Turning On The Printer; The Startup Page - Tektronix Phaser 480 Service Manual

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Installing the Printer and Drivers

Turning on the printer

The startup page

2-14 Phaser 480 Color Printer
When you turn on the printer, it executes a series of self-tests to determine if
there are any problems with the PostScript interface. After running self-tests, the
printer prints a startup page if it has not been disabled. (The factory default
condition is to have the startup page disabled.) After running self-tests and
printing the startup page, the printer is ready for operation. A downloadable
PostScript snippet, found on the Drivers and Utilities diskette, allows you to
enable or disable the startup page.
The startup page provides you with valuable information about the printer:
Fonts
Ports (Serial, Parallel, LocalTalk, Ethernet)
EtherTalk Settings
Serial Settings
Pages Printed
RAM
Tektronix version firmware
Adobe version software
Ethernet address
TCP/IP authorization code
Type of transfer roll loaded
If the printer detects a non-fatal error at power-up, the startup page prints with
an error message shown in red. This is true, even if the startup page has been
disabled. The printer will still force a print to report the error.
Message
Serial, Parallel, LocalTalk, EtherTalk, or
SCSI Port failed
DRAM SIMM failed
Description
The named port is not working. The other
ports can still be used.
The optional memory SIMM x is not
working. In this message, x indicates the
number of the SIMM that failed (1 or 2).
Since the printer's base memory is still
working, the printer can still be used, but
large images may not print, and throughput
may suffer.