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Tektronix Phaser 600 User Manual (798 pages)

Wide-Format Color Printer

Brand: Tektronix | Category: Printer | Size: 3.34 MB

Table of Contents
4
Introduction
17
Information Roadmap
23
Getting Set up

25
- At a Glance
  26
- Setting up the Printer
  27
- Connecting the Printer
  44
- Selecting a Language for the Front Panel
  53
- Installing the Starter Paper Roll
  55
  - Loading the Paper Roll
    56
  - Feeding Roll Paper
    59
- Software Installation
  62
Printing Basics

96
- Printing Overview
  97
- Printing from a PC
  98
- Printing from a Macintosh
  140
- Printing from a Workstation
  159
  - Overview
    159
  - UNIX Workstations
    161
  - VMS Workstations
    163
  - For more Information
    164
- Printing from Specific Applications
  165
  - General Hints and Tips
    165
  - Selecting Print Features
    166
  - Methods of Selection
    167
  - Print Quality Modes
    170
  - Color Corrections
    171
  - All about Media
    173
  - Selecting Media by Size
    173
  - Margins and Print Area
    174
  - Roll Media
    176
  - Page Size, Print Area, and Margins
    177
  - Media Attributes
    185
  - Media Types
    186
  - Image Orientation
    189
  - Page Rotation
    190
  - Manual Feed: Using Cut-Sheet Media
    192
  - Image Manipulation
    195
  - Printer Languages: Postscript, HP-GL
    197
  - Fonts
    198
  - Resident Typefaces (Postscript)
    199
  - Printer's Extended Features Option
    200
  - Downloading Fonts
    201
  - Macintosh Screen Fonts
    203
  - Using Fonts with Windows
    205
  - Printing Font Samplers
    206
Printing : Beyond the Basics

209
- Working with Color
  211
- General Guidelines
  212
- Color Corrections - Making the Best Selection
  213
  - Deciding Which Color Correction to Use
    216
  - Color Correction Descriptions
    217
    
    Turning off All Color Corrections
    218
    
    Printing the Brightest Colors and a Truer Blue
    219
    
    Simulating Display Screen Colors
    220
    
    Closely Match Printing Press Colors
    221
    
    Printing in Gray Scale
    227
    
    Using Simple Color Conversions
    229
  - Special Considerations
    231
    
    Application Color Corrections
    233
    
    If You Are Using an Unsupported Driver
    234
- Printing and Using the Color Sampler Charts
  235
- Special Printing Features
  237
  - Fusing Mode / Media Fusing
    238
  - Advance Media
    240
  - Cut Media
    242
  - Mirror Print
    244
  - Page Centering
    245
  - Page Rotation
    246
  - Image Smoothing
    248
  - Fast Preview
    250
  - Print Preview
    251
  - Color Control Strip
    254
  - Reprint
    256
  - Custom Page Sizes
    257
- Phaser Copystation
  258
  - Requirements and Suggested Memory Configuration
    259
  - Connecting the Copystation
    260
  - Setting the Print Quantity
    261
  - Scaling Images from the Copystation
    262
  - Getting the Best Results
    263
  - Media Size Interactions
    264
- Laminating Your Phaser 600 Prints
  267
  - Tips on Laminating Prints
    268
Printing the Color Sampler Charts

269
- Available Color Charts
  272
- Setting up the Printer
  273
If You Are Using Manual Feed Media

274
- If You Are Using Roll Media
  275
- Printing from a Macintosh
  276
- Installing the Files
  277
- Important Preparations
  278
- Printing the Color Charts
  280
- Printing from a PC
  284
- Installing the Files
  285
- Important Preparations
  286
- Printing the Color Charts
  288
Color Matching

291
Using Pantone Color Files

301
Using the Phaser Print Plug in for Photoshop

334
Photoshop 318

335
- P Hotoshop
  335
- Overview
  335
- Compatibility
  336
- Installing the Phaserprint Plug-In for Photoshop
  337
  - Installing the Plug-In for Macintosh
    338
  - Installing the Plug-In for Windows
    339
- Using the Plug-In
  341
  - Starting the Phaserprint Plug-In
    342
  - Selecting Options in the Phaserprint Dialog Box
    344
    
    Number of Copies
    345
    
    Printer Model
    349
    
    Rendering Intent
    357
    
    Compress Image Data
    358
    
    Manual Feed
    360
    
    Scaling an Image
    369
    
    Landscape Orientation
    370
    
    Center Images
    371
    
    Replicate Images
    372
    
    Image Size
    373
    
    Image Separation
    374
    
    Number of Images
    376
    
    Image Layout
    377
    
    Show Color Preview of Image
    379
  - System Requirements
    383
  - Installing the Phaser 600 GX Printer Driver
    384
  - Creating a Desktop Printer
    385
  - Setting up Unique Desktop Printers
    387
  - Printing with a Desktop Printer
    388
  - Using the Printing Menu
    389
  - Printer Utilities
    396
  - Setting up a Shared Printer
    398
  - Using a Shared Printer
    399
  - Printing from Quickdraw GX Applications
    400
    
    Using the Page Setup Dialog Box
    401
    
    Using the Print Dialog Box
    402
  - Printing from Non-Quickdraw GX Applications
    404
  - Viewing Printer Status
    406
  - Disabling Quickdraw GX
    407
- Printing from DO
  410
Printing from Dos 393

411
- Setting up Ports
  411
  - Setting up the Parallel Port
    412
  - Setting up Optional Interface Ports
    413
  - Printing from DOS
    414
  - Using Color Corrections
    415
  - Using a Tektronix Driver
    416
  - Using a Non-Tektronix Driver
    417
    
    W Orkstations
    418
    
    Overview
    419
  - Printing from UNIX Workstations
    421
  - Printing from VMS Workstations
    423
  - Using the Printer's Software
    424
  - Using the Phaser 600 Printer's CD-ROM
    426
  - Mounting the PC/DOS Diskette on a Workstation
    430
  - SGI IRIX Versions 4.0.X and 5
    431
    
    Sun Running Solaris 2.3
    433
    
    Sun Running Sunos 4.1.3
    436
    
    U Sing P Rinter U Tilities
    440
- Downloading Files to the Printer
  448
- Changing the Printer's Name
  458
  - Changing the Printer's Name from a Macintosh
    459
  - Changing the Printer's Name from a PC
    461
- Resetting the Printer
  463
  - Resetting the Printer from a Macintosh
    464
  - Resetting the Printer from a PC
    466
- Using the Color Rendering Intents
  467
  - Descriptions
    467
  - Selecting
    472
- Enabling and Disabling Job Pipelining
  475
  - Enable/Disable Job Pipelining from a Macintosh
    476
  - Enable/Disable Job Pipelining from a PC
    478
- Modifying the Advance Media Default
  479
  - Modifying Advance Media from a Macintosh
    480
  - Modifying Advance Media from a PC
    482
- Setting Page Offset
  483
  - Setting Page Offset from a Macintosh
    484
  - Setting Page Offset from a PC
    486
  - Other Utilities
    493
Using Scsi Hard Disks 480

498
- SCSI Peripheral Devices
  498
- Selecting a SCSI Hard Disk
  499
- Ordering Information
  500
- Connecting a SCSI Hard Disk
  501
  - Required Items
    502
  - Important Guidelines
    503
  - Connecting One Disk
    506
  - Connecting Multiple Disks
    507
- Formatting a SCSI Hard Disk
  509
  - Macintosh Users
    511
  - Pc and Workstation Users
    512
- Initializing a Formatted SCSI Hard Disk
  513
- Enabling and Disabling Sysstart Job Execution
  516
Using the Front Panel 681

520
- Front Panel
  520
S Parallel Port

521
- Overview
  522
- Disabling Timeouts
  523
- Bi-Directional Status Reporting
  524
- Parallel Port Pin Signals
  526
Using Different Printer Language Modes

529
Modes 513

532
- Installing the Files
  532
- Setting Postscript and HP-GL Job
  533
- And Wait Timeouts
  533
- Changing the Printer's Language Mode
  538
  - Printing Postscript Files
    540
  - Printing HP-GL Files
    541
  - Enabling Automatic Language Selection
    542
- Testing Printer Language Mode Changes
  543
  - Testing HP-GL Mode
    544
  - Testing Postscript Mode
    545
- Setting Default HP-GL Pen Colors
  546
- Overview
  552
- Cleaning Hints
  553
- Quick Cleaning
  555
- Feed Rollers and Paper Guides
  556
- Transport Rollers
  558
- Cleaning the Transport Rollers
  559
- Drum
  560
- Occasional Cleaning
  561
- Back Tension Blade and Paper Clamp
  562
- Cleaning the Paper Clamp
  566
- Clamp Rollers
  568
- Fuser Shuttle and Exit Rollers
  569
- Cleaning the Exit Rollers
  577
- Ink Loader
  581
- Cleaning the Printhead
  584
- Emptying the Waste bin
  586
  - Front Panel Displays Empty Waste bin
    586
  - Front Panel Displays Empty Waste bin
    587
- Before Moving the Printer
  588
- Repacking and Moving the Printer
  589
  - Repacking and Moving the Printer
    590
  - Before You Begin
    591
  - Repack the Printer
    595
  - T Roubleshooting
    597
Troubleshooting 580

598
- If You Need Help
  598
- Using the Automated Fax Systems
  599
  - Use HAL in the U.S.A. and Canada
    602
  - Use Eurohal in Europe
    602
  - Use Eurohal in Europe
    605
- Front Panel Messages
  609
- Symptoms and Solutions
  613
  - Diagnostic Tools
    613
  - Maintaining Print Quality
    614
- Printing Hints
  635
- Getting the Largest Printed Picture
  636
- Improving Print Speed
  637
  - Fastest Print Time
    637
  - Printing Bitmapped Images
    637
  - Relative Port Speed
    637
  - Relative Port Speed
    638
  - Fastest Print Time
    639
  - Printing Bitmapped Images
    641
  - Windows 95 Users
    645
- Postscript Printing Errors
  647
  - Using a Postscript Error Handler
    649
  - Fixing Timeout Problems in Windows
    655
    
    From Windows
    656
    
    From Windows 95
    657
- Printed Colors Are Not What You Expected
  659
  - In General
    659
  - Printing PANTONE Colors
    661
  - Blue Colors Look too Purple
    662
  - Using the Tektronix Halftone Screens
    663
  - Selecting Page Sizes in Windows Applications
    667
- Fonts Printing Incorrectly from Windows
  670
- Sharing the Printer on a Network
  672
- Media Hints and Tips
  675
- Cutting Roll Media
  677
- Startup Page Prints Even Though It Is Disabled
  686
- Clearing a Media Jam
  687
- Overview
  688
- Clearing a Media Jam
  689
- Clearing an Ink Jam
  693
  - The Printer
    696
  - Front Panel
    699
  - Front Panel Buttons
    700
  - Front Panel Indicators
    700
  - Front Panel Overview
    700
  - Two-Line Display
    700
    
    Front Panel Overview
    701
    
    Front Panel Indicators
    702
    
    Front Panel Buttons
    703
    
    Printer Information
    706
  - Printer Information
    707
  - Front Panel Menu Map
    708
  - Pause Menu
    709
- Help Pages Overview
  712
- Printing the Front Panel Menu Map
  712
  - Printing the Menu Map from the Front Panel
    713
  - Printing the Menu Map with Phaserlink Software
    713
    
    Printing the Menu Map from the Front Panel
    714
    
    Printing the Menu Map with Phaserlink Software
    715
- Printing the Startup
  723
Ordering Information 726

745
- Ordering Printer Supplies
  746
- Ordering Interface Cables and Adapters
  749
- Expanding Your Printing System
  751
  - Upgrade Kits
    751
  - Extended Features Upgrade
    751
  - Memory Upgrade
    751
  - Phasershare Network Cards
    751
    
    Upgrade Kits
    752
    
    Extended Features Upgrade
    753
    
    Memory Upgrade
    755
    
    Advantages of Adding Memory
    756
    
    Phasershare Network Cards
    757
  - Scsi Hard Disk
    761
    
    Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulatory Standards
    763
    
    Overview
    763
    
    Declaration of Conformity (for 220-230 VAC Equipment)
    763
  - FCC Class B Device (for 100-120 VAC Equipment)
    763
  - Material Safety Data Sheets
    763
  - Declaration of Conformity
    765
  - Material Safety Data Sheets
    769
  - MSDS for Ink
    770
  - Copyrights/Trademarks
    779
  - Users Safety Summary
    783
  - Caring for Your Printer
    786

Tektronix Phaser 600 Service Manual (287 pages)

Color Printer

Brand: Tektronix | Category: Printer | Size: 5.02 MB

Service Manual
1
General Information
2
Printer Overview
3
Solid Inks
4
Memory Considerations
4
Print Engine Assemblies
5
The Image Processor Board
10
Front Panel
11
Rear Panel
12
Specifications
13
Regulatory Specifications
17
Pre-Install Questions for Customers
19
Installing the Printer
23
Printer Inventory
23
Removing the Packing Material
24
Removing the Shipping Block
28
Attaching the Ink Loader
29
Loading the Ink
30
Adjust the Leveling Legs
32
Installing the Paper Roll
32
Installing Options
35
Connecting the Printer
36
Printer Ports
36
Parallel Connection
37
Phasershare™ Network and Serial Connections
38
Scsi Connections
38
Turning on the Printer
39
Startup Page
41
Configuration Page
42
Selecting a Language for the Front Panel
49
Installing the Printer's Software
50
Macintosh Software
61
Workstation Users
66
Installing the Printer Driver for OS/2 Version
67
Configuring the Printer's Serial Port for a PC
69
Using Printcap to Configure a Unix Workstation for the Printer's Serial Port
69
Configuring a Novell Netware Server for the Printer
70
Configuring TCP/IP
71
Users Safety Summary
73
Service Safety Summary
74
Verifying the Printer and Host Connections
75
Verifying Printing from a PC
75
Windows 3.1 Driver Verification
76
OS/2 Connection Verification
76
Novell Netware Verification
77
Using the Error Handler Utility
78
Front Panel
79
Verifying Printing from a Macintosh
80
Selecting the Printer Via the Chooser
80
Printing the Directory from a Macintosh
81
Verifying that an Application Communicates to the Printer
81
Verifying Printing from a Workstation
83
Verifying and Printing Using the TCP/IP Protocols
83
Key Operator Training
85
Printer Controls and Indicators
86
Printer Rear Panel Connections
86
Loading Consumables
87
Clearing Paper Jams
88
Affecting Print Quality
88
Moving the Printer
88
Warranty Information
89
Supplies Ordering
89
If You Need Help
89
Customer Support Hotline
89
Service Support
89
Accessing the Printer's Web Page
90
Electronic Bulletin Board Service
90
Using the Automated Fax Systems
90
Tektronix Color Printer Information Server
93
5 Theory of Operation
95
Functional Block Diagram
96
Print Modes
99
Ink Loader
100
Maintenance Station
101
Maintenance Station Cam
102
Power Supply
106
Engine Control Board
106
Print Process in Operation
107
Media Positioning
107
Troubleshooting
111
System Power-Up Sequence
111
Print Engine Troubleshooting
113
Verifying Print Engine Operation by Using Its Test Print
114
Verifying Power Supply Operation
114
Testing for a Shorted DC Supply
116
Testing for a Shorted Motor
116
Testing Motor and Solenoid Resistances
117
Media Jams and the Paper Path
118
Printing and Print Quality Problems
121
Troubleshooting Missing or Deflected Jets
126
Error Codes and Messages
129
Print Engine Error Codes
129
PC-Based Diagnostics
136
Starting the Diagnostics
137
Running Tests
142
Saving and Restoring Test Selections
146
Saving and Restoring Other Settings
146
The Diagnostic Pull-Down Menus Summary
147
Problems and Solutions
149
Power Problems
149
Macintosh Printing Problems
149
PC DOS Printing Problems
150
Windows Printing Problems
151
Workstation Printing Problems
152
Front Panel Indications
152
Image Processor Hard and Soft Error Indicators
152
Cleaning and Maintenance
153
Quick Cleaning
153
Cleaning Hints
153
Feed Rollers and Paper Guides
153
Back Tension Blade and Paper Clamp
155
Clamp Rollers
158
Fuser Shuttle and Exit Rollers
159
Clearing an Ink Jam
166
Repacking and Moving the Printer
169
Before You Begin
169
Emptying the Waste bin before Moving the Printer
169
Repack the Printer
170
Required Tools
173
Printer Cabinet
174
Roll Cover
174
Left Cover
175
Right Cover
176
Top Cover
177
Fuser Motor
178
Removing the Printhead
186
Installing the Print Head
188
Maintenance Station
191
Replacing the Maintenance Station Wiper
194
Drip Plate
195
Air Pump
197
Ink Loader
198
Paper Clamp
212
Stripper Finger Assembly
215
Umbilical Cable
217
Exit Sensor
225
Circuit Boards
226
Carriage Board
230
Image Processor Board
235
Ram Simm
237
Postscript Code ROM SIMM
239
Network Card
240
Hard Drive
241
Checks and Adjustments
243
Required Tools Summary
243
Front Panel Menu
244
Turn on the Printer
244
Printing Service Test Prints
246
Printing the Configuration Page
246
Printing Test Prints
246
NVRAM Menu
250
Printhead Drive Voltage Adjustment
257
Tilt Adjustment
266
Temperature Offset Adjustment
270
Sensor Calibration
272
Adjusting for an Aged Printhead
273
Vacuum Check
274
Resetting NVRAM
276
Viewing NVRAM Contents
276
Wiring Diagrams
285

Tektronix Phaser 600 User Manual (79 pages)

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User Manual
3
- Users Safety Summary
  6
- Table of Contents
  7
About the Phaser Copystation
11
Understanding Copyright Laws
12
Setting up

13
Making Copies

27
- Quick Start: Making a Copy
  27
- Selecting Copystation Options
  29
  - Front Panel Overview
    29
  - Function Display
    30
  - Status Display
    30
  - Value Selection Buttons
    30
  - Color Balance Button
    31
  - Print Mode Button
    31
  - Scale Button
    31
  - Copy (Green) Button
    32
  - Darken/Lighten Button
    32
  - Numeric-Entry Keypad
    32
  - Of Copies Button
    32
  - Tray Selection Button
    32
  - Cancel (Red) Button
    33
  - Special Functions (Gray) Button
    33
  - Copying at 100% Scale
    34
  - Placing and Scaling Images
    34
  - Copying to Fit Full-Bleed Images
    35
  - Scaling Images
    36
  - Centering Small Images
    37
Using Special Functions

39
- Using the Special Functions Menus
  40
- Setting Default Values with the Special Functions
  41
  - Default Reset Time
    41
  - Default Tray
    41
  - Default Print Mode
    41
  - Default Scale
    41
  - Default Cyan
    41
  - Default Magenta
    42
  - Default Yellow
    42
  - Default Black
    42
  - Default Dark/Light
    42
- Service Tests Sub-Menu
  43
Cleaning

45
Moving and Shipping

47
- Moving the Copystation
  47
Troubleshooting

51
Replaceable Parts

75

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Printing from Dos 393

Using Scsi Hard Disks 480

Using the Front Panel 681

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