Phaser 360 Overview - Tektronix Phaser 360 Service Manual

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General Information

Phaser 360 overview

1-2 Phaser 360 Color Printer
The Phaser 360 Color Printer is an Adobe PostScript Level 3 (Version 3010) color,
solid ink-jet printer. It also supports monochrome PCL 5e at 300 x 300 dots per
inch. The Phaser 360 prints at a number of resolutions. A 5.8 page-per-minute
(ppm) Fast Color Mode, a standard 4 ppm mode of 300 x 300 dots per inch (dpi),
and an Enhanced mode of 800 x 450 dpi at 1.2 ppm.
The Phaser 360 features 164 built-in fonts, and is equipped with 24 Mbytes of
RAM. It can be upgraded to 48 MB of RAM. The Phaser 360 is capable of job
pipelining; it can print one image and process the data for the next image at the
same time. It supports Check Print mode in which the first page of a multiple
page print job is printed and the remainder of the job is held pending front panel
approval. The printer features a SCSI port to support an external SCSI disk for
additional font storage.
The printer support two available paper trays: A and A4, with an optional
500-sheet high-capacity Lower Paper Tray Assembly which gives the printer a
dual-tray capability. (The Lower Paper Tray Assembly is sometimes referred to
as the second feeder; it only supports paper printing.) The printer prints images
on A- and A4-size paper and transparency film with 5 mm (0.2 in.) margins; the
bottom margin is 7 mm (0.3 in).
A 64 MHz PowerPC processor oversees print engine operations and PostScript
image processing. The printer features an integral bi-directional parallel port
(IEEE 1284C with ECP mode) and a 10baseT Ethernet port (with support for
EtherTalk, Novell NetWare/NDS, TCP/IP, DHCP and Windows Peer-to-Peer).
A rear panel slot allows customers to install one "smart card" Phaser Share B
Network Card. One card provides a LocalTalk port. A second, alternative card
offers a 10baseT/100baseTx/10base2 Ethernet board providing standard
protocol support for EtherTalk, Novell NetWare/NDS, TCP/IP and DHCP.
When installed, this card disables the standard 10baseT port. A third card
provides a Token Ring board providing protocol support for TokenTalk, Novell
NetWare/NDS and TCP/IP. When inserted, this card also disables the standard
10baseT port.
The printer features Job Accounting which maintains up to 5000 records of
processed printjobs. The record contains information such as time and duration
of the print and the percentage of color coverage on the print. The log of records
can be retrieved using PhaserLink or PhaserShare.