Xerox Phaser 850 Advanced User Guide

P H A S E R® 8 5 0 COLOR PRINTER

Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual

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Phaser

850 Color Printer

Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual

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PANTONE

Colors generated by the Phaser 850 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. © Pantone, Inc., 1988.

User safety summary

Terms in manual : Caution: Conditions that can result in damage to the product. Warning: Conditions that can result in personal injury or loss of life.

Use proper power source: Do not operate this product from a power source that applies more than

the voltage specified. To avoid fire hazard, use only the power cord specified for this product. In hospital applications, grounding reliability can only be achieved by the use of a hospital grade power cord, and the equipment is connected to an equivalent receptacle marked “hospital only” or “hospital grade.”

Operation of product: There are no user-serviceable parts inside the product. Avoid electric shock

by contacting a qualified service technician to repair the product. Do not operate without the covers and panels properly installed. Do not operate in an atmosphere of explosive gases or flammable mixtures.

Safety instructions: Read all installation instructions carefully before you plug the product into a

power source.

Terms on product: 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.

Care of product: Disconnect the power plug by pulling the plug, not the cord. Disconnect the power

plug if the 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: Plug the three-wire power cord (with grounding prong) into grounded AC

outlets only. For protection against electric shock, this product is classified Class I, and Type B where applicable.

Symbols as marked on product:

DANGER high voltage:

Protective ground (earth) terminal:

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

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

Warning

If the product loses the ground connection, usage of knobs and controls (and other conductive parts) can cause an electrical shock. Electrical product may be hazardous if misused.

Warning

For your protection, do not defeat any interlocks.

Contents

User safety summary 3

Printer Management

PhaserLink Printer Management software 1

Job Accounting 1

Usage Profile 2

Fonts

Resident typefaces (PostScript) 3

Resident typefaces (PCL5C) 3

Downloading fonts 4

Printing a list of resident fonts 6

Image Smoothing

Quick Collate

Separation Pages

PANTONE Colors

Methods of printing PANTONE Colors 10

Installing the PANTONE Color files 11

Printing the PANTONE Color Chart 12

PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

Installing the plug-in: Macintosh 14

Installing the plug-in: Windows 15

Using the plug-in 16

Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box 17

Printer Utilities

Locating the files on the printer’s CD-ROM 24

Locating files on the Tektronix World Wide Web site 25

Locating files on the Tektronix FTP server 26

Downloading files to the printer from a Macintosh 27

Downloading files to the printer from a PC 29

Advanced Printing Features for Phaser 850 Printers

Previewing with 1st Page Preview 32

Automatic tray switching 34

Front Panel Intensity 34

Intelligent Ready mode 34

Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual v

Color Sampler Charts for Phaser 850 Printers

Overview 35

Color charts 36

Printing a color sampler chart from the Phaser 850 printer’s front panel 37

Printing the color sampler charts with utility files 38

Troubleshooting Phaser 850 Printers

Useful tools 39

Front panel messages 41

Problems with automatic two-sided printing 45

Problems printing on labels 46

Print Quality Problems 47

Printing problems 49

Preventing media jams 50

Turning the Startup Page on or off 51

Protected mode for the front panel menu 52

Turning Sys/Start Job execution on or off 53

Cleaning Phaser 850 Printers

Selecting the source for cleaning pages 54

Cleaning supplies 54

Light stripes on prints 55

Cleaning for oily streaks 58

Cleaning for ink smears: internal paper path 59

Cleaning for ink smears: paper-feed rollers 61

Cleaning for ink smears: paper-exit path 65

Cleaning for media tray jams 68

Cleaning for lower tray jams: paper-feed rollers 72

Regulatory Information for Phaser 850 Printers

Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regulatory standards 73

Declaration of conformity 74

FCC Class B device 75

Material Safety Data Sheets for Phaser 850 Printers

Specifications for Phaser 850 Printers

Index 86

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Printer Management

PhaserLink Printer Management software

PhaserLink Printer Management software is a printer management tool that uses World Wide Web technology to provide printer information and functionality:

Job status

■

Job accounting

■

Printer usage

■

Routine troubleshooting

■

Configuration of printer settings

■

PhaserLink requires a TCP/IP connection. To access PhaserLink information, enter your printer’s IP address in a web browser. The PhaserLink interface appears on your computer’s screen.

For detailed information on PhaserLink Printer Management software, refer to “ PhaserLink Printer Management software: The Printer’s Information Link ” on the printer’s CD-ROM or web site. Or enter this address in your web browser:

www.tektronix.com/Color_Printers/products/phaserlink.html

Job Accounting

The printer stores a log file containing information about jobs printed. The file is a list of job accounting records. Each record contains fields such as user name, job name, pages printed, job times, and ink used. Job accounting is available through the PhaserShare Administrator and PhaserLink Printer Management software.

For more information on Job Accounting, see the PhaserShare Networking Manual on the printer’s CD-ROM or web site.

TekSMART™ Knowledge Base

www2.tek.com/TekSMART/

Application issues

■

Networking issues

■

Printer errors

■

Print quality issues

■

Troubleshooting

■

Latest tips from technical support

■

Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual 1

Printer Management

Usage Profile

Usage Profile provides a proactive strategy for service, maintenance, and administration of your printer. With Usage Profile, you can keep track of most printer parameters in detail.

Information in the Usage Profile Report includes:

■ Remaining life of consumables

■ Paper versus transparency usage

■ Number and location of media jams

■ Media tray usage

■ Number of pages printed

Print the Usage Profile report from your printer’s front panel. Refer to the Menu Map for location and instructions.

In addition, you can easily arrange electronic mail notification so that your system administrator or supplies-ordering agent receives timely information on error conditions or supplies status. This feature allows you to predict the ordering needs of customerreplaceable consumables for remote locations. These types of error conditions are reported:

■ For the designated operator, system administrator or service provider

■ Supplies (customer-replaceable consumables) low or out

■ Empty media tray

■ For the system administrator

■ Printer configuration

■ For the service provider

■ Error conditions requiring hardware service repair

For detailed information about the Usage Profile report, refer to the Tektronix web site.

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Fonts

Resident typefaces (PostScript)

The printer accepts Adobe Type 1 and Type 3 downloadable fonts, TrueType fonts, PCL5, and a variety of user-defined fonts.

To extend font capability, the printer supports an optional internal IDE hard drive for storage of additional fonts. Refer to the printer’s user guide, or the Tektronix web site, for ordering information.

ATM (Adobe Type Manager) software (provided on the printer’s CD-ROM) helps your computer to display these fonts on screen as they will appear in your prints.

All printer configurations are shipped with 136 resident fonts. To print a sample of the printer’s fonts, see page 6.

Resident typefaces (PCL5C)

For PCL5C (Printer Command Language) printing, the printer supports Courier, Times, and Universe typefaces in medium, bold, italic medium, and italic bold. In addition, there are 46 PCL fonts. The printer port must be set to AutoSelect (which is the default) for the printer to accept PCL data.

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Fonts

Downloading fonts

Printer-resident fonts are always available for printing. Additional downloadable fonts can be sent from your computer and stored in the printer’s memory or on a hard disk. Adding more printer memory expands the number of fonts that can be stored on your printer.

Downloading fonts saves print time when printing large, or several documents, that use those fonts.

The printer accepts these (and other) downloadable fonts:

■ Type 1

■ Type 3

■ Adobe

■ Agfa

■ Bitstream

■ Microsoft

■ Apple

■ TrueType (scalable to any point size; look the same on-screen and printed).

Before printing, make sure that the fonts specified in your document are installed in the printer or are set up correctly. If you request a font in an application that is not resident in the printer, or is not correctly installed, the text is printed in Courier typeface.

Refer to the printer’s user guide, or the Tektronix web site, for information on ordering a hard drive for font storage.

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Fonts

Downloading fonts from a Macintosh

1. Refer to Downloading files to the printer from a Macintosh on page 27 to locate the

Apple Printer Utility on the printer’s CD-ROM.

2. Within the Apple Printer Utility, click Open Printer; a dialog box appears.

3. Click the arrow next to Printer Preferences.

4. For a list of installed fonts and locations, click the arrow next to Fonts.

5. Click Add.

6. Select your font folder, then select the font you want to download.

7. Under Destination, select the download location: either the printer’s memory or an

internal hard disk.

8. Click Add for one font or click Add All for all fonts in the folder.

9. Click Send; the font(s) appear in the list.

Note

To remove downloaded fonts, click Remove.

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Fonts

Printing a list of resident fonts

From a Macintosh

1. Refer to Downloading files to the printer from a Macintosh on page 27 to install and

use the Apple Printer Utility.

2. Within the Apple Printer Utility, from the File menu, select Print Font Samples.

From a PC or workstation

1. Insert the printer’s CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

■ If the Windows autorun feature is enabled, the CD-ROM launches automatically.

■ If the Windows autorun feature is disabled, double-click My Computer, then

double-click the CD icon to launch the CD-ROM.

2. For Setup Type, select Custom.

3. Click Next until the Choose Components and Sub-components dialog box appears.

Make the following selections:

■ Components: Graphics Arts Files

■ Sub-components: Samplers

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

5. Locate the files in the folder you selected during the installation; the default is:

C:Program Files\Tektronix\Phaser xxx, where xxx is your printer’s name.

6. Refer to Downloading files to the printer from a PC on page 29 for file downloading

instructions.

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Image Smoothing

Image Smoothing blends adjacent colors in low-resolution images for smoother color transitions. For example, use Image Smoothing to improve the appearance of a 72-dpi image downloaded from the World Wide Web. Image Smoothing is not recommended for 300-dpi or higher images.

There are four ways of selecting Image Smoothing (driver selections override all other settings):

1. In a supported driver, locate the Image Smoothing option:

■ LaserWriter 8.3.4 driver:

In the Print dialog box, click Options.

■ LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver:

In the Print dialog box, from the pull-down menu (General) select Printer Specific Options.

■ Windows 95 / Windows 98 PostScript driver:

Start/Settings/Printers, then select Properties for your printer. In the Setup tab, select Expert Options.

■ Windows 2000 driver:

From the Layout tab or Paper/Quality tab, click Advanced.

■ Windows NT driver:

From the Properties tab, select the Advanced tab. From the Document Options tab, select Printer Features.

■ Adobe PS3 driver for Windows 3.1:

Select the Features tab options.

2. Through the printer’s front panel; see the Menu Map for location.

3. Through PhaserLink Printer Management software.

4. Through one of the following PostScript utility files (see Printer Utilities on page 23

for instructions):

Macintosh

■ Image Smoothing On

■ Image Smoothing Off

■ SMOOTHON.PS

■ SMOOTHOFF.PS

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Quick Collate

Requirements

■ DP or DX Feature Set

■ Hard drive (internal)

Quick Collate speeds the collation and printing of large print jobs and multiple sets of documents. The collate function in some software applications repeatedly sends each page in sequence to the printer until the requested number of copies is printed. With the Quick Collate option, the job is sent only once and then multiple collated sets are produced by the printer, allowing much faster processing time.

The number of pages that can be collated at one time depends on the size of the hard disk installed in the printer.

Note

Make sure that you turn off the collate function in your application, because the printer’s Quick Collate option is faster than the collate function in software applications.

In a supported driver, locate the Quick Collate option:

■ LaserWriter 8.3.4 driver:

In the Print dialog box, click Options.

■ LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver:

In the Print dialog box, from the pull-down menu (General) select Printer Specific Options.

■ Windows 95 / Windows 98 PostScript driver:

Start/Settings/Printers, then select Properties for your printer. In the Setup tab, select Advanced Paper Options.

■ Windows 2000 driver:

From the Layout tab or Paper/Quality tab, click Advanced.

■ Windows NT driver:

From the Properties tab, select the Advanced tab. From the Document Options tab, select Printer Features.

■ Adobe PS3 driver for Windows 3.1:

Select the Features tab options.

Quick Collate and 1st Page Preview

When you use the printer’s Quick Collate option with 1st Page Preview, only the first page of the first set is printed before pausing for your review.

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Separation Pages

You can have the printer insert a separation page, or divider page, to separate print jobs, multiple copies of a single print job, or individual pages of a print job.

There are two selections to make in your printer driver.

1. In a supported driver, locate the Separation Page options:

■ LaserWriter 8.3.4 driver:

In the Print dialog box, click Options.

■ LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver:

In the Print dialog box, from the pull-down menu (General) select Printer Specific Options.

■ Windows 95 / Windows 98 PostScript driver:

Start/Settings/Printers, then select Properties for your printer. In the Setup tab, select Advanced Paper Options.

■ Windows 2000 driver:

From the Layout tab or Paper/Quality tab, click Advanced.

■ Windows NT driver:

From the Properties tab, select the Advanced tab. From the Document Options tab, select Printer Features.

■ Adobe PS3 driver for Windows 3.1:

Select the Features tab options.

2. Select one of the following for Separation Page:

■ Off: Turns off the Separation Page feature.

■ End of Job: Inserts a separation page between individual print jobs.

■ End of Set: Inserts a separation page between copies, or sets, of a multi-copy

print job.

■ End of Page: Inserts a separation page between every page of a print job.

3. Select one of the following for Separation Page Source:

■ Upper Tray: Takes paper for the separation page from the upper media tray.

■ Middle Tray: Takes paper for the separation page from the middle media tray, if

you have optional paper trays installed.

■ Lower Tray: Takes paper for the separation page from the lower media tray, if

you have optional paper trays installed.

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PANTONE Colors

For the latest information on color libraries, visit the Tektronix web site at:

www.tektronix.com/Color_Printers/

or contact your local Tektronix reseller.

PANTONE Color files for your printer include printer-specific color library files for some specific applications and a file to print the PANTONE Color sampler chart.

Methods of printing PANTONE Colors

PANTONE Colors from color selection books

In some applications, you can select colors from PANTONE Color selection books. These colors can be proofed on your Phaser printer before final output on a printing press. For this method, the printer-specific PANTONE Color files are not required.

1. From an application, select and apply PANTONE Colors; use individual color values

from a PANTONE Colors selection book.

2. Print your document; from a supported driver, select the Commercial Press color

correction. (Proof colors may not be completely accurate, but PANTONE Colors will be printed correctly on a printing press.)

3. When you are satisfied with the proof, the file can be separated for printing press

plates without adjustment to the file.

Printer-specific PANTONE Colors

Your printer can produce process color simulations of PANTONE Spot Colors.

1. Print a copy of the PANTONE Color chart. Refer to Printing the PANTONE Color

Chart on page 12.

2. Within an application, define the desired color in your document by using the

individual CMYK values which appear on the sampler chart.

3. Print your document. For best results, use the same printer settings for color

correction and print quality, and the same type of paper that you used to print the PANTONE Color chart.

For final output on a color printing press

For colors to be printed as a process color (no spot colors), follow these steps:

1. Open the application.

2. Before separating the file for printing press plates, replace the printer’s PANTONE

process Colors with standard PANTONE Colors.

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PANTONE Colors

Installing the PANTONE Color files

From the Web

1. Download the appropriate PANTONE Color file for your printer from the Tektronix

web site:

www.tektronix.com/Color_Printers/

2. Choose a directory location, and extract the file.

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PANTONE Colors

Printing the PANTONE Color Chart

Macintosh

Printing individual pages from Acrobat Reader

1. You will need to install Acrobat Reader if you want to print individual pages from the

PANTONE Color chart. Insert the printer’s CD-ROM in your computer’s drive, go to the Utilities folder, and install Acrobat Reader onto your computer’s hard disk; follow on-screen instructions.

2. After Acrobat Reader is installed, locate the Pantone files you downloaded from the

web site. Double-click the desired PDF file.

3. View and print pages from the PDF file. For best results, print on paper.

Note

Print only with the None Color Correction setting; other settings cause PANTONE Colors to print differently than expected.

Printing the entire chart

■ Use the Apple Printer Utility to download to the printer the desired PANTONE Color

PostScript file, refer to page 23 for instructions. This PostScript file contains necessary color correction and print quality settings.

■ For best results and truest color:

■ Print the chart on paper that is similar to the paper that will be used on the

printing press.

■ Turn off two-sided printing when printing the color chart in order to reduce the

effects of color show-through.

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PANTONE Colors

Printing individual pages from Acrobat Reader

1. You will need to install Acrobat Reader if you want to print individual pages from the

PANTONE Color chart. Insert the printer’s CD-ROM in your computer’s drive, go to the Utility directory, and install Acrobat Reader onto your computer’s hard disk; follow on-screen instructions.

2. Click Start, then Programs, then the program folder you selected; the default is the

printer’s name.

3. Select the PDF file.

4. View and print pages from the PDF file. For best results, print on paper.

Note

Print only with the None Color Correction setting; other settings cause PANTONE Colors to print differently than expected.

Printing the entire chart

Print the PANTONE Color chart by sending the PANTONE PostScript file to the printer. Refer to page 23 for downloading instructions.

■ For best results and truest color:

■ Print the chart on paper that is similar to the paper that will be used on the

printing press.

■ Turn off two-sided printing when printing the color chart in order to reduce the

effects of color show-through.

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PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

The PhaserPrint™ plug-in, included on the printer’s CD-ROM, operates within the Photoshop application. With PhaserPrint, you can improve image transfer time and gain easy access to Tektronix printer features and other media features.

PhaserPrint software produces correct output only on supported Tektronix printers.

Note

If you use this plug-in with a printer not listed in the PhaserPrint dialog box, the image may be placed incorrectly on the page, or colors may look incorrect, or your file may not print.

Installing the plug-in: Macintosh

Note

The PhaserPrint Plug-in is automatically installed with the software installation option Easy Install.

Compatibility requirements

■ Photoshop 2.5.1 and higher

■ System 7.0 and higher

Installing the plug-in

1. From the printer’s CD-ROM, run the Installer application. Select Custom Install.

2. Select PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop. Click Install; the file is installed in the

Photoshop application’s Plug-ins folder on your computer’s hard disk.

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PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

Installing the plug-in: Windows

Compatibility requirements

■ Photoshop 4.0 and higher

■ Windows 95/Windows 98 or Windows NT

■ (optional) TCP/IP support requires proper installation of IP networking software and

cards

Installing the plug-in

1. Insert the printer’s CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

■ If the Windows autorun feature is enabled, the CD-ROM launches automatically.

■ If the Windows autorun feature is disabled, double-click My Computer, then

double-click the CD icon to launch the CD-ROM.

2. For Setup Type, select Custom.

3. Click Next until the Chose Components and Sub-components dialog box appears.

Make the following selections:

■ Components: Printer Driver

■ Sub-components: Photoshop plug-in

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

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PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

Using the plug-in

1. If you don’t already have a default printer selected, do the following:

■ Macintosh:

a. Open the Chooser.

b. Select a PostScript driver (such as the Apple LaserWriter 8); select your printer.

PhaserPrint software works like a printer driver, and prints to the printer you selected in the Chooser.

■ Windows:

a. Click Start, then Settings, then Printers.

b. Right-mouse-button-click on your printer’s icon.

c. In the pop-up menu, select Set as Default.

d. Within the PhaserPrint software, select your printer and port, as described in

Print using (Windows) on page 18.

2. Open Photoshop. Open an image file.

3. From the File menu, select Export. Select PhaserPrint; the PhaserPrint dialog box

appears.

4. In the Printer Model field, select your printer.

5. PhaserPrint software supports the following image modes selected from Photoshop’s

Mode menu. If you select a mode not listed here, an error message appears and your image is not printed.

■ Bitmap

■ Grayscale

■ Indexed Color

■ RGB Color

■ CMYK Color

■ Lab Color

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PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box

Settings you make in the PhaserPrint plug-in remain in effect until you change them. The exception is Number of Copies, which defaults to 1 each time you start the plug-in.

Note

You can get information on any of the plug-in’s features or printer-specific options with the online Help function.

Number of copies

Enter the number of copies to print, from 1 to 1000.

Print using (Macintosh)

The Print using pop-up menu lets you choose between printing an image or saving the image to disk.

■ AppleTalk: Prints the image to the printer currently selected in the Chooser; the

currently selected printer name is displayed in the Printer model field. If the selected printer is not a PostScript printer, this option is unavailable (grayed-out).

■ PostScript ﬁle: Saves an image to disk as a PostScript file. Click Save; a dialog box

lets you choose a new or existing file for saving the PostScript code.

When selected, the File format pop-up menu becomes available. This pop-up menu has two options: ASCII base-85 and Binary.

■ ASCII base-85: Image data is encoded using an ASCII base-85 filter during file

output, making the resulting PostScript file portable, and downloadable through interface ports that don’t support binary data. Note that the file may be up to 25% larger.

■ Binary: Image data is output in binary format.

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PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

Print using (Windows)

The Print using pop-up menu lets you choose between printing an image or saving the image to disk. It has two to four options, depending on your system configuration:

■ TCP/IP: Available if a TCP/IP stack is installed and running. From Printer model,

choose a printer. Add and delete printers in the list, and edit the printer configurations. TCP/IP is the fastest printing method; it prints jobs in much less time than the Local Port or Printer Driver methods, and is the recommended method if it is available for the printer you are using.

■ Local Port: Available if you have local ports installed in your PC. From the Port

Name, choose the desired printer port.

■ Printer Driver: Prints the image through the selected printer driver. From Driver

Name, choose a printer.

■ PostScript ﬁle: Saves an image to disk as a PostScript file. Click Save; a dialog box

lets you choose a new or existing file for saving the PostScript code.

When selected, the File format pop-up menu becomes available. This pop-up menu has two options: ASCII base-85 and Binary.

■ ASCII base-85: Image data is encoded using an ASCII base-85 filter during file

output, making the resulting PostScript file portable so that it can be downloaded through interface ports that don’t support binary data. Note that the file may be up to 25% larger.

■ Binary: Image data is output in binary format. Recommended for network

printing only (not for the parallel port).

Printer model

■ Displays the currently selected printer.

■ Lists all printers supported by PhaserPrint software.

■ When you select your printer model, PhaserPrint displays the correct options for your

printer.

Media size (selection)

■ Paper sizes are printer-specific; refer to the online Help for your printer’s options.

Before selecting a paper size, select your printer in the Printer model field.

Color Correction

■ Color Corrections are not available if Lab is the selected Mode in Photoshop.

■ If RGB is the selected Mode in Photoshop, the Calibrated RGB option is also

available.

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PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop

Media

■ The setting remains in effect until you change it.

Quality

■ The setting remains in effect until you change it.

Rendering Intent

■ Available in the following cases:

■ If the Mode in Photoshop is RGB, and you select Calibrated RGB as the Color

Correction in PhaserPrint.

■ If the Mode in Photoshop is Lab.

■ Calibrated RGB and Lab modes take longer to print than other modes because the

printer must convert CIE colors to RGB or CMYK colors before printing.

Compress Image Data

■ Compresses image data so that less data is sent to the printer or stored in a file.

■ Useful if your network connection is slow, for example, if you are connected to a busy

network or if you are using a parallel port. For fast networks, printing may be faster without using this option.

■ The setting remains in effect until you change it.

■ Default is On.

Fast preview

■ Quick print of your image with slightly reduced image quality.

■ Reflects the printer color correction you selected.

■ For the fastest printing, use the None color correction option.

■ Default is Off.

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1st Page Preview

■ Available only with the printer’s DP or P, and DX Feature Set options.

■ When sending a multiple-copy print job to the printer through the driver, you can

select 1st Page Preview to preview the first page of the job, and determine if the job is printing as expected before proceeding with the remainder of the job. This option is especially useful when printing many copies.

a. Click the 1st Page Preview check box.

b. Check your first print. At the 1st Page Preview message on the printer’s front

panel, select one of the following:

■ Reprint: Reprints the first page, the printer pauses again for the duration of the

selected timeout, or until you press one of the buttons.

■ Cancel: Cancels the print job.

■ Continue: Continues printing the entire job.

■ At the printer’s front panel, set the 1st Page Preview timeout.

■ Default is Off.

Image Smoothing

■ Blends adjacent colors so that color transitions are less noticeable.

■ Use this option when the image being printed was scanned at a lower resolution than

the printer’s output resolution. For example, printing an image scanned at 72 dpi using the printer’s Standard print quality mode.

■ Images printed using Image Smoothing appear with less sharp detail but with

smoother color transitions.

■ Default is Off.

Stylized representation of the page

■ The lower left area of the dialog box displays a stylized representation of the page as it

would look when printed using the current selections in the Scale, Scale to ﬁt, Printer model, Media size (selection), Landscape orientation, Replicate images, Center images, and Image separation options. When you change any of these

selections, the representation of the page is redrawn to reflect the new selection.

■ If Show color preview of image is On, an approximate color image is displayed.

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Scaling an image

■ Scale to fit

■ Scales an image to the largest size that fits the image area of the currently

selected page size or orientation.

■ Automatically updates the Scale field value.

■ Scale

■ Type the percentage the image should be scaled, from 10 percent to

2000 percent.

■ Use with the Replicate images option to produce multiple copies of an image on

a single page.

■ Alert message: Image clipping will occur.

This message appears in the PhaserPrint dialog box whenever a scaled image will not fit within the image area of the currently selected page size or orientation option.

Landscape orientation

■ Prints the image horizontally (landscape) on the page. Leave this box unchecked to

print the image vertically (portrait) on the page.

■ Refer to the Stylized representation of the page, in the lower left corner of the dialog

box, to see how your selection will look when printed.

Center images

■ Centers the image in the page’s image area.

■ If this box is not checked, the lower left corner of the image is aligned with the lower

left corner of the printable area of the page.

■ If the Center images box is checked and the Replicate images box is checked, the set

of replicated images are centered in the image area of the page.

Replicate images

■ Fills the page’s image area with as many copies of the image as will fit.

■ The size of each replicated image is determined by the setting in the Scale text box.

■ If the size of each replicated image (shown as black rectangles in the stylized

representation of the page) is too small to display, the total image area of the printed page is shown as a single gray rectangle.

Image size

■ Reflects the dimensions, in inches or millimeters, of the image.

■ If the value in the Scale box is out-of-range, the image dimensions are displayed with

question marks.

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Image separation

■ Only available if the Replicate images box is checked.

■ Type an amount, in inches or millimeters (depending on your measurement

standard), to specify the amount of separation between each replicated image.

■ A larger amount reduces the number of images that can be printed at one time.

■ Minimum allowed separation value is 0.

■ Maximum separation value is 100 mm (4 inches).

■ Default separation value is 3.175 mm (0.125/one-eighth inch).

■ Valid characters for this field are 0 to 9 and a period (or decimal point).

■ As you type a value, the stylized representation of the page, and Number of

images and Image layout values are dynamically updated. If the value entered in the Image separation field is out-of-range, the values in these other fields are replaced by question marks, and no images are shown in the stylized representation of the page. If the value is out-of-range, and you click Print or Save, the following alert is displayed:

The value for Image separation is out of range. It will be replaced with the closest allowed value.

Number of images

■ Displays the number of scaled images that will fit in the image area of the currently

selected Media size (selection) and Landscape orientation options.

■ Number of images reflects the current Image separation value.

■ If the Replicate images box is not checked, this number is set to 1.

■ If either Scale or Image separation values are out-of-range, a question mark is

displayed.

Image layout

■ Shows how the scaled images will fit horizontally and vertically in the image area of

the currently selected Media and Landscape orientation options.

■ Image layout reflects the current Image separation value.

■ If the Replicate images box is not checked, this number is set

to 1 x 1.

■ If either Scale or Image separation values are out-of-range, question marks

are displayed.

Media size (display)

Reflects the dimensions, in inches or millimeters, of the selected media size.

Show color preview of image

Displays an approximate color image, rather than a black box, in the Stylized representation of the page field.

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Printer Utilities

In addition to using the printer’s front panel or the options in a supported driver, the printer’s utility files offer another method for changing the way the printer operates. In some cases, a selection can only be made with a utility file.

Utility files control print features such as color correction and enabling or disabling the Startup Page. However, printer features that are selected from a driver override utility file settings and front panel settings.

There are three places to locate utility files:

■ The printer’s CD-ROM

■ Tektronix’ ftp site

■ Tektronix’ World Wide Web site

■ Phaser Hard Drive (if internal IDE Hard Disk is installed)

Files can be downloaded to the printer:

■ From a Macintosh

■ From a PC

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