Xerox 380 User Manual

Phaser® 380

The Color Printer Designed for Designers

To fully appreciate the performance and capability of the 380,
start with the concept behind this extraordinary color printer.
Tektronix imagined the possibilities and brought them to life in a
printer designed just for designers.

any size or stock, single- or double-sided. Ideal for oversized
prints of graphic and engineering design work—or Tektronix
transparencies. Powerful enough to handle whatever you and
your network can throw at it.

Vibrant color with all the detail you need to express yourself.
Quickly. Clearly. Reliably. Effectively. Whether you’re printing at
headquarters or sending files to print in offices across the globe.

High-speed processing of complex images so you can meet the

expect—it matches. Consistent, so the color is the same at the
beginning of the run as at the end; day to day, week to week,
month to month.

toughest deadlines, and actually find more hours in the day.
Versatile and easy to use—for everyone on your project team.

Reliable solid-ink technology that makes it easy to print on

Change Your Mind?

Display gives you easy access to
printer status and printer menus.
Either cancel or continue a multiple
print job at the touch of a button.

Accuracy From Start To Finish.

or PANTONE®*-approved solid color
simulations deliver the right color every time.

*Pantone Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color reproduction

and color reproduction materials.

The Front Panel

Press match

Rugged and Reliable.

able Phaser 380 color printer is
based on the design of the world’s
best-selling solid ink model—the
Tektronix Phaser 350 color printer.

The remark-

as you need. And best of all, it’s from Tektronix—the world
leader in PostScript® color printers.

The Size You Need:

size in between. Card stock or text weights. Tektronix
transparencies. Full bleed spreads, single- or doubled-sided.
The Phaser 380 printer delivers the quality you demand on
the size and type of media you specify.

Accurate, so the color you’re matching does exactly what you

Low cost prints so you can breeze through as many iterations

Postcard to oversized tabloid and any

Solid Ink Technology.

and environmentally friendly solid ink sticks
offer low cost color, print after print.

Easy to use, clean,

Photoshop Plug-in.

plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop™ provides
direct downloads of scanned images for
the fastest processing.

Intelligent Selection.

tray assembly automatically selects between
two types of media. You can also use it to
double media capacity.

RIP Speeds That Rival EFI Fierys*

The Phaser 380 color printer’s on-board
Adobe® PostScript ®RIP muscles through
megabtyes at speeds that are comparable to
high-end external RIPs.

*Based on 1997 tests comparing RIP and print speeds of a variety

of graphics intensive files run on Phaser 380 color printer, and EFI
Fiery XJ +500 (output device Xerox® DocuColor®40).

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/

The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Copyright © 1997 Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved.

Our PhaserPrint

The optional lower paper

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Manage Your Network.

software lets you use the power of the
World Wide Web to check printer status,
change settings, and access online
documentation directly from your desktop.
What’s more, you can network the 380
with PCs, Macs, and UNIX computers—
simultaneously.

Organize Yourself and Your Team.

The printer station positions the heavy­duty Phaser 380 printer at just the right
height, and provides plenty of room for
supplies and media.

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Phaser® 380 The Color Printer Designed for Designers

Configuration Base Extended Features

Print Resolution 300 dpi 600 x 300 dpi
Memory (RAM) 16 MB 48 MB
Resident Fonts 39 69
Check Print Preview - Standard
Pipeline Printing - Standard
Collation Printing - Standard*
Copystation Support - Standard**
Supplies Introductory Set Full Set

Check Print Preview† A single print preview of multiple-print projects. After

review, continue or cancel printing.

Print Collation†* provides collated copies of multiple-page documents, printed in

page order.

Job Pipelining† overlaps print processing several pages ahead of printing, for

optimum throughput.

†Requires Extended Features Firmware. *Requires Z350 external hard disk.
**Requires Phaser Copystation.

Recommended Optional Equipment

PhaserShare™ Network Card Phaser 380 Printer Station
Lower Paper Tray Assembly Supplies Startup Kit

Print Speeds (Pages per minute)
Print Mode A/A4 Paper Tabloid/A3/Tabloid Max. A/A4 Transparency

Fast Color 3.5 ppm 2 ppm NA
Standard Color 2.5 ppm 1.3 ppm 1.5 ppm
Enhanced Color 1.2 ppm .6 ppm .6 ppm

Color Matching

Built-in TekColor™ Dynamic Correction color profiles for

SNAP, Euroscale, Toyo, Dai Nippon, Fuji

, or

Simulate Display

Commercial Press, SWOP,

for web site design.

Color Standards

PANTONE®*-approved solid color simulations, Adobe PostScript device­independent color, CIE international color standards, and support for ICC and
Apple ColorSync color management systems.

* Pantone Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction materials.

Duplex Printing

Support for manual feed two-sided printing.

Languages

Genuine Adobe® PostScript

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HP-GL™ , and PCL® 5 (monochrome) emulation.

Automatic sensing and switching.

Controller

33-MHz AMD RISC processor.

Workgroup Connectivity

Macintosh, Windows/DOS, NT, OS/2 PCs, and UNIX workstations.

Network Interfaces

Bi-directional parallel port Standard
SCSI port for font/collation disk Standard

PhaserShare™ Network Cards

Ethernet (EtherTalk®, Novell® NetWare®, TCP/IP) Optional
Token Ring (Novell NetWare, TokenTalk, and TCP/IP) Optional
LocalTalk and Serial Optional

Note: PhaserShare network cards include printer management software for Windows users on
Novell NetWare networks. All ports and protocols are simultaneously active with automatic print
queue management.

PhaserLink™ Software Tektronix PhaserLink software provides printer status,
configuration, Intranet support, and Tektronix’ support via standard web browsers.

Input Tray Capacities

Universal Tray
Optional Lower Paper Tray Assembly

(250 sheets)

with second Paper Tray (250 sheets)

Media Sizes - Tray Feed

Executive 7.25” x 10.5”
A (Letter) 8.5” x 11” A4 210 x 297 mm
Legal 8.5” x 14” Legal 216 x 356 mm
B (Tabloid) 11” x 17” A3 297 x 420 mm
Tabloid Maximum 13” x 18.5” Tabloid Maximum 332 x 471 mm
#6 Envelope 3.6” x 6.5” C6 Envelope 162 x 114 mm
#10 Envelope 9.5” x 4.1” DL Envelope 220 x 110 mm

Media Sizes - Manual Feed

4 x 6 to 13 x 18.5 in. (102 x 152 to 332 x 471 mm)

Paper Weights
Paper Type Tray Feed Manual Feed

Book and Text 40 - 120 lb. ( 59 - 178 g/m2) 30 - 120 lb. ( 44 - 178 g/m2)
Bond 16 - 40 lb. ( 61 - 158 g/m2) 13 - 40 lb. ( 49 - 158 g/m2)
Cover 50 - 65 lb. (135 - 176 g/m2) 50 - 80 lb. (135 - 216 g/m2)
Bristol 67 - 80 lb. (148 - 178 g/m2) 67 - 80 lb. (148 - 178 g/m2)
Index 90 lb. (163 g/m2) 90 - 110 lb. (163 - 203 g/m2)
Tag 100 lb. (163 g/m2) 100 - 125 lb. (163 - 203 g/m2)

Printer Drivers

Standard:

Photoshop™;

Macintosh and Windows, PhaserPrint™ direct download from

Optional:

Workstations — SUN, SGI, HP, IBM, and DEC.

Conservation

EPA Energy Star standby mode.

Leasing Options

See your Tektronix Dealer for leasing plan options.

Warranty/Support

One year on-site warranty, toll-free telephone support, online technical support via
the World Wide Web, on-demand fax reference library, and a user newsletter.

Specifications

Height: 20 in. (50.7 cm) Depth: 25 in. (63 cm)
Width: 24 in. (59.9 cm) Weight: 220 lb. (100 kg)

Phaser Copystation*
Original Input Color copies from originals up to

8.5 x 14 in. (216 x 356 mm). Flexible cover
hinge accommodates extra-thick originals.

Scaling 25% to 200%.
Color Control Fine-tune individual colors.
Copy Modes Color (24-bit), gray scale

(8-bit), or monochrome (1-bit).

*Printer requires Extended Features configuration.

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/

Tektronix color printers are available at Tektronix Authorized Dealers worldwide.
For more information or the location of your nearest Tektronix Dealer visit our
web site or call:
United States and Canada [phone] or 800-835-6100

Europe (UK) [phone]
Pacific Region (Hong Kong) 852 2585 6688 (except Japan)

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Tektronix®, Phaser® and ColorStix® are registered trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. TekColor™, PhaserLink™, PhaserPrint™, and PhaserShare™ are trademarks of Tektronix, Inc. TekColor CareSM is a service mark of Tektronix, Inc. Mac and the Mac OS logo are
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., used under license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective manufacturers. PANTONE
solid color standards. Use current PANTONE Color Reference Manuals for accurate color. PANTONE Color simulations are only obtainable on these products when driven by qualified Pantone-licensed software products. Contact Pantone, Inc. for a current list of
qualified licensees. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Copyright © 1997 Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Colors generated by the Phaser 380 printer are four-color process simulations and may not match PANTONE-identified