Solid Inks; Memory Considerations; Table 1-1 Memory And Features Sets - Tektronix Phaser 380 Service Manual

Solid inks

Memory considerations

Solid inks, sometimes called phase-change inks, are solid at room temperature
and are liquid at the higher temperature used during printing. The inks solidify
almost instantly after being jetted onto the printer's drum. Because Tektronix'
proprietary solid inks bleed much less than ordinary liquid inks, they allow the
printer to print brilliant colors on plain paper.
Note Turning the printer off and allowing it to cool causes it to perform a
printhead cleaning and purge cycle upon power-up. The printer's
purge cycle consumes a significant amount of ink. During normal use
and servicing, turn the printer off and allow it to cool only when
necessary.
There are four basic printer configurations. With the addition of the "Extended
Feature" ROM SIMM, the printer receives 69 on-board fonts, Check Print and
PhaserMatch capabilities. More RAM gives the printer job-pipelining and print
collation capabilities.

Table 1-1 Memory and features sets

Configuration/ Base printer
options 16 Mbyte RAM
300 x 300 Yes
Tabloid
Maximum with
full image area
600 x 300 print No
mode
600 x 300 No
Tabloid
Maximum with
full image area
Check Print/ No
PhaserMatch
Job Pipelining No
Parallel port 256 kbytes
buffer
Print Collation - No
requires hard
drive option
Fonts available 39
Kanji minimal "Extended
configuration Feature" printer
24 Mbyte RAM w/ 48 Mbyte RAM
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes - 2 pages
256 kbytes 512 kbytes
Yes Yes
19 Kanji 69
(19 Kanji)
General Information
"Extended
Feature" printer
w/ 64 Mbyte RAM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes - 3 pages
512 kbytes
Yes
69
(19 Kanji)
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