Xerox Phaser 860 Advanced Features And Troubleshooting Manual
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- Page 1 P H A S E R 8 6 0 ® C O L O R P R I N T E R A d v a n c e d F e a t u r e s a n d T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g G u i d e...
- Page 3 Phaser 860 Color Printer ® Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual June 2001...
- Page 4 Copyright © Xerox Corporation. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission of Xerox Corporation. ® ® ® II ® ® ® ® Phaser...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents Advanced Features ..........1 Print quality modes . - Page 6 Utility files on the Xerox web site ........
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Page 7: Advanced Features
To ensure that you have access to all of the printer features, make sure you have installed the printer driver that comes on your Phaser 860 Printer CD-ROM. Updated printer drivers are also available on the Xerox web site: www.xerox.com/officeprinting... -
Page 8: Print Quality Modes
Advanced Features Print quality modes You can choose between different print quality modes to obtain the best combination of speed and print quality for your job. Print quality mode Maximum speed* Fast Color 16 ppm Paper Fastest color print mode 7 ppm Transparency Ink-saving mode since prints lighter than Standard mode Useful for text and business graphics... -
Page 9: Tekcolor™ Color Corrections
Advanced Features ™ TekColor color corrections You can select a color correction to match particular press specifications or simulate your computer screen’s colors. Otherwise, select Automatic to let the printer automatically pick the best color correction for elements in your document. Color correction Description Automatic... -
Page 10: Secure Prints, Proof Prints, And Saved Prints
Advanced Features Secure prints, proof prints, and saved prints You can choose one of the following special job types: Secure Print: Print a confidential document; the password-protected job is stored on the printer’s hard disk drive. The job prints only after you enter the password on the printer's front panel. - Page 11 Advanced Features To print a saved print job or the remaining copies of a proof print job, select the job name on the printer's front panel: With highlighted, press the Scroll Down key to scroll to Menus Printable Pages. Press the OK key. If necessary, scroll to Proof Print Jobs Saved Print...
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Page 12: Separation Pages
Advanced Features To delete a saved print job or the remaining copies of a proof print job, select the job name on the printer's front panel: With highlighted, press the OK key. Menus Press the Scroll Down key to scroll to the Printable Pages Menu. -
Page 13: N-Up
Advanced Features Note Many applications have a collate option when you select Print in the application. Collation done at the printer is faster than collation performed by an application. For faster printing of a collated job, select collation in the printer driver (as described below) and do not select collation in the application. -
Page 14: Booklet Printing
Advanced Features Booklet printing You can print a document in the form of a small book. The printer automatically reduces each page image by 50 percent and prints two pages per sheet of paper. The pages are printed in the correct order so that you can fold and staple the pages to create a booklet. 0726-67 Note To use this feature, the printer must have the DP Feature Set. -
Page 15: Negative And Mirror Images
Advanced Features Negative and mirror images You can print your pages as a negative image (reverses the light and dark areas in your printed image) and/or mirror image (flips images horizontally on pages when printed). You can select negative or mirror images in a supported driver: Windows 95 / Windows 98 PostScript driver: On the Setup tab, click the More Layout Options button, then click the Print as a Negative Image and/or Print as a Mirror Image checkbox in the More Layout Options... -
Page 16: Watermarks
Advanced Features Watermarks A watermark is text (independent of that provided by the printing application) that is printed on the first page or every page of the document. You can create a watermark or edit an existing watermark’s text, color, location, and angle. You can also choose to print the watermark only on the first page, print the watermark in the background, or print the text of the watermark as an outline (instead of filled text). -
Page 17: Color And Color Sampler Charts
Component values are percentages of each color — CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black), RGB (Red, Green, Blue), or HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) — that combine to make a particular color. Copyright © Xerox Corporation 0726-89 Which color chart you print and use depends on how your application selects color. For information on color selection, refer to the application’s documentation, then print one or... -
Page 18: Printing A Color Sampler Chart From The Printer's Front Panel
Color and Color Sampler Charts Each color sampler chart is several pages long. Either: Print them in panels and connect them to form a wall chart Print them and place them in a binder for easy reference Note For information on printing the PANTONE Color sampler chart, refer to page 16. Color sampler chart descriptions Number Front panel... -
Page 19: Printing The Colors From An Application
Color and Color Sampler Charts Press the OK key to select that print quality mode. Press the Back key to return to the again. Job Defaults Menu Scroll to Set TekColor Correction. Press the OK key. Scroll to the color correction you want. Press the OK key to select that color correction. -
Page 20: Printing The Color Sampler Charts With Utility Files
Color and Color Sampler Charts Printing the color sampler charts with utility files From a Macintosh To print the color sampler charts with utility files, use the Apple Printer Utility. For information about installing the Apple Printer Utility, refer to page 36. Download the desired color sampler utility file to the printer. -
Page 21: Pantone Colors
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. For the latest information on color libraries, contact your local Xerox reseller or visit the Xerox web site at: www.xerox.com/officeprinting... -
Page 22: Installing The Pantone Color Files
To install the files from the web: Start your web browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer). Enter the following web address: www.xerox.com/officeprinting/ Choose the Phaser 860 printer from the drop-down list. From the pull-down lists, select your computer platform and PANTONE for type of file. -
Page 23: Printing The Pantone Color Chart From A Pc
Color and Color Sampler Charts Printing the PANTONE Color Chart from a PC To print individual pages from the PANTONE Color chart, use Acrobat Reader: To install Acrobat Reader, insert the printer’s CD-ROM in your computer’s drive, go to the Utilities folder, and follow the on-screen instructions to install Acrobat Reader onto your computer’s hard disk. -
Page 24: Phaserprint Plug-In For Photoshop
PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop The PhaserPrint™ plug-in, included on the printer’s CD-ROM, operates within the Photoshop application on Macintosh computers. With PhaserPrint, you can improve image transfer time and gain easy access to Phaser printer features and other media features. - Page 25 PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop From Photoshop’s Mode menu, select one of the following image modes supported by PhaserPrint: Grayscale Indexed Color RGB Color CMYK Color Lab Color From the File menu, select Export and then select PhaserPrint. In the PhaserPrint dialog box, select your printer in the Printer Model field. Make other selections in the PhaserPrint dialog box.
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Page 26: Fonts
Fonts Fonts Your Phaser 860 Color Printer uses the following types of fonts: Resident fonts Fonts downloaded onto the hard drive Fonts downloaded into memory Fonts downloaded with your print job from the application ATM (Adobe Type Manager) software helps your computer display these fonts on screen as they will appear in your prints. - Page 27 Fonts Carta Chicago ChicagoCE Clarendon ClarendonCE Clarendon-Bold ClarendonCE-Bold Clarendon-Light ClarendonCE-Light CooperBlack CooperBlack-Italic Copperplate-ThirtyThreeBC Copperplate-ThirtyTwoBC Coronet-Regular CoronetCE-Regular Courier CourierCE Courier-Bold CourierCE-Bold Courier-BoldOblique CourierCE-BoldOblique Courier-Oblique CourierCE-Oblique Eurostile EurostileCE Eurostile-Bold EurostileCE-Bold Eurostile-BoldExtendedTwo EurostileCE-BoldExtendedTwo Eurostile-ExtendedTwo EurostileCE-ExtendedTwo Geneva GenevaCE GillSans GillSansCE-Bold GillSans-Bold GillSansCE-BoldCondensed GillSans-BoldCondensed GillSansCE-BoldItalic GillSans-BoldItalic GillSansCE-Condensed GillSans-Condensed...
- Page 28 Fonts LubalinGraph-Book LubalinGraphCE-Book LubalinGraph-BookOblique LubalinGraphCE-BookOblique LubalinGraph-Demi LubalinGraphCE-Demi LubalinGraph-DemiOblique LubalinGraphCE-DemiOblique Marigold MonaLisa-Recut Monaco MonacoCE NewCenturySchlbk-Bold NewCenturySchlbkCE-Bold NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic NewCenturySchlbkCE-BoldItalic NewCenturySchlbk-Italic NewCenturySchlbkCE-Italic NewCenturySchlbk-Roman NewCenturySchlbkCE-Roman NewYork NewYorkCE NotDefFont Optima OptimaCE-Bold Optima-Bold OptimaCE-BoldItalic Optima-BoldItalic OptimaCE-Italic Optima-Italic OptimaCE-Roman Oxford Palatino-Bold PalatinoCE-Bold Palatino-BoldItalic PalatinoCE-BoldItalic Palatino-Italic PalatinoCE-Italic Palatino-Roman PalatinoCE-Roman StempelGaramond-Bold StempelGaramondCE-Bold...
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Page 29: Resident Typefaces (Pcl5C)
Adding more printer memory or a hard drive expands the number of fonts that can be stored on your printer. Refer to the Phaser 860 Color Printer User Guide or the Xerox web site for part numbers of the hard drive and memory. -
Page 30: Downloading Fonts From A Macintosh
Fonts 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, is not correctly installed, or is not downloaded from the application in the print job, the text is printed in Courier typeface. -
Page 31: Printing A List Of Resident Fonts
Remove button. Downloading fonts from a PC Use the Xerox CentreWare Font Download Utility to download fonts to the printer. For detailed information, refer to the online help. If you don’t already have the Xerox CentreWare Font Download Utility on your computer, install it from the Advanced Network Management Tools CD-ROM. - Page 32 From the File menu, select Print Font Samples. Listing the fonts from a PC Use the Xerox CentreWare Font Download Utility to list the fonts available on the printer. For detailed information, refer to the online help. If you don’t already have the Xerox CentreWare Font Download Utility on your computer, install it from the Advanced Network Management Tools CD-ROM.
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Page 33: Printer Management
For detailed information on CentreWare IS Printer Management software, refer to its online help. You can access interactive troubleshooting assistance by selecting Technical Support from the Support tab. For general information, access the following web site: www.xerox.com/officeprinting/products/860/sprt.html then click the CentreWare link Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual... -
Page 34: Usage Profile
Printer Management Usage Profile A Usage Profile provides a proactive strategy for service, maintenance, and administration of your printer. With a Usage Profile, you can keep track of most printer parameters in detail. The Usage Profile helps you predict the ordering needs of customer- replaceable consumables for remote locations. - Page 35 Printer Management Specify the text and message text for the email: On the MaiLinX Alerts page, click the MaiLinX Message Settings link. For each recipient, specify the subject text and message text for the emails or choose default to have the recipient receive the default text. Click the Save Changes button on the bottom of the page.
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Page 36: Operational Features
Printer Management Operational features The printer’s Startup Page By default, the printer produces a Startup Page each time the printer is turned on or reset. If desired, you can disable the Startup Page. There are three methods for turning on/turning off the Startup Page: From the printer’s front panel Using CentreWare IS Printer Management software Using utility files... -
Page 37: Protected Mode For The Front Panel Menus
Printer Management Protected mode for the front panel menus You can have the printer enter "protected mode" to prevent users from changing front panel settings that may impact the prints of other users. Instead, users select printing features, such as color corrections, through the printer drivers only. In protected mode, users can access all menus except the and the Printer Setup Menu... -
Page 38: Sysstart Job Execution
Printer Management SysStart Job execution You may load a startup file (SysStart) onto the printer’s internal hard disk, if installed. The SysStart file is similar to an init file — when you turn on or reset the printer, the file executes. -
Page 39: Manual Feed Timeout
Printer Management SYSTART.PS — Turns on automatic execution of the SysStart job NOSYSTRT.PS — Turns off automatic execution of the SysStart job Refer to page 40 for downloading instructions. To make the change take affect, reset the printer. Manual feed timeout When you select Manual Feed-Paper or Manual Feed-Transparency in the printer driver, the front panel prompts you to add the sheet of paper or transparency. -
Page 40: Front Panel Contrast
Printer Management Press the OK key. Front panel contrast To make the front panel text more readable, you can adjust the contrast between the text and the background: On the front panel, with highlighted, press the OK key. Menus Scroll to by pressing the Scroll Up or Scroll Down key. -
Page 41: Front Panel Language
Printer Management Front panel language To change the language used for the text on the front panel: On the front panel, with highlighted, press the OK key. Menus Scroll to by pressing the Scroll Up or Scroll Down key. Printer Setup Menu Press the OK key. -
Page 42: Printer Utilities
Utility files are located on the: Printer’s CD-ROM Xerox web site Phaser hard drive (if a hard disk is installed on your printer) Utility files on the printer’s CD-ROM Installing the utility files on a Macintosh To install the Apple Printer Utility: From the printer’s CD-ROM, run the Phaser Printer Installer application and select... -
Page 43: Utility Files On The Xerox Web Site
Printer Utilities Utility files on the Xerox web site On the Xerox Color Printer web site, you can explore options such as customer support, documents, and new product information. New and updated information is always being added, so check the web site frequently. -
Page 44: Downloading Utility Files From A Macintosh
Printer Utilities Downloading utility files from a Macintosh Use the Apple Printer Utility to download files from your Macintosh to the printer. To download PostScript utility files to the printer: From the PhaserTools folder on your computer’s hard disk, double-click the Apple Printer Utility. -
Page 45: Using The Apple Printer Utility To Perform Other Tasks
Printer Utilities Using the Apple Printer Utility to perform other tasks In addition to downloading PostScript files and fonts, you can use the Apple Printer Utility to perform the following specialized tasks: Turning on/off the Startup Page Changing the printer’s AppleTalk name Note If your printer is connected through a print server, you can only use the Apple Printer Utility to download PostScript utility files. -
Page 46: Downloading Utility Files From A Pc
Printer Utilities Downloading utility files from a PC Downloading files from Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows Me Select the utility file you want to send to the printer, for example RESET.PS. In the taskbar on your screen, click Start, then Programs, then MS-DOS Prompt. Change the directory to the location of the utility files. -
Page 47: Downloading Files If Your Printer Is Connected To Windows Nt
Printer Utilities For NetWare 3.xx and Netware 4.xx bindery queues: capture q=[queue_name] l=[port] nb nff nt where queue_name is the name of the queue to be captured, and port is the virtual port to capture to, such as LPT3. Also, nb is no banners, nff is no form feeds, and nt is no tabs. For example: capture q=phaser_860 l=3 nb nff nt Note For NetWare 4.xx NDS queues, the queue name needs to start with a period. - Page 48 Printer Utilities IPX and Appletalk ports require the redefinition of the LPTX port to the network path through the use of the NET USE command. NET USE LPT1 \\Server_Name\Queue_Name For example: NET USE LPT1 \\NW_SERVER\Phaser or: NET USE LPT2 \\NT_SERVER_NT\Phaser After redirecting the port using the NET USE command you can use the COPY command to print the postscript file.
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Page 49: Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers
Printer CD-ROM Advanced Network Management Tools CD-ROM Printer’s front panel and internal pages Windows driver and driver help system Xerox web sites CentreWare IS Other online services Printer CD-ROM The printer’s auto-running CD-ROM guides you to the various resources available for installing and learning more about your Phaser color printer. - Page 50 Downloading printer drivers Finding your local reseller Online documentation www.xerox.com/officeprinting/infoSMART/ The infoSMART™ knowledge base is the same troubleshooting knowledge base used by Xerox Customer Support staff to provide the latest technical information on: Application issues Networking issues Printer errors Print-quality issues...
- Page 51 For information on CentreWare IS, refer to page 27. Other online services Subscribe to email update notices: www.colorconnection.xerox.com/ Technical Support: www.xerox.com/officeprinting/support To find a local reseller See www.xerox.com/officeprinting/contacts for the most updated information. U. S. Canada Outside U.S. and 1-800-835-6100 1-877-662-9338...
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Page 52: Indicator Light Problems
Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Indicator light problems Status indicator light is off The printer is turned off, is not ready, is disabled, or has detected an error. Make sure that the printer is plugged in and turned on. Do not plug the printer’s power cord into a power strip; use a wall outlet. Status indicator light is blinking green If the printer is receiving, processing, or printing a job, wait for the job to be completed or cancel the job. -
Page 53: Front Panel Error Messages
Don't worry if the yellow ink sticks have darker areas. Use only Phaser 860 Xerox ColorStix® II ink sticks; the use of other ink may affect print quality and reliability. Xerox warranties and service contracts do not... - Page 54 Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Maintenance drawer (A) missing the maintenance drawer is not installed, open the front cover and install the maintenance drawer (labeled A). If the maintenance drawer is already there, pull out the drawer, make sure that the counter (orange piece labeled C2) is installed, and re-insert the maintenance drawer.
- Page 55 Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Paper jam message Clear the jam. For detailed information about clearing jams, refer to the Phaser 860 Color Printer User Guide. Make sure that paper or transparencies are installed correctly in the tray and that the tray switch is set correctly.
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Page 56: Problems With Automatic Two-Sided Printing
Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Problems with automatic two-sided printing Output is single-sided Make sure that you have selected two-sided printing in the printer driver. Use Letter-size, A4-size, or Legal-size paper only for two-sided printing. If using the standard paper/transparency tray, make sure the tray switch is set to Paper. -
Page 57: Problems Printing On Labels
In the Label Options dialog box, select all of the following, depending on label size: Letter-size: Printer: Laser and Ink-jet Label Products: Avery standard Select the label size corresponding to the Xerox label media: Avery Xerox part Xerox label media... -
Page 58: Print Quality Problems
Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Print quality problems Light-colored or missing stripes on prints Run a test print by choosing on the printer’s front panel Print Diagnostic Pages (by selecting the Menu, then selecting Support Improve Print Quality). If a light stripe appears in one color, clean the printhead by choosing Eliminate on the front panel (by selecting the Menu, then selecting... - Page 59 Make sure that these files are properly installed. For information, refer to the topics on the printer’s CD-ROM or the Xerox web site. If using a PC: Be sure to use the correct printer driver from the printer’s CD-ROM.
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Page 60: Printing Problems
Problems printing from a specific application Get information and tips on printing from specific applications (such as QuarkXPress and PageMaker) from the Xerox web site. Refer to page 44 for more information Fonts print incorrectly in Windows If you have downloaded fonts to your printer, or stored additional fonts on the internal hard drive, you may need to reinstall the fonts. -
Page 61: Preventing Media Jams
If paper is still jamming, flip the paper over in the paper tray Do not print on sheets of labels that are missing labels. Use only Phaser 860 printer Color Printing Labels or Xerox Phaser Premium Business Cards. Do not use perforated paper, or odd-sized paper. - Page 62 Troubleshooting Phaser 860 Printers Phaser 860 Color Printer...
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Page 63: Specifications For The Phaser 860 Color Printer
Specifications for the Phaser 860 Color Printer Specifications for the Phaser 860 Color Printer Temperature Operating: 10 degrees C to 32 degrees C (50 degrees F to 90 degrees F) Non-operating: -30 degrees C to +60 degrees C (-22 degrees F to 140 degrees F) Humidity Operating: 10% to 85% relative humidity, non-condensing Non-operating: 10% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing... - Page 64 Specifications for the Phaser 860 Color Printer Dimensions of one High-Capacity Paper Tray Assembly Height: 127 mm (5 in.) Depth: 530 mm (20.875 in.) Width: 440 mm (17.375 in.) Weight of one High-Capacity Paper Tray Assembly 9.1 kg (20 lb.) Sound level Sound Pressure (L );...
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Page 65: Regulatory Information For Phaser 860 Printers
Regulatory Information for Phaser 860 Printers Regulatory Information for Phaser 860 Printers Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regulatory standards This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. -
Page 66: Declaration Of Conformity
Regulatory Information for Phaser 860 Printers Declaration of conformity Xerox Corporation Office Printing Business P.O. Box 1000 Mail Stop 60-512 Wilsonville, Oregon 97070 U.S.A. declares, under our sole responsibility, that the products Phaser 860 printer (Z860) to which this declaration relates, is in conformity with the following standard(s) or other... -
Page 67: Fcc Class B Device
FCC Class B device The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used properly in strict accordance with Xerox’s instructions, it may cause interference with radio and television reception. This equipment has been tested and verified to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. - Page 68 Regulatory Information for Phaser 860 Printers Phaser 860 Color Printer...
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Page 69: Index
Index Index Adobe Photoshop plug-in 18 altitude, operating range 57 Automatic color correction 3 automatic tray switching 35 Black and White color correction 3 CD-ROM for printer 43 CentreWare IS 45 CentreWare IS Printer Management software 27 cleaning pages changing the media tray source 35 CMYK Sampler Macintosh utility file 14 PC utility file 14... - Page 70 Index enabling and disabling the Startup Page 30 energy saving mode 34 Enhanced print quality mode 2 Euroscale Press color correction 3 Fast Color print quality mode 2 features of the printer 1 Font Sampler, Macintosh utility file 14, 25 fonts downloading 23 printing a list of resident fonts 25...
- Page 71 Index Macintosh utility files 38 color samplers 14 Font Sampler 14, 25 Menu Long 31 Menu Short 31 manuals 43 media jams output after clearing 55 preventing 55 Menu Long, Macintosh utility file 31 Menu Short, Macintosh utility file 31 MENULONG.PS, PC utility file 31 MENUSHRT.PS, PC utility file 31 modes...
- Page 72 Index printer dimensions 57 front panel menus 31 print speed 2 quality modes 2 printer CD-ROM contents 43 printer drivers location 43 uses 44 quality modes 2 regulatory standards 59 resellers 45 RGB Sampler Macintosh utility file 14 PC utility file 14 setting front panel intensity 33 SNAP Press color correction 3...
- Page 73 28 utility files Macintosh, using 38 PC, using 40 videos 43 Vivid Color color correction 3 voltage ranges 57 web sites 44 World Wide Web downloading files from 37 Xerox web sites 44 Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual...