

Parallel

Ethernet

The printer accepts data from all the ports at the same time. The printer accepts print jobs on a ﬁrst-come, ﬁrst-served basis.

Getting Set Up

The SCSI port (

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connect a computer to this port or send print data through the SCSI interface. Refer to “Adding a hard disk for font storage” on page B-5 for more information on the SCSI port.

Note

See “Interface cables and Ethernet adapters” on page 5-4 about ordering cables and adapters for connecting the printer.

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LocalTalk connection

You can make LocalTalk connections between the printer and a single computer or on a LocalTalk network using a daisy-chain or star setup. If your LocalTalk installation is complex, or if you need assistance, contact your network system administrator.

Note

LocalTalk connectors and cables are available through your dealer. The illustration shows two commonly used types of LocalTalk connectors:

LocalTalk is sometimes referred to as AppleTalk. LocalTalk refers to the physical connection; AppleTalk is the set of protocols.

Self-terminating connector.

Connector that requires an external terminator (depending on your network conﬁguration).

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Note

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Depending on the type of LocalTalk cables you use and your network conﬁguration, you may need to use terminators at certain points in the installation. Refer to the documentation for your LocalTalk connectors and cables for details.

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LocalTalk®

Input

Connecting the printer to a single computer using LocalTalk

You can use LocalTalk connectors and cables to connect the printer directly to your computer, without connecting it to any other network.

Note

If your network consists of a single Macintosh and printer and the cable you are using is not self-terminating, you need to terminate both ends of the network.

Turn the printer off before making any LocalTalk connections.

Connect the short cable of a LocalTalk connector to the printer’s LocalTalk port.

Connect the short cable of a second LocalTalk connector to your computer’s LocalTalk port.

Connect a LocalTalk cable between the two LocalTalk connectors you have just attached to your computer and your printer.

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Baud Rate

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Off Off

Status

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If you have no other connections to make, read ahead to “Turning on the printer” on page 2-13.

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Ethernet connection

Ethernet is a communication standard that supports high-speed data transmission — up to 10 times faster than LocalTalk. If you ordered your printer with the network option, you received the Network Utilities diskettes and the Network Utilities for Phaser Color Printers User Manual. For complete information on Ethernet (including setup), refer to that manual.

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Phaser 300X Color Printer

Parallel connection

High-density parallel connector

The printer uses a 1284C-compliant high-density parallel connector for connection to parallel devices. A parallel cable adapter, included with the printer, converts a standard 36-pin low-density parallel cable plug to a 36-pin high-density plug. The adapter is used when connecting a standard Centronics parallel cable to the printer’s high-density parallel connector. Parallel cables are available from Tektronix; refer to “Interface cables and Ethernet adapters” on page 4.

Getting Set Up

Connect a parallel interface cable to your computer and to the printer’s parallel port.

Parallel

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If you have no other connections to make, read ahead to “Turning on the printer” on page 2-13.

Note

If your computer is a PC: After you turn on the printer and install software on your PC, you must set up your PC’s parallel port to match the settings you have selected for the printer’s parallel port. Refer to “Installing software on your computer” on page 17 for Windows or “Setting up PC ports (DOS)” on page 2-18 for DOS.

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Serial connection

9-pin serial connector

The printer uses a 9-pin serial plug on the rear panel for connection to serial devices. Both 9-socket to 9-socket and 9-socket to 25-socket null-modem serial cables are available from Tektronix; refer to “Interface cables and Ethernet adapters” on page 4.

Note

Use a “null-modem” serial cable. An ordinary serial cable may cause communication problems. You can purchase null-modem cables from Tektronix. Refer to “Interface cables and Ethernet adapters” on page 5-4.

Connect a serial interface cable to your computer and to the printer’s serial port.

Set the Baud Rate switch, Switch 7, on the rear panel:

■ Set Switch 7 down for a variable baud rate. (The default baud rate is

9600, the fastest rate available on this port; to change the baud rate to a setting other than 9600, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.)

■ Set Switch 7 up for a ﬁxed baud rate of 1200.

Serial

(RS-232)

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Note

If your computer is a PC: After you turn on the printer and install software on your PC, you must set up your PC’s serial port to match the settings you have selected for the printer’s serial port. Refer to “Installing software on your computer” on page 17 for Windows or “Setting up PC ports (DOS)” on page 2-18 for DOS.

Phaser 300X Color Printer

123456 7

Reset

Skip

Extended



Diagnostics

Startjob

Power Up

Run

PXi

Metric

Blue Press

1200

Serial

Paper Size

Baud Rate

Color Adjust

LocalTalk™

(RS-232)

American

Variable

Off Off

Status

8344-51A

Turning on the printer

Getting Set Up

Caution

Note

To avoid damaging the printer, make sure that you have removed all packing material before turning on the printer.

Make sure that the voltage select switch is set to match the AC line voltage and that the power switch is in the off position before connecting the power cord.

Plug the power cord into the printer and into a grounded outlet.

If you are connecting any peripherals such as a SCSI hard disk, plug it in and turn it on before turning on the printer.

Turn on the printer.

Caution

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To avoid damaging the printer, do not turn the printer off when the front panel displays any of the following messages: “Busy Cleaning Head,” “Printing,” or “Utilities,” unless you turn the printer on again within 5 minutes.

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Getting Set Up

When you turn on the printer, the

POWER and ERROR indicators on the

front panel light up. The printer takes about 15 to 20 minutes to warm up and complete a series of self-tests. During the warm-up cycle, the indicator remains on; the

ERROR light goes out.

POWER

After the self-tests run successfully, the printer prints a startup page. The startup page prints whenever you turn on or reset the printer. If you want to turn off the startup page, you can use a utility ﬁle provided on the Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes. Refer to “Turning off the startup page” on page A-1 and the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details on using the utility ﬁle.

Note

You should leave the printer on if you use it frequently (such as during a normal work week with daily use). The printer has an automatic standby mode that keeps the printer ready to use and reduces energy consumption. If the printer will be idle for two days or more (such as over a weekend), turn it off.

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Getting Set Up

Selecting a language for the front panel

Messages that appear in the front panel window are in English. You can leave the front panel set to English or change the language to French, German, Spanish, Italian, or Japanese.

When the printer is on and the Ready message appears, press the button. You see this message (Vx.xx is the

Utilities Exit

Vx.xx

ﬁrmware version number):

Utilities Exit Next

In the Utilities mode, you can scroll through the menu selections using

TEST PRINT button. The CLEAN

the

PRINT HEAD

button allows you to

UTILITIES

CLEAN

PRINTHEAD

TEST

execute a function or change a setting.

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Press the TEST PRINT button (Next) twice to scroll to the language selection mode. You see this message:

Language: English Change Next

UTILITIES

Vx.xx

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button (Change) to change the language selection:

■ Press one time = German

■ Press two times = French

■ Press three times = Italian

■ Press four times = Spanish

■ Press ﬁve times = Japanese

Press the TEST PRINT button 5 times to return to the Utilities mode. The message appears in whichever language you selected:

Utilities

Vx.xx

Exit Next

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button (Exit) to exit the Utilities mode. The front panel displays the Ready message.

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Making a test print

To make a test print, make sure that the front panel display shows the Ready message, then press the

TEST PRINT button on the printer’s front panel.

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Installing software on your computer

Packaged with your printer are the Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes that contain utilities, drivers, PPDs, and other useful ﬁles.

For complete details on the contents of the Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes and how to install the software, refer to Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference, which is shipped with the printer.

To select print features in a driver, refer to “Selecting print features” on page 3-21 and the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

For workstation users, the CD-ROM includes a demonstration copy of the PhaserPrint software. PhaserPrint provides a graphical user interface in which to select print features such as color correction and print quality mode. Refer to “Printing from a workstation” on page 3-16 for more information on using PhaserPrint; refer to page 5-1 for order information.

Workstation users can also use the utility ﬁles on either the CD-ROM or the PC diskettes, or download utilities and ﬁles from the Tektronix Bulletin Board System (BBS) or get ﬁles from the Tektronix Color Printer Information Server. Refer to “Online services” on page 6-1.

Getting Set Up

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Getting Set Up

Setting up PC ports (DOS)

Parallel port setup

If your computer is a PC running DOS and you are using the printer’s parallel port, use the DOS computer’s parallel port to ensure that large ﬁles will print, even if data transmission is slow.

Type the following command at the DOS prompt (if LPT1 is not available, use LPT2):

MODE LPT1:,,P > NUL

MODE command to disable timeouts on your

See your DOS documentation for details on the

You can add the MODE command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT ﬁle so that it takes effect every time you turn on your computer. (Refer to your PC user documentation.)

MODE command.

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Getting Set Up

Serial port setup

If your computer is a PC using DOS and you are using the serial port, you must set up your computer’s serial port parameters to match the settings you made on the printer’s serial port.

Under DOS, use the

Note

Switch 7 must be down for the variable baud rate operation.

If you set the printer’s rear panel Baud Rate switch (Switch 7) down for variable baud rate and you are using the default serial parameters for this position, type the following command at the DOS prompt (if COM1 is not available, use COM2):

MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P

If you changed the printer’s serial port parameters from the defaults, you must enter different values for the (see your DOS documentation for details on the command).

If you set the printer’s rear panel Baud Rate switch (Switch 7) up for a ﬁxed baud rate of 1200, enter this command (if COM1 is not available, use COM2):

MODE COM1:1200,N,8,1,P

Refer to “Serial port” on page A-6 for a complete listing of the printer’s default serial port parameters.

MODE command to set up your computer’s serial port:

MODE command MODE

You can add the MODE command to your AUTOEXEC.BAT ﬁle, so that it takes effect every time you turn on your computer. (Refer to your PC user documentation.)

Your Phaser 300X is now ready to use. If you want to turn on or turn off the startup page, refer to “Turning off the startup page” on page A-1. Refer to “Adding a hard disk for font storage” on page B-5 if you want to add a hard disk.

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Chapter

Printing

Which platform?

You can print to your printer from IBM-compatible personal computers, Macintosh computers, and workstations. Make sure your printer is set up with the appropriate interface port; refer to “Connecting the printer” on page 2-7.

Note

Printing from a PC ■ Windows 95 see page 3-4

Printing from a Macintosh

Printing from a workstation see page 3-16

If you haven’t already installed the printer’s software, refer to Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions before continuing.

■ Windows 3.1 see page 3-8

■ Windows NT see page 3-10

■ Phaser 300X Driver see page 3-14

■ Adobe PSPrinter Driver 8.3.1 see page 3-14

■ Phaser 300X GX Driver see page 3-15

Printing from a PC

You can print from a PC with or without a printer driver. The supported drivers allow you to select printing features right from your computer. Without a supported driver, you can make some printing selections with the rear panel switches; you can also use custom downloaded utility ﬁles that are available on the printer’s CD-ROM, diskettes, or from the Tektronix World Wide Web server.

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Printing

Using Windows printer drivers

To select printer-speciﬁc features, print from one of the following provided drivers. Refer to the Windows “Print features quick reference” table on this page for a list of the printing features and how to ﬁnd them quickly in each of these drivers.

Windows 95 (Microsoft PostScript driver) see page 3-4 Windows 95 (AdobePS 4 driver) see page 3-6 Windows 3.1 (AdobePS 3 driver) see page 3-8 Windows NT (PostScript driver) see page 3-10

Using the printer’s rear panel switches

Refer to “Rear panel switches” on page 7-5 for instructions on changing the color correction mode with the rear panel switches. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for detailed information on using the rear panel switches to change other print features.

Print features quick reference: Windows printer drivers

Feature Feature

descriptions

Windows 3.1

AdobePS 3 PostScript

driver

Windows 95

Microsoft PostScript driver

and

AdobePS 4 PostScript driver

Print-quality modes

■ Standard

■ Enhanced

■ Premium

Color correction

■ Vivid Color

■ None

■ Simulate Display

■ SWOP Press

■ Euroscale Press

■ Commercial Press

■ SNAP Press

■ Monochrome

■ Use Printer Settings

■ Custom Profile*†

* These features are available with the printer’s Extended Features option only. † Selecting Custom Proﬁle displays another list showing the proﬁles that you created in PhaserMatch. Not available in the

Microsoft PostScript driver.

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Phaser 300X Color Printer

See page 3-21 Features tab

➥ Print Quality

See page 3-22 Features tab

➥ Color Correction

Properties ➥ Device Options tab

➥ Printer features

➥ Print Quality

Properties

➥ Device Options tab

➥ Printer features

➥ Color Correction

Print features quick reference: Windows printer drivers (cont'd.)

Printing

Feature Feature

descriptions

Windows 3.1

AdobePS 3 PostScript

driver

Windows 95

Microsoft PostScript driver

and

AdobePS 4 PostScript driver

Media size

■ Letter

■ Legal

■ Tabloid

■ Letter Extra

■ Tabloid Extra

■ A4

■ A3

■ 4x6 Card

■ 5x7 Card

■ A5

■ A6

■ ISOB4

■ ISOB5

■ ISOB6

■ Compliment Slip

■ #10 Envelope

■ C6 Envelope

■ DL Envelope

■ A4 Envelope

■ .5 A4 Envelope

Media source

■ Media T ra y

■ Manual Feed

Finepoint Sharpening

■ On

■ Off

Color Control Strip

■ On

■ Off

See page 3-25 Paper tab

➥ Paper Size

See page 3-32 Paper tab

➥ Paper Source

See page 3-21 Features tab

➥ Finepoint Sharpening

Refer to the

Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference

Features tab

➥ Color Control Strip

Microsoft PostScript driver.

Properties

➥ Paper tab

➥ Paper Size

Properties

➥ Paper tab

➥ Paper Source

Properties

➥ Device options tab

➥ Printer features

➥ Finepoint Sharpening

Properties

➥ Device options tab

➥ Printer features

➥ Color Control Strip

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Printing

Using the Microsoft PostScript driver with Windows 95

To select printing options, follow these steps:

In the Printers window, click the Phaser 300X printer icon with the right mouse button, then select Properties from the menu.

Click the following tabs to see printing options; refer to your Windows 95 documentation for more information on tabs and options.

■ Click the Details tab to see timeout and other options.

■ Set the Timeout settings.

Not Selected: Type a value of 0, or between 15 and 999, in this text box to change the number of seconds Windows waits before notifying you that a printer is off-line. The default is

15 seconds.

Transmission Retry: On large or multiple-page documents

you may see an Alert message that the printer is no longer accepting data before the job is completely sent to the printer. When using a shared printer, you should set this option to a larger value, such as 900 seconds (15 minutes) to avoid these unnecessary timeouts. Type a value between 45 and 999 in this text box; the default setting is 45 seconds. (If you are having timeout problems, refer to the on-line manual on the printer’s CD-ROM for information on setting the printer’s timeout.)

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■ Click the Paper tab to see media options, such as media sizes and

types.

■ Click the Graphics tab to see graphics options.

Note

If you are using host color correction, you need to make selections in the Graphics and Device Options tabs. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for more information on host color correction.

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Printing

■ Click the Device Options tab to see printer-speciﬁc options, such

as color corrections.

■ Click the PostScript tab to see PostScript-related options.

■ The PostScript header contains important PostScript information

that must accompany each print job; it is not a banner page printed with each job. If an option is not selected, an error message is displayed on your computer screen and your job does not print. Click one of the following in the PostScript header ﬁeld:

Select Download header with each print job. This option downloads PostScript header information with each print job.

Click the Send Header Now button to save the PostScript header information in the printer, then select the Assume header is downloaded and retained option. This option makes print ﬁles a little smaller and faster than the ﬁrst option, but you need to click the Send Header Now button every time the printer is turned off or reset.

■ Click the Advanced button to see more options. Select Use

PostScript Level 2 features. Click OK when ﬁnished.

Note

For faster printing, select Binary communications protocol under Data format.

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Printing

Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows 95

To select printing options, follow these steps:

In the Printers window, click the Phaser 300X printer icon with the right mouse button, then select Properties from the menu.

Click the following tabs to see printing options; refer to your Windows 95 documentation for more information on tabs and options.

■ Click the Details tab to see timeout and other options.

■ Set the Timeout settings.

Not Selected: Type a value of 0, or between 15 and 999, in this text box to change the number of seconds Windows waits before notifying you that a printer is off-line. The default is

15 seconds.

Transmission Retry: On large or multiple-page documents

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■ Click the Paper tab to see media options, such as media sizes and

media types.

■ Click the Graphics tab to see graphics options.

Note

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Printing

■ Click the Device Options tab to see printer-speciﬁc options, such

as color corrections.

■ Click the PostScript tab to see PostScript-related options.

■ The PostScript header contains important PostScript information

Select Download header with each print job. This option downloads PostScript header information with each print job.

■ Click the Advanced button to see more options. Select Use

PostScript Level 2 features. Click OK when ﬁnished.

Note

For faster printing, select Binary communications protocol under Data format.

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Printing

Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows 3.1

To select printing options, follow these steps:

From the Control Panel, double-click Printers.

In the Printers dialog box, select the Tektronix Phaser 300X printer, then click Setup. A dialog box appears with the printer’s name across the top.

Click the following tabs to see printing options; refer to your Windows documentation for more information on tabs and options.

■ Click the Paper tab to see media options, such as media sizes and

media types.

■ Click the Features tab to see printer-speciﬁc options, such as color

corrections.

■ Set the Timeout settings.

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Not Selected: Type a value of 0, or between 15 and 999, in this text box to change the number of seconds Windows waits before notifying you that a printer is off-line. The default is

15 seconds.

Transmission Retry: On large or multiple-page documents

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Printing

■ Click the PostScript tab to see PostScript-related options.

■ In the Performance Options ﬁeld, select the Use PostScript Level 2

Features option.

■ Click the Job Control tab to see print job-related options.

■ The PostScript header contains important PostScript information

Select Download Each Job. This option downloads PostScript header information with each print job.

Select the Already Downloaded option to save the PostScript header information in the printer, then click the Download button. This option makes print ﬁles a little smaller and faster than the ﬁrst option, but you need to click the Download button every time the printer is turned off or reset.

■ For better performance, select the Binary Mode option.

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Printing

Using the Windows NT PostScript driver

If you are using Microsoft Windows NT, follow the instructions in the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference to set up a Windows NT PostScript driver with a Phaser 300X printer. You can select printer page sizes in the driver for Windows NT applications, however, TekColor color corrections and other PostScript Level 2 features are not supported by the Windows NT driver. Refer to page 7-5 for instructions on selecting color corrections from the printer’s rear panel switches. Refer to your Microsoft Windows NT documentation for details on features in the Windows NT driver.

Printing from DOS

Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for information on printing from DOS.

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Phaser 300X Color Printer

Printing from a Macintosh

To print from a Macintosh, you need a printer driver. Installing one of the supported drivers allows you to select printing features right from your computer. Without a supported driver, you can make some printing selections using the printer’s rear panel switches.

Using Macintosh printer drivers

To select printer-speciﬁc features, print from one of the following provided drivers. Refer to page 3-12 for the Macintosh “Print features quick reference” table for a list of the printing features and how to ﬁnd them quickly in each of these drivers.

Phaser 300X driver see page 3-14 Adobe PSPrinter driver see page 3-14 Phaser 300X GX see page 3-15

Using the printer’s rear panel switches

Printing

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Printing

Print features quick reference: Macintosh printer drivers

Feature Feature

description

Print-quality modes

■ Standard

■ Enhanced

■ Premium

Color correction

■ Vivid Color

■ None

■ Simulate Display

■ SWOP Press

■ Euroscale Press

■ Commercial Press

■ SNAP Press

■ Monochrome

■ Use Printer Settings

■ Custom Profile*†

Media size

■ Letter

■ Legal

■ Tabloid

■ Letter Extra

■ Tabloid Extra

■ A4

■ A3

■ 4x6 Card

■ 5x7 Card

■ A5

■ A6

■ ISOB4

■ ISOB5

■ ISOB6

■ Compliment Slip

■ #10 Envelope

■ C6 Envelope

■ DL Envelope

■ A4 Envelope

■ .5 A4 Envelope

See page 3-21 Print

See page 3-22 Print

See page 3-25 Page Setup

Phaser 300X driver Adobe PSPrinter driver Phaser 300X

GX driver

➥ T ekColor button

➥ TekColor Options

➥ Print Quality

➥ T ekColor button

➥ T ekColor Options

➥ Color Correction

➥ Paper

➥ Options button

➥ Print Options

➥ Print Quality

➥ Options button

➥ Print Options

➥ Color Correction

Page Setup

➥ Paper

Printing

➥ Printer Driver Defaults

➥ Print Quality

Printing

➥ Printer Driver Defaults

➥ Color Correction

Page Setup

➥ Paper T ype

* These features are available with the printer’s Extended Features option only. † Selecting Custom Proﬁle displays another list showing the proﬁles that you created in PhaserMatch.

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Print features quick reference: Macintosh printer drivers (cont'd.)

Printing

Feature Feature

Phaser 300X driver Adobe PSPrinter driver Phaser 300X

description

Media source

■ Media T ra y

■ Manual Feed

Finepoint Sharpening

■ On

■ Off

Color Control Strip

■ On

■ Off

* These features are available with the printer’s Extended Features option only. † Selecting Custom Proﬁle displays another list showing the proﬁles that you created in PhaserMatch.

See page 3-32 Print

See page 3-21. Print

➥ Paper Source

➥ T ekColor button

➥ T ekColor Options

Refer to the

Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

➥ T ekColor button

➥ Finpoint Sharpening

➥ T ekColor Options

➥ Color Control Strip

Print ➥ Paper Source

➥ Options button

➥ Print Options

➥ Finpoint Sharpening

➥ Options button

➥ Print Options

➥ Color Control Strip

GX driver

➥ Paper Feed

Printing

➥ Printer Driver Defaults

➥ Finpoint Sharpening

Printing

➥ Printer Driver Defaults

➥ Color Control Strip

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Printing

Using the Phaser 300X driver

■ From the File menu, open the Page Setup dialog box. Use the

Paper pop-up menu to select the printer’s supported paper

sizes.

■ From the File menu, open the Print dialog box. Select media

options and paper trays in the Paper Source ﬁeld.

■ Click the TekColor button in the Print dialog box to see the

TekColor Options dialog box. Select printer-speciﬁc options as

desired.

Using the Adobe PSPrinter Driver

Note

Refer to the on-line user guide on the printer’s CD-ROM for more information on using the Adobe PSPrinter driver.

■ From the File menu, open the Page Setup dialog box. Use the

Paper pop-up menu to select the printer’s supported paper sizes.

■ From the File menu, open the Print dialog box. Select media

options and paper trays in the Paper Source ﬁeld.

■ In the Print dialog box, click the Options button to see the Print

Options dialog box. There are printer-speciﬁc features listed at

the bottom of the dialog box.

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Printing

Using the Phaser 300X GX driver

Printing with a desktop printer

■ If you are using QuickDraw GX applications, do one of the

following:

■ Select any desktop printer in the Print dialog box.

■ Drag a document onto a desktop printer icon. The application

corresponding to the document opens, prints the document, and then quits.

■ If you are using non-QuickDraw GX applications, do one of the

following:

■ Print to the default desktop printer with the Print command from

the File menu.

■ Drag a document onto a desktop printer icon. The application

corresponding to the document opens, displays the Print dialog box, and waits for you to click Print. After printing the document, the application quits.

Selecting printing options

Most of the commands in the Printing menu are standard QuickDraw GX driver commands, and are documented by Apple (see the Macintosh Guide on-line document for details). The last group of commands in this menu are printer-speciﬁc.

Use the Printer Driver Defaults command in the Printing menu to set default options for the selected desktop printer.

Note

The printer defaults dialog box is also available through the Print command in the File menu for QuickDraw GX applications.

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Printing

Printing from a workstation

Overview

You can print from a UNIX or VMS workstation through Ethernet, Token Ring, parallel, or serial interfaces. Workstation users can print from any application that generates color PostScript.

Note

If you are printing ASCII ﬁles directly to the printer, you will need PCL5 activated on your printer; refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions.

To use the TekColor color corrections and other printer features, use one of the following methods:

■ PhaserPrint™ software for UNIX workstations functions like a

printer driver for selecting printing options, and provides fast screen copy printing (see page 3-17).

■ PhaserSym™ software and EasyCopy/X for VMS workstations

provides proper communication with the printer.

■ The switches on the printer’s rear panel let you select printing

options; refer to Chapter 7 for instructions on using the rear panel switches.

■ Downloadable utility ﬁles let you select printing options; refer to

the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions.

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Printing

UNIX workstations

For UNIX environments, Tektronix offers the optional PhaserPrint™ software. PhaserPrint software offers driver-selectable printer options and provides fast, raster ﬁle and screen copy printing to Tektronix color printers.

The printer’s CD-ROM contains a demonstration copy of PhaserPrint software and an on-line instruction guide in the UNIXDEMO directory. If you would like to purchase a licensed version of PhaserPrint software, contact your dealer, local Tektronix ofﬁce, or in the United States, call 1-800-835-6100.

PhaserPrint software supports for these workstations:

Workstation Operating System

Sun SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.3, 2.4 SGI IRIX 4.0, 5.2, 5.3 HP 9000 700/800 HPUX 9.05

IBM RS/6000 AIX 3.2 DECstation Ultrix 4.0, 4.4 DEC Alpha OSF/1 1.3, 3.0

PhaserPrint software works with the workstation’s native spooling system to print PostScript ﬁles and raster ﬁles in these formats: Sun Raster Format (SRF), xwd, SGI RGB, and many others.

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Printing

VMS workstations

To print from VMS workstations, the optional PhaserSym™ utility, a VMS print symbiont, functions as a driver for selecting printing options, and as a queue manager. PhaserSym software is compatible with DEC workstations running VAX/VMS version 5.0 and later. PhaserSym software communicates over the printer’s optional TCP/IP Ethernet interface, and is required for proper communication with the printer.

The optional EasyCopy/X software provides fast raster image printing to Tektronix printers.

For more information

■ World Wide Web: If you have access to the Internet, you can view

selected topics on the Phaser 300X printer’s web page. Access the printer’s documentation from this web address:

http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/userdoc/introduction.html

■ HAL: Request a document catalog from HAL or EuroHAL,

Tektronix’ automated fax systems. Refer to “Using the automated fax systems” on page 6-2 for instructions on using HAL and EuroHAL.

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Printing from speciﬁc applications

For printing from most applications, follow the instructions in the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference 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 speciﬁc 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 300X printer’s web page. Access the printer’s documentation from this web address:

http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/userdoc/introduction.html

■ HAL: Request a document catalog from HAL or EuroHAL,

Tektronix’ automated fax systems. Refer to “Using the automated fax systems” on page 6-2 for instructions on using HAL and EuroHAL.

Printing

Windows applications

Aldus PageMaker and FreeHand Adobe PageMaker Macromedia FreeHand QuarkXPress

Some applications use PostScript printer description ﬁles (PPDs) to get information about a printer. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions on installing the printer’s software.

Pantone

If you are using an application that produces PANTONE Colors, see the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for information on color library ﬁles available for speciﬁc applications.

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Printing

Macintosh applications

QuarkXPress

To use the printer with QuarkXPress, use the installer application on the printer’s CD-ROM or diskettes to install the Phaser 300X.PDF printer description ﬁle. The ﬁle is installed automatically with Easy Install. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions on installing the printer’s software. Once the ﬁle is installed, the printer’s name appears alphabetically in the list of installed printers in the QuarkXPress custom Page Setup dialog box.

Adobe Photoshop

The PhaserPrint™ software plug-in operates within the Photoshop application to improve the image data transfer time from your Macintosh to your printer. Use the installer application on the printer’s CD-ROM or diskettes to install the PhaserPrint software plug-in. The ﬁle is installed automatically with Easy Install. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions on installing the printer’s software. Once the ﬁle is installed, select PhaserPrint from the Export pop-up menu in the

File menu, and make printing selections. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details on using the PhaserPrint software

plug-in.

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Pantone

If you are using an application that produces PANTONE Colors, see the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for information on color library ﬁles available for speciﬁc applications

Other applications

To use the printer with Aldus PageMaker or FreeHand, and other applications, use the installer application on the printer’s CD-ROM or diskettes to install the PPD printer description ﬁles. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions on installing the printer’s software. Once the ﬁles are installed, you can use them to set up a PPD-driven printer driver, such as the Adobe PSPrinter, for your printer; see the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for instructions.

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Selecting print features

Print modes

The printer has three print-quality modes. In addition to the print-quality modes, you can customize your prints using the TekColor color corrections and Finepoint Sharpening. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details on selecting the print quality modes and color correction.

Print-quality modes

Printing

Standard

This selection takes about 1 minute to print on A- or A4-size paper (American Letter or Metric Letter), depending on the size and complexity of the image.

Enhanced

smoothes banding in solid colors.

Premium

about 4 minutes to print on A-size paper.

The default setting. This is the fastest mode for full color printing.

This mode takes about 2 minutes to print on A-size paper and

This mode produces the smoothest solid color shades. It takes

Finepoint Sharpening

Finepoint Sharpening, available with 14 Mbytes of memory, uses a special halftoning technique to produce sharper images with crisp edges and smooth color detail. It provides sharpening and higher detail rendering for non-rotated, rectangular scanned image or bitmapped data only.

There are two ways of selecting Finepoint Sharpening:

■ Through a printer driver — check the Finepoint Sharpening

box on.

■ By downloading the PostScript utility ﬁle. Refer to the

Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details on downloading utility ﬁles.

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Printing

Color correction

The printer provides TekColor Dynamic Correction, which consists of these color correction modes (Vivid Color, Simulate Display, SWOP, Euroscale, Commercial, SNAP, and Use Printer Settings). You can select these modes in one of these ways:

■

Using a printer driver or a utility ﬁle.

For details on making color corrections through a printer driver or a utility ﬁle, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

Using the PhaserMatch application (requires Extended Features option).

If you have created custom proﬁles with the PhaserMatch application, selecting PhaserMatch from the list of color corrections generates a list of the custom proﬁles from which to choose. Refer to the PhaserMatch User Manual for details.

Using the color correction switches on the printer’s rear panel.

The Phaser 300X allows you to make color corrections with rear panel Switches 8 and 9. Make sure that you have selected Use Printer Setting in the driver. The combinations of these two switches have the following effect:

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Switch 8 Switch 9 Color correction mode

Down Down Down Up

Up Down Up Up

Note

If your printer is on a network and you have changed rear panel Switches 8 or 9, make sure you tell other users on the network since the switches affect all prints made with the Use Printer Setting option in the drivers. The NVRAM setting can be changed when both switches are up, by sending one of the utility ﬁles from the CD-ROM.

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No color correction SWOP Press

(closely matches a web offset press) Vivid Color Use NVRAM setting (default setting is

Euroscale Press)

Using the rear panel switches for color correction is only necessary if you are not set up to use the Phaser 300X drivers. If you are using TekColor Dynamic Correction in the Phaser 300X drivers, the settings you choose in the driver override the rear panel switches for prints you make from the driver.

For complete information on color correction, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

■

Using color sampler charts provided on the Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes.

The Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes contain color sampler charts for CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), RGB (red, green, and blue), HSB (hue, saturation, and brightness), and PANTONE Colors. The charts consist of colored rectangles and coordinate values. Print out the appropriate chart for your application, and use the coordinate values to select colors within an application. For example, your printer can produce PANTONE-approved process color simulations. Use the PANTONE Color sampler chart to select the process color values within software applications that best simulate PANTONE Colors on the Phaser 300X.

Printing

For details on printing the charts, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

Color Control Strip feature

The printer software also includes the Color Control Strip feature, which allows you to check the consistency of printed colors between prints made on the same printer, as well as between prints made on more than one of the same type or model of printer. When this option is selected in the printer driver, the printed page includes a band of colors along the bottom edge; the colors in this band reﬂect the currently selected color correction. For more information, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

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Printing

All about media

The printer prints on a variety of paper sizes and grades. The size and grade of paper you select depends on your printing needs and whether you are using the paper tray or manually feeding the paper into the printer. For information on ordering paper, refer to the supplies information sheet.

You can recycle the printed paper the same way you would recycle paper from any laser printer.

Grade and ﬁnish

You can use a variety of paper grades with this printer, including Bond, Book, Cover, Index, Tag, Text, and Offset.

Note

The best papers to use with this printer are paper grades such as Bond, Book, and Text. You can use Bond papers for newsletters, forms, and reports. Book papers are best for manuals, ﬂiers, and catalogs. And Text papers are best for textbooks, brochures, and color comps.

Finish refers to the smoothness of the paper. The printer can print on matte-ﬁnish paper as well as high-gloss paper. The ﬁnish affects the durability of the print. Generally, matte ﬁnishes produce more durable prints than glossy ﬁnishes because the ink bonds to porous surfaces better.

Avoid using “fuzzy” papers that have loose ﬁbers. If you use extra-ﬁbrous papers, you may have to clean the printer more frequently. Also, avoid watermarked papers because the watermark may be visible in the ﬁnished print.

If you want to learn more about paper grades and ﬁnishes, refer to Pocket Pal: A Graphic Arts Production Handbook, published by International Paper Company.

The terms this manual uses (such as Book, Bond, and Cover) to describe paper grades the printer uses, may differ from the terms your country uses. Refer to the table “Guidelines for paper grade, weight, and thickness” on page 3-26 for the metric equivalent of paper grades.

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Size

Printing

The Phaser 300X prints on paper that ranges in size from 100 x 150 mm to 305 x 457 mm (4 x 6 in. to 12 x 18 in.). The following table shows which paper sizes ﬁt into the paper trays. Use manual feed when you want to print on paper that is smaller than A-size or A4-size.

To print the largest image possible on Tabloid Extra (12 x 18 in.) paper, the printer must have at least 14 Mbytes of memory. Refer to “Margins and image area” on page 28 for details on the print area and paper size.

Paper size and input method

Input method Size Dimensions Thickness

(per sheet)

Universal tray A (American Letter) 8.5 x 11 in. About .08 to .25 mm

Legal 8.5 x 14 in. B (American Tabloid) 11 x 17 in. Tabloid Extra 305 x 457 mm

12 x 18 in. A4 (Metric Letter) 210 x 297 mm A3 (Metric Tabloid) 297 x 420 mm

Letter paper tray A (American Letter)

A4 (Metric Letter)

Manual feed From postcard to

Tabloid Extra

8.5 x 11 in.

210 x 297 mm

From 100 x 150 mm

(4 x 6 in.) to

305 x 457 mm

(12 x 18 in.)

(.003 to .01 in.)

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Printing

Weight and thickness

The following table presents guidelines you should follow when selecting the grade, weight, and thickness of paper to use with the printer. The paper must have enough thickness or stiffness to feed through the printer properly. Manual feed accepts a wider range of grades and weights than the paper trays.

Avoid papers that are extra stiff or extremely thin. Papers that are extremely thin may not feed properly. Also, do not use papers that have a basis weight higher than 220 g/m thicker than 0.254 mm (0.01 in.).

Guidelines for paper grade, weight, and thickness

(equivalent to 80-pound Cover) or papers that are

Input method

Paper tray Bond 16 to 40 lb. 61 to 158 g/m

Manual feed

Grade Weight (per ream

of 500 sheets)

Book and T e xt

Cover 50 lb. 135g/m Bond 13 to 40 lb. 49 to 158 g/m Book

and T e xt Cover 50 to 80 lb. 135 to 216 g/m Bristol 67 to 80 lb. 148 to 178 g/m Index 90 - 110 lb. 163 - 203 g/m Tag 100 - 120 lb. 163 - 203 g/m

40 to 120 lb. 59 to 178 g/m

30 to 120 lb. 44 to 178 g/m

Metric equivalent basis weight

Thickness (per sheet)

2 2

About .08 to .25 mm (.003 to .01 in.)

2 2

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Grain

Printing

Grain refers to the position of ﬁbers in the paper. The ﬁbers run the length (long grain) of the paper or the width (short grain). For the best printing results, load the paper in the direction of the grain. If you load the paper across the grain, the edges of the paper may wrinkle. Some paper manufacturers identify the grain on the paper’s package label.

When you use A-size or A4-size paper, the paper should be short-grained. You can purchase short-grained A-size and A4-size paper from Tektronix.

Long grain

Short grain

An example of how to load short-grained A-size or A4-size paper in the standard or universal paper trays.

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5 mm (0.2 in.)

~6.3 mm (0.25 in.)

5 mm (0.2 in.)

~6.3 mm (0.25 in.)

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Margins and image area

The image area is the part of the paper where the image appears. When the printer places an image on the paper, the image area is a bit smaller than the actual paper size. You may need to adjust the page margins in your application software to match the image area. The printer must be set for either American- or Metric-size media (set the rear panel switch, Switch 6, up for metric and down for American).

The difference between the image area and the paper size for the top margin (side of the paper that enters the printer ﬁrst) and the side margins are 5 mm (0.2 in.). The bottom margin (side of the paper that enters the printer last) is about 6.3 mm (0.25 in.). The following illustration shows the top, bottom, and side margins.

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Image area for Tabloid Extra

The standard printer conﬁguration has 10 Mbytes of memory. With 10 Mbytes of memory, the image area for Tabloid Extra (305 x 457 mm or 12 x 18 in.) media is 264 x 413 mm or 10.6 x 16.5 in.

When you add 4 Mbytes of memory to the printer, the image area for Tabloid Extra media increases to 297 x 445 mm or 11.7 x 17.5 in.

Image area for color prints

For A- and A4-size paper, the image area depends on how you load the paper into the printer. The side margins are always 5.0 mm (0.2 in.).

Print Area

Paper size Print area

8.5 x 11 in. (long side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst)

8.5 x 11 in. (short side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst)

8.02 x 10.58 in.

8.08 x 10.52 in.

A4 210 x 297 mm (long side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst)

A4 210 x 297 mm (short side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst)

Legal

8.5 x 14 in. 8.08 x 13.52 in. B (American Tabloid)

11 x 17 in. 10.58 x 16.52 in. A3 (Metric Tabloid)

297 x 420 mm 286.5 x 407.9 mm Tabloid Extra

12 x 18 in.

304.8 x 457.2 mm

197.6 x 286.5 mm

198.8 x 284.7 mm

11.7 x 17.52 in.

297.1 x 445.0 mm

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Printing

Image orientation

Orientation refers to how the image appears on the print. You specify the image orientation through your software application or printer driver. The size of paper you use and how you feed it into the printer do not affect the image orientation.

Portrait

Landscape

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Note

If you are manually feeding media, make sure that the media tray is installed and loaded with the same size paper, in the same orientation, that you are using for manual feed. To avoid clipping, make sure that both paper guides in the media tray (length and width) are touching the edge of the media.

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Media handling

Printing

■ Clean the paper tray and the tray’s cover. Dust and dirt in the

paper tray can be transferred to the paper, resulting in poor print quality.

■ Handle transparencies by the edges and with both hands to avoid

ﬁngerprints and creases, which can result in poor print quality.

■ To avoid having the paper stick together, gently fan the paper

before loading it into the paper tray.

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Using the paper trays

Use the paper tray for standard-sized paper and for paper grades such as Book, Bond, Text, and 50-lb. Cover. Refer to the table on page 3-25 for a complete list of paper sizes that the trays accommodate.

For the best printing results and the fastest print time, load short grain A- and A4-size paper into the paper trays so that the long side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst as shown in illustrations 1 and 3.

A/A4-size paper tray (optional)

Universal paper tray (standard)

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Loading letterhead

Letterhead goes here

Loading three-holed paper

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Caution

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Printing

Using manual feed

Use manual feed for thick paper such as Cover, envelopes, and paper sizes that range from 100 x 150 mm (4 x 6 in.) to 305 x 457 mm (12 x 18 in.).

Note

All page sizes except A-size (8.5 x 11 in.) and A4-size (210 x 297 mm) must be fed into the printer so that the short side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst. If you have not selected manual feed in the driver window, manual-fed A- and A4-size paper must be fed into the printer in the same orientation as the current media that is loaded in the paper tray.

Inserting the paper

Adjust the guides to the width of the paper, depending on the desired orientation.

A-size (8.5 x 11 in.) or A4-size (210 x 297 mm) paper must be fed into the printer so that its orientation matches the orientation of the current media loaded in the paper tray.

Insert the paper until it stops.

Wait 5 seconds after the ﬁrst sheet enters the printer before inserting a second sheet.

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Manual feed examples: paper, envelopes

Printing

Note

If you have not selected manual feed in the driver, A-size (8.5 x 11 in.) or A4-size (212.5 x 275 mm) paper must be fed into the printer in the same orientation as when it is picked from the paper tray.

A-size (8.5 x 11 in.) and A4-size (210 x 297 mm).

Legal-size (8.5 x 14 in.), Tabloid size (11 x 17), A3-size (297 x 420 mm), and other large paper.

Small paper, such as 100 x 150 mm (4 x 6 in.). Be sure to insert the narrow end of the paper ﬁrst.

Envelopes with the ﬂap open and to the right.

Return

4321 Main Street

Anytown, XX 56789

Address this side

1234 Main Street

Anytown, XX 56789

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Printing

Making transparencies

Follow these guidelines when you make transparencies:

Use only Tektronix transparencies.

Load transparencies with the white strip (Tek logo) and blue arrows facing up.

When using the paper tray: load the transparencies so the white strip (Tek

When using manual feed: insert the side with the white strip



logo) and blue arrows into the printer ﬁrst. Make sure that

(Tek the paper tray is set up as shown, with the long side of the paper entering the printer ﬁrst.



logo) and blue arrows enter the printer ﬁrst.

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Note

Do not re-use transparencies that have been fed through the printer once (for example, after jams or if the transparency is ejected without being printed).

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Fonts

Resident typefaces (PostScript)

Printing

Courier

Courier Bold

Courier Oblique

Courier Bold Oblique

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi

ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Oblique

ITC Bookman Light

ITC Bookman Light Italic

ITC Bookman Demi

ITC Bookman Demi Italic

Helvetica Helvetica Bold

Helvetica Oblique

Helvetica Bold Oblique

Helvetica Condensed

Helvetica Condensed Bold

Helvetica Condensed Oblique

Helvetica Condensed Bold Oblique

Helvetica Narrow

Helvetica Narrow Bold

Helvetica Narrow Oblique

Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique



New Century Schoolbook

New Century Schoolbook Bold



New Century Schoolbook Italic

New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic

Palatino

Palatino Italic

Palatino Bold

Palatino Bold Italic

Times Roman

Times Bold

Times Italic

Times Bold Italic

ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic

✩✴✣ ✺❁❐❆ ✤❉■❇❂❁▼▲ (ITC Zapf Dingbats)

Σψµβολ (Symbol)



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Printing

Resident typefaces (PCL5)

For PCL5 (Printer Command Language) printing (HP Laserjet III emulation), the printer supports Courier, Times, and Universe typefaces in medium, bold, italic medium, and italic bold. (PCL5 support is optionally available with the Extended Features option, and must be separately enabled. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details.)

Downloading Macintosh and TrueType fonts

The fonts resident in the Phaser 300X printer are stored in the printer as outlines and are always available for printing. The PostScript interpreter in the printer can also accept and store additional fonts known as downloadable fonts. If you want to print PostScript outline fonts that are not built into the printer, you can transfer or download outline fonts from your computer to the printer. Downloading fonts saves print time if you plan to print several documents or a large document using those fonts.

When you download a font, it is stored in the printer’s memory or on a SCSI hard disk attached to the printer. You can download as many outline fonts as the printer’s memory or hard disk allow.

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The printer accepts Type 1 and Type 3 downloadable fonts including those from Adobe, Agfa, Bitstream, Microsoft, Apple, and many others.

The Phaser 300X Color Printer also accepts TrueType downloadable fonts which can be scaled to any point size. TrueType fonts look the same on the screen as they do when printed.

You download a font from a PC or Macintosh the same way you download fonts to any PostScript printer. Follow the documentation that was shipped with your fonts.

If you have an external hard disk connected to the printer, you can store the downloadable fonts on it.

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Installing Macintosh screen fonts

The Phaser 300X CD-ROM and diskettes include these typeface families: Times, Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, Helvetica Narrow, Helvetica Condensed, Palatino, ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Zapf Chancery, ITC Zapf Dingbats, and New Century Schoolbook.

You must install these screen fonts if you want to see the printer’s resident typefaces on the Macintosh screen. These are installed automatically with the Macintosh installer.

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Printing

Printer languages: PostScript, HP-GL, PCL5

The Phaser 300X supports PostScript Level 1 and Level 2 and HP-GL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language) printer languages. Additionally, the printer supports monochrome PCL5 (Printer Command Language) as a separately enabled option. PCL5 requires 22 Mbytes of memory.

The following table shows the default language setting for each port.

Default printer port settings

Port Language

Serial PostScript Parallel PostScript LocalTalk PostScript EtherTalk PostScript LPR PostScript AppSocket Automatic Language Selection

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NetWare Automatic Language Selection

If you want to use an HP-GL application on a PostScript port, you must explicitly set up that printer port for HP-GL data or enable Adobe IntelliSelect™ automatic language selection. If you want to use a PCL5 application, you must enable automatic language selection. Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

If automatic language selection is enabled, you can change back and forth between HP-GL, PostScript, and PCL5 regardless of the default language. You can also change the default language so that the next time you turn on the printer, it expects to receive HP-GL, PostScript, or PCL5 data on a speciﬁc port.

The printer has default values for the HP-GL parameters, such as pen color and pen width. However, you can change these values. Refer to “Changing the HP-GL default settings” on page 43 for more information.

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Switching printer languages

The Phaser 300X printer can be set to automatically sense the language of the print job and process it accordingly. This Adobe IntelliSelect™ automatic language selection feature allows you to send jobs to the printer in different languages. With automatic language selection enabled, you can automatically switch between all three languages: PostScript, HP-GL, and PCL5. You can also set up any printer port to receive one language only. If you set up a port to receive a particular language only, that port will only accept jobs of that type.

To enable or disable automatic language selection on a port, send the appropriate PostScript utility ﬁle to the printer. For more information, see the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

Printing

Note

This utility ﬁle is best used only if you plan to switch between all three languages or if you will mostly be using PCL5.

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Printing

Printing with PCL5

In PCL5 mode (HP LaserJet III emulation), the printer supports Courier, Times, and Universe typefaces in the following styles and stroke weights: bold medium, italic medium, and bold italic.

To use a PCL5 application, you must customize PCL5 and set up a printer port with the appropriate automatic language selection utility ﬁle (refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for information about utility ﬁles).

Printing with HP-GL

Change the printer’s language from PostScript to HP-GL. (Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details on how to change the language.)

Set up the printing options in your HP-GL application by selecting a printer driver that supports the HP 7475A plotter.

Printing PostScript

Change the printer’s language from HP-GL to PostScript. (Refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for details on how to change the language.)

Print from your HP-GL application as usual.

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Printing

Changing the HP-GL default settings

The printer has default values for the HP-GL parameters, such as pen color and pen width. When you turn the printer off and on (or reset it), the HP-GL values return to their default settings.

The printer has the following HP-GL default settings:

■ Scales the image to paper size.

■ Timeout interval of 15 seconds.

■ A pen width of 0.12 millimeters.

■ Pen colors for the ﬁrst eight pens:

Pen 1 = black

Pen 2 = red

Pen 3 = green

Pen 4 = blue

Pen 5 = cyan

Pen 6 = magenta

Pen 7 = yellow

Pen 8 = orange

■ Background color is white, which is pen number 0.

To change the values, use the PostScript setdevparams command. For details, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference.

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Chapter

Overview

Caring for Your Printer

This chapter describes the following tasks to care for your printer and keep it in peak operating condition:

■

Adding ink

When the front panel displays the message that tells you to add ink, or when the ink-level icon shows half-full or empty.

■

Changing the fuser wiper

When you open a new box of black ColorStix ink sticks.

■

Emptying the waste bin

When the front panel message tells you to empty the bin.

■

Cleaning the printer

Describes how to clean the drum, paper clamp, paper tension blade, three paper-pick rollers inside the printer, the fuser roller, and the feed rollers.

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Caring for Your Printer

Adding ink

Warning

The Phaser 300X Color Printer is shipped already loaded with ColorStix ink. Add ink when the front panel displays the message that tells you to add ink, or when the condition. For example, when you see the following message, add a black ink stick:

When the empty, you can add two ink sticks; however, load one right after the other (if you delay, the printer will not allow the second ink stick to be loaded for approximately 15 minutes).

Caution

The ColorStix ink sticks will break if dropped; handle them with care. Keep them in their original containers until you are ready to use them.

The melted ink is hot.

INK LEVEL icon in the front panel indicates a half-full or empty

Stopped -- Add black

INK LEVEL is half-full, add one ink stick. When the INK LEVEL is

Do not load used ink into the printer. Reusing waste ink ruins the printhead and invalidates the warranty.

Do not load broken ink sticks; they can cause the ink-loading system to jam.

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Caring for Your Printer

Open the ink cover.

Drop in a ColorStix ink stick. Each ink stick is uniquely shaped to ﬁt into the correct ink-loading bin.

Close the ink cover to enable the ink load lever.

When prompted, gently pull down the ink load lever and release it.

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Caring for Your Printer

Changing the fuser wiper

Replace the fuser wiper (A) when you open a new box of black ColorStix ink sticks or after 2,000 prints, whichever comes ﬁrst. Each box of black ink sticks contains a new fuser wiper.

Remove the paper tray.

Open the printer’s top cover.

Lift the fuser wiper cover.

Pull out the old fuser wiper and insert the new one. As you insert it, line up the notches on the fuser wiper with the notches in the printer.

Note

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To prevent paper-pick problems, clean the paper-pick and feed rollers when you change the fuser wiper. Refer to “Cleaning the paper-pick rollers” on page 4-11 and “Cleaning the feed rollers” on page 4-12.

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Emptying the waste bin

The waste bin remains locked in place until it needs emptying. There are two conditions when you should empty the waste bin:

■ When the front panel displays the following message:

Stopped -- Empty waste bin

■ When you prepare the printer for shipment or move the printer a

long distance, in which case you must use the Utilities mode. See “Front panel” on page 7-2.

Caring for Your Printer

Note

Each time you remove the waste bin, be sure to empty it completely.

Used ink is nontoxic; it can be treated as normal ofﬁce waste.

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Caring for Your Printer

Emptying the waste bin when front panel message displays

Note

The waste bin is locked during normal operation. Do not pull the drawer out unless the front panel message is displayed.

Remove the waste bin by sliding it out. You may have to tug slightly on the waste bin to remove it.

Empty the contents of the waste bin by twisting the bin.

Replace the waste bin back into the printer.

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Do not load used ink into the printer. Reusing waste ink ruins the printhead and invalidates the printer warranty.

Caring for Your Printer

Emptying the waste bin before moving the printer

The printer locks the waste bin in place until it needs emptying. However, you can use the Utilities mode to unlock the waste bin so that you can empty it before the front panel message prompts you to do so. See “Utilities mode menu structure” on page 7-4 for detailed information about the Utilities mode.

When the printer is on and the Ready message appears in the front panel, press the

UTILITIES button. You see this message

(Vx.xx is the ﬁrmware version number):

Utilities Exit

UTILITIES

CLEAN

PRINTHEAD

TEST

Vx.xx

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Utilities

Vx.xx

Exit Next

In the Utilities mode, you can scroll through the menu selections using the

TEST PRINT button (which

corresponds to Next in the ﬁrst menu window), and execute a function or change a setting using the

PRINT HEAD

button (which

CLEAN

corresponds to Exit in the ﬁrst menu window).

Press the TEST PRINT button several times to scroll through the menu selections until you see this message:

Waste bin Unlock Next

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button to unlock the waste bin.

Empty the waste bin, then replace it back into the printer.

Press the TEST PRINT button until you return to this message.

Utilities

Vx.xx

Exit Next

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button to exit the Utilities mode.

Wait for Ready to be displayed in the front panel, then turn off the printer. Refer to Appendix C, “Moving Your Printer,“ for information on how to prepare the printer for shipment or a long move.

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Cleaning the printer

Periodically cleaning the printer can help you avoid various paper-feeding, paper-jamming, and image-quality problems. Use the cleaning kit to clean the drum, the wiper, the paper clamp, the paper tension blade, and the paper-pick rollers inside the printer. You can also use the kit to clean the fuser roller and the feed rollers.

For information on how to identify printing problems and the solutions that involve cleaning, refer to Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting.”

New printer cleaning supplies

When you receive your new printer, you receive these cleaning supplies:

Cleaning Instructions booklet

Cleaning tool

Lint-free wipes

Foam swabs

Plastic bottle for dispensing isopropyl alcohol

Fuser cleaning pad

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Cleaning Instructions

FUSER CLEANING PAD

Replace with oiled pad after cleaning

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Reorder cleaning kit supplies

To reorder the cleaning kit (Tektronix order number 016-1144-00):

■ Order by phone toll-free in the United States: 1-800-835-6100

■ Order by Fax: (503) 682-2980

■ Order through your local Tektronix dealer.

When you reorder the cleaning kit, you receive these items:

Cleaning Instructions booklet

Cleaning tool

Lint-free wipes (isopropyl alcohol-saturated)

Fuser cleaning pad

Fuser wiper

Foam swabs (isopropyl alcohol-saturated)

Cleaning Instructions

FUSER CLEANING PAD

Replace with oiled pad after cleaning

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WIPES

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Using isopropyl alcohol

You must supply isopropyl alcohol (available at pharmacies) because shipping regulations prohibit supplying alcohol or presoaked cleaning materials with the printer.

In general, it is best to use the purest isopropyl alcohol (99%) available to you. Alcohol that is 90% pure also works well. You can use 70% pure isopropyl alcohol, but if you do, you must wait much longer after cleaning to ensure that it is completely dry. For example, 99% isopropyl alcohol might dry in as quickly as one minute; 70% isopropyl alcohol can take as long as 15 minutes.

Caution

Do not use rubbing alcohol because it can contain oils that leave undesirable residue on the printer parts.

Wherever the cleaning instructions refer to a lint-free cloth moistened with isopropyl alcohol (

), you can substitute a pre-soaked alcohol cloth (B). The reorder cleaning kit (order number 016-1144-00) includes these pre-soaked alcohol cloths. You can also order these packets separately in packs of 10 (order number 006-7824-00).

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Cleaning the paper-pick rollers

If you have been using coated paper, you may have to clean the paper-pick rollers to avoid paper-pick problems. To prevent paper-pick problems, clean the paper-pick rollers every time you replace the fuser wiper and open a new box of black ink. Use an alcohol-dampened wipe to clean the paper-pick rollers.

Remove the paper tray and open the top cover.

Place and hold the wipe against the bottom of a roller.

Rotate the paper-pick roller three to four times by turning the bar.

Repeat Steps 2 and 3 for each roller.

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Cleaning the feed rollers

If you have been using coated paper, you may have to clean the feed rollers to avoid paper jams. Use an alcohol-dampened wipe to clean the top and bottom feed rollers.

Open the top cover.

Place and hold a wipe against each roller. Turn the top roller to clean.

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Cleaning the paper tension blade, paper clamp, and drum

If your prints have streaks or spots, clean the paper tension blade, paper clamp, and drum. When you clean the paper tension blade, paper clamp, and drum, the printer must be in Utilities mode.

When the printer is on and the Ready message appears in the front panel, press the (Vx.xx is the ﬁrmware version number):

UTILITIES button. You see this message

Utilities

Vx.xx

Exit Next

In the Utilities mode, you can scroll through the menu selections using the

TEST PRINT button (which corresponds to Next in the

ﬁrst menu window), and execute a function or change a setting using the

CLEAN PRINT HEAD button (which corresponds to

Exit in the first menu window).

Press the TEST PRINT button several times to reach this message:

Cleaning mode Start Next

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button to reach this message:

Cleaning mode Open cover to clean

Utilities Exit

Vx.xx

UTILITIES

CLEAN

PRINTHEAD

TEST

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Open the top cover. When the top cover is open, this message appears in the front panel:

Cleaning mode ↑ ↓ Clean drum

Press the button inside the printer to open the rear cover.

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After you open the rear cover, the following message appears in the front panel:

Cleaning mode Clean blade

When the message appears, the paper tension blade is positioned so that you can clean it.

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Clean the paper tension blade with the cleaning tool provided:

Place an alcohol-dampened wipe over the cleaning tool.

Press the cleaning tool over the edge of the paper tension blade.

Clean the entire length of the paper tension blade and continue cleaning the blade until you remove the ink. You may have to reposition the wipe as you clean. Although you may not be able to see it, there may be ink on the back of the blade as well as the front. It is very important that you clean the back of the blade thoroughly.

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The printhead is hot. Do not touch it.

The paper tension blade has a sharp edge; to avoid injury, use the cleaning tool provided when you clean the blade.

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Close the rear cover so that the following message appears in the front panel:

Cleaning mode ↑ ↓ Clean drum

Hold down the TEST PRINT button to rotate the drum until the paper clamp appears and opens.

Use an alcohol-dampened foam swab to clean the paper clamp. Clean inside and outside the paper clamp.

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The paper clamp has sharp edges. To avoid injury, be careful when you clean the paper clamp.

10.

Clean the drum.

Hold down the TEST PRINT button to rotate the drum until the paper clamp closes.

Use an alcohol-dampened wipe to clean the drum. Press the

TEST PRINT or CLEAN PRINT HEAD buttons to rotate the

drum. Clean the drum only when it is not moving. Be sure to clean the entire drum.

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If wiping the drum by hand does not remove the ink, go to

Steps

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Wrap the cleaning tool with an alcohol-dampened wipe.

Clean the drum using a back-and-forth motion with the cleaning tool.

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11.

Close both covers when you ﬁnish cleaning the printer.

12.

Press the TEST PRINT button until you see this message on the front panel:

Utilities Exit Next

13.

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button to exit Utilities mode.

14.

Make a test print (you might need to make a few test prints to clear any residual ink). If, after making the test prints, you still see streaks or spots on the print, refer to Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting.”

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Cleaning the head wiper

If your prints have missing dots in a vertical row or a missing horizontal line, ﬁrst press the front panel to clean the printhead. If that does not clear the problem, clean the head wiper:

Make sure that the Ready message appears in the front panel.

Open the top and rear covers.

CLEAN PRINT HEAD button on the

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Caution

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The printhead is hot. Do not touch it.

Never scrape the head wiper with a tool or your ﬁngertip because you could damage it. Clean the head wiper with an alcohol-dampened swab only.

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Use an alcohol-dampened foam swab to clean the head wiper.

Close the top and rear covers.

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button.

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Cleaning the fuser rollers

If you are using shiny or smooth paper, you may occasionally see spots of ink in the white portion of the printed image, or you may notice that areas of the image are missing. These print defects can indicate that ink is being transferred from the printed paper to the fuser roller.

To correct the problem, ﬁrst try these quick steps:

Quick Steps

Use a less shiny type of paper.

Make several test prints on standard ofﬁce Bond paper (laser printer or photocopy paper). To do this, press the button on the front panel. Be sure to load the paper so that the long side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst, as shown.

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You should see a repeating pattern of ink spots on the blank part of the paper, indicating that the ink has transferred from the fuser onto the paper.

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If the problem persists, replace the fuser wiper (refer to “Changing the fuser wiper” on page 4-4 for details).

If the problem continues, follow these procedures, explained in detail on the following pages:

■ Procedure A: Enter Utilities mode and clean the fuser with blank

paper.

■ Procedure B: Enter Utilities mode and clean the fuser roller with

the fuser cleaning pad.

Note

For your convenience, you may order a package of ﬁve fuser wiper pads (order number 650-2564-00); call the Tektronix Graphics Supplies Order Desk toll-free in the U.S. at 1-800-835-6100, or call your local Tektronix dealer.

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Procedure A

When you perform this procedure, the printer must be in Utilities mode.

When the printer is on and the Ready message appears in the front panel, press the (Vx.xx is the ﬁrmware version number):

UTILITIES button. You see this message

Utilities

Vx.xx

Exit Next

Press the TEST PRINT button several times to reach this message:

Clean fuser Start Next

Load 10 sheets of standard ofﬁce Bond paper (laser printer or photocopy paper) into the paper tray. Be sure to load the paper so that the long side of the paper enters the printer ﬁrst, as shown in “Quick Steps.”

Press the CLEAN PRINT HEAD button.

■ After you press the button, the printer loads and ejects the 10 sheets

of paper. If ink is visible on the tenth sheet, repeat Steps 3 and 4.

■ If the paper continues to have ink spots, go to Procedure B.

■ If the ink spots do not appear on the paper, continue with Step 5 to

return the printer to normal operation.

Return to normal operation by pressing the TEST PRINT button to reach this display:

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Exit Next

Tektronix 300X User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Users safety summary

Introduction

At a glance

Getting Set Up

Checking the inventory

Setting up the printer

Removing the shipping block

Loading paper

Installing the output tray

Setting the media switch

Connecting the printer

Printer ports

LocalTalk connection

Ethernet connection

Parallel connection

Serial connection

Turning on the printer

Selecting a language for the front panel

Making a test print

Installing software on your computer

Setting up PC ports (DOS)

Parallel port setup

Serial port setup

Printing

Which platform?

Printing from a PC

Using Windows printer drivers

Using the printer’s rear panel switches

Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows 95

Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows 3.1

Using the Windows NT PostScript driver

Printing from DOS

Printing from a Macintosh

Using Macintosh printer drivers

Using the printer’s rear panel switches

Using the Phaser 300X driver

Using the Adobe PSPrinter Driver

Using the Phaser 300X GX driver

Printing from a workstation

Overview

UNIX workstations

VMS workstations

For more information

General hints and tips

Windows applications

Pantone

Macintosh applications

QuarkXPress

Adobe Photoshop

Pantone

Other applications

Selecting print features

Print modes

Print-quality modes

Finepoint Sharpening

Color correction

Color Control Strip feature

All about media

Size

Weight and thickness

Grain

Margins and image area

Image area for Tabloid Extra

Image area for color prints

Image orientation

Media handling

Using the paper trays

Loading letterhead

Loading three-holed paper

Using manual feed

Inserting the paper

Manual feed examples: paper, envelopes

Making transparencies

Fonts

Resident typefaces (PostScript)

Resident typefaces (PCL5)