PHASER™ 3400
PERSONAL LASER PRINTER
Reference Guide
Xerox Phaser™ 3400
Personal Laser Printer
Reference Guide
June 2001
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Contents
Loading the optional trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Loading the optional A5/A6 tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Loading optional Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Printing two-sided jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Linux Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printing in the X-Window System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Printing from the Linux Shell or Terminal Window within the X-Window System . . . . . . 7
Remote Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Troubleshooting Printing Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maintenance and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Replacing the laser print cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Material Safety Data Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Laser Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Radio Frequency Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ozone Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Loading the optional trays
Loading the optional trays
Loading instructions are also located on the labels inside the tray.
Caution
Do not remove a tray while printing; this may cause paper jams.
For information on loading the standard tray, refer to the Phaser 3400 Personal Laser
Printer User Guide on the printer CD-ROM.
Loading the optional A5/A6 tray
1. Remove the tray.
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2. Push the metal (bottom) plate down until it locks into place.
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3. If necessary, adjust the tray length. For legal or folio size paper, press the tab down
and pull the rear wall all the way out.
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Loading the optional trays
Note
For a list of supported media types, sizes, and weights for this tray, see the
Phaser 3400 Personal Laser Printer User Guide.
4. Load the paper.
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Make sure that you place the paper under the corner tab in the left-front corner of
the tray.
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Load letterhead face down with the top of the page toward the front of the tray.
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Don't load paper above the fill line. Don’t load over 250 sheets.
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5. If necessary, adjust the side and rear guides to lightly touch the paper.
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6. Slide the tray back into the printer.
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Loading optional Tray 2
1.
Remove the tray.
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2. Push the metal (bottom) plate down until it locks into place.
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3.
If necessary, adjust the tray length to match the length of the paper. Pull up on the tab
on the back of the tray, then pull the back of the tray to the desired length.
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