Xerox Phaser 840 User Guide

P H A S E R® 8 4 0
COLOR PRINTER

User Guide

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/

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Contents

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Tektronix Supplies and Accessories
Getting the Most From Your Printer
The Front Panel
Print Quality Modes
TekColor™ Color Corrections
Media Trays
Supported Page Sizes and Print Area
Using the Manual Feed Slot for Single-Sided Printing
Printing on Envelopes
Loading Media Trays
Printing on Labels
Automatic Duplex Printing
Adding Ink
Emptying the Waste Tray
Replacing the Maintenance Kit
Media Jams
Troubleshooting Print Quality
Hints for Moving the Printer
Getting More Information
Getting Help

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Note

General information

Caution

Use caution or damage to the printer may result.

Hot

Hot surface on or in the printer. Use caution to avoid
personal injury.

Copyright © 1999 by Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved.

®,

Tektronix
of Tektronix, Inc.

Phaser®, PhaserShare® and ColorStix® are registered trademarks

Tektronix Supplies and Accessories

Supplies Order number Description

ColorStix

Premium Paper

Premium Transparencies

Standard T ransparencies

Maintenance Kit

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Ink

A/Letter (U.S.) 016-1368-00 500 sheets
A4 (Metric Letter) 016-1369-00 500 sheets

A/Letter (U.S.) 016-1724-00 50 sheets
A4 (Metric Letter) 016-1725-00 50 sheets

A/Letter (U.S.) 016-1720-00 50 sheets
A4 (Metric Letter) 016-1721-00 50 sheets

016-1604-00 3 Black sticks
016-1605-00 5 Cyan sticks plus 2 Black sticks
016-1606-00 5 Magenta sticks plus 2 Black sticks
016-1607-00 5 Yellow sticks plus 2 Black sticks
016-1582-00 2 Cyan sticks plus 1 Black stick
016-1583-00 2 Magenta sticks plus 1 Black stick
016-1584-00 2 Yellow sticks plus 1 Black stick

016-1727-00 Replacement maintenance roller and

counter (life: 30,000 images)

Ordering Information

24 lb. bond, 90 g/m

Accessories Order number Description

Standard Paper /
Transparency T rays

High-Capacity
Transparency/Label
Trays

Cleaning Kit

Printer CD-ROM
Printer diskettes

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436-0330-00 A/Letter (U.S.)
436-0332-00 A4 (Metric Letter)
436-0336-00 A/Letter (U.S.)
436-0338-00 A4 (Metric Letter)

016-1595-00 Alcohol wipes and

063-3166-00 -00 English
063-2627-00

To order supplies and accessories, contact your local dealer or
visit the Tektronix web site:

www.tektronix.com/Color_Printers/supplies

foam swabs

-10 French

-20 Italian

-30 German

-40 Spanish

-70 Chinese,
Simplified

-80 Chinese,
Traditional

-90 Korean

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Ordering Information

Getting the Most From Your Printer

Supplies Startup Kit

Z840SS

Option 01 for Metric

High-Capacity Paper
Tray Assembly

Z840LTA

Option 01 for Metric

Plus Feature Set

Z840FP

Printer Station

ZCARTA

Scanner support

Requires Plus Features

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ColorStix® ink: 5 each CMY, plus 6 Black

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Tektronix Transparencies (50 sheets)

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Increased paper-printing capacity

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Increased printing versatility and convenience
Up to two stacking trays can be used

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High Resolution / Photo print-quality mode,

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1200 x 600 dpi

Adds automatic duplex (two-sided) print

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capability

Adds SCSI card for connecting an external hard

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drive or a scanner

Adds 32 Mbytes of memory (64 Mbytes total)

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Check Print functionality

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Quick Collate functionality (requires a hard drive)

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Ergonomic surface height

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Provides storage for supplies

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Use your printer as a color copier

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For a list of supported scanners, contact your
local Tektronix reseller, or visit the Tektronix
web site

Hard Disk Drives

ZDISK
ZDISK3

PhaserShare®
Network Card

ZNBFE
ZNBTR
ZNBLT

PhaserLink™ Software

Requires network
connection via TCP/IP

Additional memory

ZMB32
ZMB64

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Required for collation
Extends font capacity

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External SCSI Hard Drive (

Requires Plus Feature)

Internal IDE Hard Drive

Easy to install

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Increases speed and/or shareability

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High-performance network connectivity
100Base-T Ethernet
Token Ring
LocalTalk

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View printer status using any web browser

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Control printer settings

Link to online documentation via the World

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Wide Web

Receive electronic mail when consumables are

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low or other printer maintenance is required

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Improved performance

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Up to 128 Mbytes maximum
32 Mbytes
64 Mbytes

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The Front Panel

Provides access to printer settings (tray, print-quality mode, network settings, etc.).

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Displays the printer’s operating status (

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Alerts you to replace consumables, load media, and clear jams.

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Ready to Print, Printing

Key

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Error indicator

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Power indicator

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Printer model

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Display

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Navigation arrows. Use the arrows to scroll the front panel
menus.

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Select
Help

button. Selects highlighted settings.

button. Press at any time for additional information

on displayed menu options or status messages.

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Printer Identification.

Accesses printer setup

menus and printer descriptions

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Help Topics

. Describes common printer tasks.

Front Panel

, etc.).

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Phaser 840 Plus
READY TO PRINT

Menu

Printer Identification
Help Topics

Help

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Select

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Printing

Print Quality Modes

Print-quality modes Maximum speed*

Fast Color

Fastest full-color output

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Standard

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General-purpose mode for

full-color printing

Best quality mode for printing

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transparencies

Enhanced

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Superior text resolution and

very smooth light colors

High Resolution/Photo

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Highest-quality color prints
Near-photographic detail

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1200 x 600 dpi

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Requires Plus Features Set

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Approximate number of pages per minute.

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Transparencies will be printed in Standard mode.

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10 ppm Paper

5 ppm Transparency

6 ppm Paper
3 ppm Transparency

3 ppm Paper

2 ppm Paper

TekColor™ Color Corrections

Automatically applies the best color correction mode to each

Automatic

None

Vivid Color

sRGB Display
SWOP Press

Euroscale Press
Commercial Press
SNAP Press

DIC
Toyo
FujiProof

Monochrome

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element on the page
No color correction made to colors

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Used with the PANTONE® Color Chart for PANTONE® Color
matching

Produces the brightest possible colors and makes blues appear

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less purple
Closely approximates the colors on a standard display screen

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Specification for Web Offset Publications. Used to match U.S.
press standards

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Used to match equivalent Imation Matchprint

■ Used to match commercial Imation Matchprint

■ Specifications for Non-Heat Advertising Printing

■ Used to match standards for printing on uncoated and

newsprint papers

■ Used to match Dai Nippon printing inks on coated paper

■ Used to match commercial Toyo printing inks on coated paper

■ Used to match the Fuji Color Art System for commercial North

American proofs

■ Grayscale printing

■ Used to print page masters for photocopying in black-and-white

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proofs

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proofs

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All About Media

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Standard Paper/Transparency Tray

Tray sizes: A/Letter A4

Paper

■ 200-sheet capacity

■ Bond or equivalent, 60 - 120 g/m

■ Cover stock up to 176 g/m

Transparencies

■ 50-sheet capacity

■ Use only Phaser 840 printer transparencies

Labels

■ 50-sheet capacity

■ Recommended Avery

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White Laser Labels, for example:
U.S. 5160, 5960
Metric L7162

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, 16 - 32 lb.

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, 65 lb., single-sided only

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High-Capacity T ransparency/Label Tray

Tray sizes: A/Letter A4

Transparencies

■ 175-sheet capacity

■ Use only Phaser 840 printer transparencies

Labels

■ 100-sheet capacity

■ Recommended Avery

U.S. 5160, 5960
Metric L7162

Media and Trays

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White Laser Labels, for example:

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Media and Trays

High-Capacity Paper Tray

Tray sizes:

A/Letter A4

Paper only

■ 500-sheet capacity

■ Bond or equivalent, 60 - 120 g/m

You can use up to two High-Capacity Paper Tray
Assemblies with your printer.

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, 16 - 32 lb.

9102-02

Manual Feed Slot

Paper

■ A/Letter A4

■ Bond or equivalent,

60 - 120 g/m

■ Cover stock up to 216 g/m

Do not use for automatic duplex printing

■ Card stock/Index up to 216 g/m

Do not use for automatic duplex printing

Transparencies

■ A/Letter A4

■ Use only Phaser 840 printer

transparencies

Labels

■ A/Letter A4

■ Recommended Avery

Labels, for example:
U.S. 5160, 5960
Metric L7162

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, 16 - 32 lb.

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, 80 lb.

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White Laser

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, 110 lb.

Envelopes

■ #10 (U.S.)

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■ #6

⁄4 (U.S.)

■ C5

■ DL

■ Choukei 3 Gou

■ Choukei 4 Gou

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Supported page sizes and print area

In a supported driver, select Print. Select Page Size. Choose one of the following
media sizes.

Margins

Media Page size Print area Top/Bottom Sides

1 Letter 8.5 x 11 in. 8.112 x 10.612 in. .2 in. .2 in.
2 A4 210 x 297 mm 200 x 283 mm 5 mm 5 mm
3 Envelopes

■ #10 (U.S.) 4.13 x 9.5 in. 3.2 x 9.24 in. .2 in. .8 in.

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■ #6

⁄4 (U.S.) 3.65 x 6.5 in. 3.2 x 6.2 in. .2 in. .28 in.

■ C5 162 x 229 mm 80 x 219 mm 5 mm 77 mm

■ DL 110 x 220 mm 80 x 210 mm 5 mm 25 mm

■ Choukei 3 Gou 120 x 235 mm 80 x 225 mm 5 mm 35 mm

■ Choukei 4 Gou 90 x 205 mm 80 x 195 mm 5 mm 5 mm

Never use envelopes with an end flap, or with windows or metal clasps; they will
damage the printer. Only use the recommended envelope sizes. Envelopes must
always be placed with the flap face-up.

Top/Sides Bottom

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Using the Manual Feed Slot for Single-Sided Printing

LETTER

A4

1 In a supported printer driver, select Manual Feed Paper or

Manual Feed Transparency.

Make sure that duplex printing is disabled in the
printer driver.

2 To send the job to the printer, click Print.
3 Open the manual feed slot.
4 Adjust the guides for your media size (Letter or A4).

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5 When the front panel reads Waiting for Manual Feed,

insert one sheet of media until it stops:

■ Top of the page enters

■ Side to be printed is

first.

face-down

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6 Wait for the front panel’s prompt before inserting

additional sheets.

Refer to page 15 for instructions on loading letterhead for
duplex printing.

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