Tektronix Phaser 600 manual

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer W ELCOME ! This is the home page of the Phaser 600 Color Printer User Manual. See Tips on using this guide , or go immediately to the Contents .[...]

Tips on using this guide ■ Use the na vigation b uttons in Acrobat Reader to mov e through the document: 1 and 4 are the First P age and Last P a ge b uttons . These b uttons mo ve to the first or last page of a document. 2 and 3 are the Previous P age and Next P age b uttons. These buttons mo v e the document bac kward or f orw ard one page at [...]

■ F or best results, use the Adobe Acrobat Reader v ersion 2.1 to read this guide. V ersion 2.1 of the Acrobat Reader is supplied on y our pr inter’ s CD-R OM. ■ Clic k on the page numbers in the Contents on the f ollo wing pages to open the topics y ou want to read. ■ Y ou can clic k on the page numbers f ollowing k eyw ords in the Inde x [...]

C ONTENTS I NTRODUCTION 1 Features 2 Information roadmap 7 G ETTING S ET U P 9 At a glance 10 Setting up the printer 11 What you get with your printer 11 Registering your printer 14 Unpacking instructions 15 Moving the printer to its operating location 16 Removing adhesive tape and cable tie 17 Removing the transit restraint 18 Removing the shippin[...]

PC/Windows software 48 Which Windows driver to install? 49 Custom Install or Easy Install? 50 Macintosh software 69 Which Macintosh driver to install? 70 Custom Install or Easy Install? 71 Workstation software 78 P RINTING B ASICS 80 Printing overview 81 Printing from a PC 82 Print features quick reference: Windows printer drivers 83 Using the Micr[...]

Selecting print features 150 Methods of selection 151 Print quality modes 154 Color corrections 155 All about media 157 Selecting media by size 157 Margins and print area 158 Page size, print area, and margins 161 Media attributes 169 Image orientation 173 Page Rotation 174 Manual Feed: using cut-sheet media 176 Image manipulation 179 Printer langu[...]

P RINTING THE C OLOR S AMPLER C HARTS 253 Available color charts 256 Setting up the printer 257 If you are using manual feed media 258 If you are using roll media 259 Printing from a Macintosh 260 Installing the files 261 Important preparations 262 Printing the color charts 264 Printing from a PC 268 Installing the files 269 Important preparations [...]

U SING PANTONE® C OLOR F ILES 285 Pantone overview 286 Installing Pantone files 287 Installing the Macintosh files 288 Installing the PC files 289 Using the PANTONE Color templates 290 Using the Macintosh templates 291 Using the PC library files 297 Printing the PANTONE Color sampler chart 301 Printing individual pages from Acrobat 302 Printing th[...]

U SING THE P HASER 600 GX D RIVER 364 System requirements 367 Installing the Phaser 600 GX printer driver 368 Creating a desktop printer 369 Setting up unique desktop printers 371 Printing with a desktop printer 372 Using the Printing menu 373 Setting up a shared printer 382 Using a shared printer 383 Printing from QuickDraw GX applications 384 Pri[...]

P RINTING FROM UNIX AND VMS W ORKSTATIONS 402 Overview 403 Printing from UNIX workstations 405 Printing from VMS workstations 407 Using the printer’s software 408 Obtaining the PC utility files 409 Using the Phaser 600 printer’s CD-ROM 410 Using the utility files 411 Mounting the PC/DOS diskette on a workstation 414 SGI IRIX versions 4.0.x and [...]

Configuring a printer’s serial port 473 Other utilities 477 The following utility files are described in other locations: 479 U SING SCSI H ARD D ISKS 480 SCSI peripheral devices 482 Selecting a SCSI hard disk 483 Ordering information 484 Connecting a SCSI hard disk 485 Required items 486 Important guidelines 487 Connecting one disk 490 Connectin[...]

U SING THE P RINTER ’ S P ARALLEL P ORT 505 Overview 506 Disabling timeouts 507 Bi-directional status reporting 508 Parallel port pin signals 510 U SING D IFFERENT P RINTER L ANGUAGE M ODES 513 Installing the files 516 Setting PostScript and HP-GL job and wait timeouts 517 Changing the printer’s language mode 522 Printing PostScript files 524 P[...]

C ARING FOR Y OUR P RINTER 535 Overview 536 Cleaning hints 537 Quick cleaning 539 Feed rollers and paper guides 540 Transport rollers 542 Drum 544 Occasional cleaning 545 Back tension blade and paper clamp 546 Clamp rollers 552 Fuser shuttle and exit rollers 553 Ink loader 565 Cleaning the printhead 567 Emptying the waste bin 569 Front panel displa[...]

Media hints and tips 658 Cutting roll media 660 Startup page prints even though it is disabled 669 Clearing a media jam 670 At a glance 670 Overview 671 Clearing a media jam 673 Clearing an ink jam 676 U SING THE F RONT P ANEL 681 Front panel 683 Front panel overview 684 Front panel indicators 685 Front panel buttons 686 Two-line display 689 Printe[...]

Enabling and disabling the startup page 713 Enabling and disabling the startup page from the front panel 714 Enabling and disabling the startup page with a downloadable utility file 716 Enabling and disabling the startup page with PhaserLink software 719 Enabling and disabling front panel menus 720 O RDERING I NFORMATION 726 Tektronix Printer and T[...]

R EGULATORY I NFORMATION 745 Overview 746 Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regulatory standards 747 Declaration of conformity (for 220-230 VAC equipment) 748 FCC Class B device (for 100-120 VAC equipment) 750 Material Safety Data Sheets 752 MSDS for ink 753 Specifications 759 Copyrights/Trademarks 762 Phaser® 600 Warranty 765 Users saf[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer I NTRODUCTION[...]

2 F eatures The Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer is a T ektronix solid-ink printer that is capable of printing brilliant colors on a variety of media: paper , clear and white polyester film, sign vinyl, image-transfer film, newsprint, and canvas, to name a few . The printer is capable of printing on sheet-fed media, in a variety of sizes u[...]

3 Some of the Phaser 600 pr inter’ s f eatures include: ■ Wide f ormat ■ Netw orking ■ Internal RIP (Raster Image Processor) ■ T ektronix pr oprietar y ColorStix® ink stic ks ■ A utomatic high-capacity ink loader ■ Media flexibility and independence ■ T ekColor™ Dynamic Correction T ektronix’ exclusiv e color-control technolog[...]

4 ■ Special printing featur es that make your job easier: ■ Reprint , accessible from the printer’ s front panel, allows you to r eprint a pr eviously printed PostScript image at a differ ent scale and copy count. A vailable with the Extended Features option. ■ Print Previe w is a driver -selectable option that lets you pr eview an image by[...]

5 ■ PhaserLink™ software — printer contr ol and inf ormation access PhaserLink softwar e provides a br eakthrough in printer contr ol and infor mation access. Rather than use vendor -proprietary , printer -specific, and platfor m-specific management utilities, PhaserLink softwar e provides this function using HTTP (Hyper text T ransfer Prot[...]

6 ■ Font capacity In its standar d configuration, the printer Color Printer has 17 resident PostScript fonts; additionally , it accepts Adobe T ype 1, T ype 3, and T rueT ype downloadable fonts. For additional font storage, the printer pr ovides an inter nal 1-Gbyte SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) disk drive as well as a SCSI por t that a[...]

I NFORMATION ROADMAP 7 Inf or mation roadmap T ektr onix provides information on the Phaser 600 printer in several ways: Phaser 600 User Manual (This manual); includes information on setting up and using the printer: ■ Hardwar e and software set up ■ Selecting print features in a driver ■ Caring for your printer ■ T r oubleshooting Quick Re[...]

I NFORMATION ROADMAP 8 CD-ROM Contains the contents of this user manual, the Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader , and supplemental information in Acrobat (PDF) format: ■ Using the printer’ s downloadable utility files ■ Printing HP-GL files ■ Printing from workstations ■ Using P ANTONE Colors For instructions on installing and using the Adobe Acr[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer G ETTING S ET U P[...]

10 At a glance Installation of your printer involves these tasks: 1 Unpac king the printer Use the Phaser 600 Quic k Star t Instr uctions to unpac k the printer and remov e it from the shipping pallet. The Quic k Star t Instr uctions are attached to the top cov er of the printer . 2 Setting up the printer Removing the tr ansit restraint, attaching [...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 11 Setting up the pr inter What y ou get with your printer The printer and its accessories ar e shipped in a single box on a pallet. If you or dered an optional Phaser Copystation, it is shipped separately . The following items ar e shipped with the printer: 1 Quick-Star t Instructions 2 Star ter r oll of T ektronix Smooth W[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 12 Accessor ies bo x contents 1 Phaser 600 Color Printer Quick Refer ence Guide 2 Phaser 600 User Manual 3 Phaser 600 CD-ROM and diskettes 4 Registration car d and license agr eement 5 Optional PhaserShar e manuals and diskettes 6 Power cor d 7 Parallel adapter 8 ColorStix ® ink sticks 9 Supplies infor mation sheet 10 Phase[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 13 Optional Phaser Cop ystation accessor y Phaser CopyStation 9480-40 User Manual[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 14 Register ing y our pr inter 1 Find the customer r egistration card that is appr opriate for you (U.S. or inter national versions). 2 Fill out the car d and mail it. By r egistering your printer with T ektr onix, you are validating the pr oduct warranty and ensuring that you will be sent infor mation about upgrades, servic[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 15 Unpac king instr uctions The Phaser 600 Color Printer Quick-Star t Instructions describes how to r emove the printer fr om its shipping pallet and prepar e it for setup. It is an overview of the printer installation for experienced users. For detailed instructions, r efer to the setup pr ocedures in this user manual. NOTE[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 16 Mo ving the pr inter to its oper ating location After r emoving the printer from the shipping pallet, you can wheel it to its operating location. When doing so, follow these guidelines: ■ T o move the printer , make sure that the casters ar e unlocked (the locking lever should be up ). ■ The casters on the printer ar [...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 17 Remo ving adhesiv e tape and cab le tie 1 Remove the adhesive tape fr om the top cover . 2 Remove the styr ofoam block fr om the top cover latch. 3 Cut and r emove the cable tie fr om the exit cover latch. 2 1 3 9480-03[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 18 Remo ving the transit restraint C AUTI ON The transit restraint must be r emoved before turning on the power; otherwise you will damage the printhead. 1 T o open the top cover , lift the latch and then lift the cover to an upright position. The yellow transit r estraint (attached to the r ed war ning ribbon), pr otects th[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 19 2 Using your left hand, grasp the transit r estraint, as shown. Use your index finger to lift the end of the r estraint o ver the metal plate. 3 Rotate the r estraint to ward you to r elease it from the printer . Save the restraint for futur e use. 9480-04.CD 2 3[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 20 4 Cut and r emove the three cable ties that secur e the rollers. 5 Close the top cover , making sure that the latch is pr essed down. 4 9480-121[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 21 Remo ving the shipping b loc ks C AUTI ON The shipping blocks inside the exit cover must be removed befor e tur ning on the power; otherwise you will damage the printer . 1 Open the exit cover: a Push down on the latch. b Use the exit cover handle to r otate the cover down. WA RNING When lowering the exit cover , be car e[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 22 2 Remove the blocks. 3 Close the exit cover . 9480-134[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 23 Attaching the ink loader 1 Remove the ink loader and the scr ew from the packaging. 2 Slide the ink loader into the printer as shown. 3 Inser t the scr ew into the opening (on the rear side of the ink loader and printer) to secur e the ink loader to the printer; tighten the scr ew by hand; no tools ar e necessar y . 4 Rem[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 24 Loading the ink 1 Remove the ColorStix ink sticks fr om their packaging by peeling off the paper cover . 2 Open the ink loader cover . 3 Inser t the ColorStix ink sticks into the appr opriate holes for each color . Each color ink stick is uniquely shaped to make ink loading easy . Load the ink sticks from the bottom of th[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 25 4 Slowly pull back each ink’ s slider to r elease the ink sticks into the printer . 5 Close the ink loader cover . C AUTI ON Make sure that the ink loader cover is completely closed; otherwise, the printer will not power up. 9480-56 9480-57[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 26 Attaching the output bin 1 Remove the output bin fr om its packing box. Also r emove the small plastic bag that contains two bolts and an Allen wr ench. 2 With the output bin folded at its joint, hook the shor t end ( a ) over the back (upright) rail ( b ) of the printer . 3 Align the openings of the long end of the outpu[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 27 Attaching the Quic k Ref erence Guide The Phaser 600 Quick Refer ence Guide is designed to attach to the printer above the fr ont panel. 1 Remove the r eference guide fr om the accessories box. 2 Peel the backing fr om the double-sided tape. 3 Pr ess the booklet onto the top right side of the printer , above the front pan[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 28 Connecting the pr inter NOTE Make all printer connections bef ore you tur n on the printer . Pr inter por ts The printer is shipped with a SCSI por t and parallel port on the printer’ s rear panel. Additionally , the printer can suppor t one optional PhaserShare™ network car d. All por ts and network pr otocols are si[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 29 1 SCSI ( standar d) For connecting these optional peripheral devices: ■ Phaser Copystation T o set up and connect the Phaser Copystation to your printer , refer to Chapter 2 of the Phaser Copystation User Manual . Requir ed SCSI ID numbers ar e 5 and 6 . Refer to Phaser Cop ystation for ordering information. ■ Externa[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 30 2 P arallel (standard) The printer suppor ts a standar d (uni-directional) parallel port. The por t can also be set for bi-dir ectional communications using downloadable utility files (available on the printer’ s CD-ROM, diskettes, or fr om your World Wide W eb br owser). ■ Use a high-density bi-dir ectional parallel[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 31 3 PhaserShare car d ( optional) The printer accepts one of the following: ■ PhaserShar e Ether net car d supporting Novell NetW ar e, EtherT alk, TCP/IP , T elnet and FTP protocols. ■ PhaserShar e T oken Ring car d suppor ting Novell NetW are, TCP/IP , T okenT alk, T elnet and FTP protocols. ■ PhaserShar e LocalT al[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 32 Adjust the le v eling legs and loc k the wheels It is ver y important that the printer be set up on a level, secur e sur face for the best print quality . 1 Remove the adhesive tape that pr otects the leveling legs and the bottom of the printer . 2 T o adjust the four leveling legs under the printer , use a small, adjusta[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 33 T ur ning on the pr inter C AUTI ON Before turning on the power to the printer , make sur e that you have removed all shipping material from inside the printer; otherwise, you can damage the printer . See Remo ving the tr ansit restraint , Removing the shipping b locks , and Remo ving adhesiv e tape and cab le tie . ❏ T[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 34 1 Plug the power cor d into the printer and into a gr ounded outlet. 2 T ur n on the power to any peripherals you have connected (i.e., an exter nal SCSI disk or the Phaser Copystation). 3 W ait 1 minute, then tur n on the printer . 9480-140 1 3[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 35 What happens at po wer-up ■ Both status indicators (power and err or ) on the printer’ s fr ont panel light briefly . Messages appear in the display panel (LCD) as the printer goes thr ough a series of self-tests. ■ While initializing, the printer makes various mechanical sounds; the fr ont panel displays this mess[...]

C ONNECTING THE PRINTER 36 NOTE The printer’ s memor y includes a startup page that is disabled by default. Y ou can turn on the star tup page using either the front panel menu or a softwar e utility file provided on the CD-ROM or W orld Wide Web. Refer to Enab ling and disab ling the star tup page for details. When the pr inter is ready f or op[...]

S ELECTING A LANGUAGE FOR THE FRONT PANEL 37 Selecting a language f or the front panel Messages that appear in the fr ont panel window are in English. T o change the language to Fr ench, Ger man, Spanish, Italian, or Japanese, follow these steps. 1 When the printer is on and the Ready message appears, press and r elease the Menu button (the button [...]

S ELECTING A LANGUAGE FOR THE FRONT PANEL 38 3 Pr ess the Menu button to enter the language selection menu. Y ou see this message: Language:English* <--- ---> Select wher e the asterisk ( * ) indicates the currently selected language. 4 Pr ess the right arrow button until the display shows the language you want fr om these selections: Languag[...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 39 Installing the star ter paper roll Click on the following instructions for loading the star ter paper r oll: ■ Loading the paper roll ■ F eeding roll paper[...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 40 Loading the paper roll 1 Open the paper r oll cover . 2 Lift the paper r oll holder out of the printer . Notice that each end of the holder is unique: a The left side of the holder (closest to the ink loader) has a r emovable plastic nut and endcap. b The right side of the holder (closest to the fr ont panel) h[...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 41 3 Loosen the plastic nut by tur ning it until the endcap slides fr eely . 4 Slide the r emovable endcap from the shaft. 5 Slide the paper r oll onto the shaft (make sur e that the leading edge of the paper comes of f the roll fr om behind, as shown); center the r oll over the fixed endcap. C AUTI ON Gently sli[...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 42 6 Replace the r emovable endcap; it fits inside the cor e of the paper r oll. 7 Tighten the plastic nut to secur e the endcap. 8 Inser t the paper r oll holder into the printer as shown, with the fixed end ( a ) closest to the fr ont panel ( b ). 6 7 9480-37 a b 9480-38[...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 43 F eeding roll paper 1 When the printer is in the Ready state, the fr ont panel displays this message: 2 Make sur e that the paper’ s leading edge is straight and smooth. If it is not, use the cutting tool that was shipped with the printer to cut a smooth edge along the printer’ s cutting guide. Refer to Cut[...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 44 3 With the paper r oll cover open, use the guide on the right side of the printer to ensur e that the paper enters straight. 4 Holding the paper by the outside edges, guide the paper evenly into the slot between the top cover and printer body until it stops (about two or thr ee inches) and buckles slightly . 5 [...]

I NSTALLING THE STARTER PAPER ROLL 45 6 Close the paper r oll cover . 9480-95[...]

S OFTWARE INSTALLATION 46 Softw are installation Packaged with your printer is a CD-ROM and a set of diskettes that contain the softwar e you need to use the printer . Included are automatic installer applications, drivers, printer description files (PPDs), color sampler char ts, and utility files. Click on Ov er view f or all PC and Macintosh pl[...]

S OFTWARE INSTALLATION 47 Ov er vie w f or all PC and Macintosh platf or ms These are the basic steps to software installation: 1. Decide which driver you want to install: Windows See Which Windows driv er to install? Macintosh See Which Macintosh driver to install? 2. Decide which installation option ( Easy or Custom ) you want. Windows See Custom[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 48 PC/Windo ws software Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Which Windows driv er to install? ■ Custom Install or Easy Install?[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 49 Which Windo ws dr iv er to install? Operating system Driver Features Notes Windows 3.1 T ektronix (Micr osoft 3.58) ■ Simple, familiar interface for Windows 3.1 users ■ Supports PhaserMatch custom profiles ■ Custom page sizes ■ Fewer features than Adobe PostScript 3.0.1 AdobePS 3 PostScript driver ■ Includes all f[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 50 Custom Install or Easy Install? * A vailable only on the printer’ s CD-ROM. Installer options Software Description Installed directory Custom Install Easy Install Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 95 PostScript driver Windows 3.1 T ektronix PostScript driver Samplers Color sampler charts and a font sampler phsrtoolsamplers Qua[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 51 Installing printer software f or Windows 1. Insert either the printer’ s CD-ROM or the Windows Disk 1 into the appr opriate drive on your computer . For Windows 95 For Windows 3.1 2. Click the Start icon in the taskbar . Click Run . 2. Select Run from the File menu. 3. T ype in the drive (for either the CD-ROM or diskette)[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 52 For Windows 95 and Windo ws 3.1 Easy Install Custom Install Go to Step 6 . Follow the on-screen pr ompts to select items in the dialog boxes. Note The T ektronix dr iver f or Windows 3.1 m ust be installed in the Windows directory (default Destination Directory ). Do not change the Destination Directory when installing the T[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 53 6. Another installer program is launched that installs or sets up the drivers (except for the T ektronix driver for Windows 3.1). Each driver has a unique installation pr ocedure; follow the steps, then return to Step 7 on this page. Setting up the drivers f or Windows 95 ■ Microsoft P ostScr ipt driver ■ Adobe P ostScri[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 54 Setting up the drivers f or Windows 95 Microsoft P ostScript driver Adobe P ostScript driver 1. Follow Installing printer software f or Windo ws , through Step 6 . 2. Click Next in the Add Printer Wizard dialog box. 2. In the driver setup dialog box, click Read for driver instructions; click Next . 3. Select your printer’ [...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 55 5. Select your printer: ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 Standard configuration ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 with Extended Features Extended Features option Note Press and hold down the front panel’ s button f or configuration inf or mation. 6. Select the port your printer is connected to and click Next . 7. Select the Phaser 600 [...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 56 Setting up the drivers f or Windows 3.1 T ektronix driver Adobe P ostScript driver 1. Follow Installing printer software f or Windo ws , through Step 6 . 2. T ype in the drive you ar e using and click OK . 2. The Adobe installer automatically star ts. Click Continue . 3. Select your printer and click Ne xt : ■ T ektronix P[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 57 4. Return to Installing pr inter software f or Windows to perfor m Step 7 and Step 8 of the installation pr ocedure. Then go on to Step 1 of the next procedur e, below . 5. Select your printer and click Install : ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 (standard configuration) ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 - Extended (Extended Features optio[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 58 Setting up a P ostScript dr iv er for Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 Note The Windows NT driver does not suppor t the PhaserMatch application. Ref er to Which Windows driver to install? f or inf or mation on dr iv ers that do . Y ou may need your original Windows NT setup diskettes (or CD-ROM) to complete this procedur e. 1. If you[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 59 d. Replace I386 with one of the f ollowing depending on your computer type: ■ MIPS for a MIPS platform ■ Alpha for an Alpha platform ■ ppc for a PowerPC e. Sav e the PRINTER.INF file. 2. Double-click on the Print Manager icon in the Main window . 3. If you have a PostScript printer driver installed, go on to Step 4 . [...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 60 6. Select your printer and click OK : ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 (standard conf iguration) ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 with Extended features (Extended Featur es option) Note Press and hold down the printer’ s button on the front panel f or configuration information. 7. T ype in the drive’ s path from Step 5 ; click Contin[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 61 Setting up the printer on a networ k f or Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 TCP/IP Connection AppleT alk Connection Note Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 include netw ork software called Services for Macintosh (AppleT alk) and TCP/IP print services (for TCP/IP; lpr print ser vices). Refer to y our Windows NT manual f or instructions on install[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 62 4. For Name or address of host pr oviding lpd , type your printer’ s IP address (or Host name if known to the network). Note The printer’ s IP address may be a vailab le on the printer’ s configuration page. If not, ask y our network administrator . 4. Double-click on the appropriate zone (if there ar e multiple Apple[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 63 Setting up a P ostScript dr iv er for Windows NT 4.0 Note The Windows NT driver does not suppor t the PhaserMatch application. Ref er to Which Windows driver to install? f or inf or mation on dr iv ers that do . Y ou must ha ve y our or iginal Windows NT setup diskettes (or CD-R OM) to complete this procedure. F or inf or ma[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 64 4. Select your printer from the list that appears, then click Next : ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 (standard conf iguration) ■ T ektronix Phaser 600 Extended Features (Extended Featur es option) Note Press and hold down the printer’ s button on the front panel f or configuration information. 5. Select the appropriate settin[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 65 Setting up the printer on a networ k f or Windows NT 4.0 T o add or update the driver on a Windo ws NT 4.0 Server or W orkstation Note The Windo ws NT driv er does not suppor t the PhaserMatch application. Ref er to Which Windo ws driver to install? f or inf or mation on dr iv ers that do . Y ou must ha ve y our or iginal Wi[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 66 5. If this is a locally connected printer , click on the port that the printer is connected to: ■ LPTx Parallel-printer connection ■ COM Serial-connected printer ■ Add P ort Networked printer Recommended: connect via TCP/IP b y double-clic king on the LPR P or t . Note If the LPR por t is not listed in this box, the Mi[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 67 7. In the box marked Name of printer or print queue on that server , enter PS (for PostScript) in uppercase, then click OK . 8. Click Close in the Printer P orts box. 9. In the Add Printer Wizar d dialog box, click the box next to this new por t; then click Next . 10. In the Add Printer Wizar d dialog box, click Have Disk to[...]

PC/W INDOWS SOFTWARE 68 15. Check one of the following options, then click Ne xt : ■ Shared T o share the printer on the network (Click on all platforms that may use this printer .) ■ Not shared If the printer is a local printer only 16. Select one of these options, then click Finish : ■ Ye s Print a test page Recommended ■ No Do not print [...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 69 Macintosh softw are Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Which Macintosh driver to install? ■ Custom Install or Easy Install?[...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 70 Which Macintosh dr iv er to install? Macintosh Driver Features Notes Phaser 600 (Apple 7.1.2) ■ Simple, familiar interface for 7.1.2 users ■ Faster foregr ound printing ■ Supports PhaserMatch custom profiles ■ Lets you to disable background printing for printing large files. ■ No support for custom page sizes Laser[...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 71 Custom Install or Easy Install? * A vailable only on the printer’ s CD-ROM. Installer options Software Description Installed folder Custom Install Easy Install Adobe PSPrinter Driver 8.3.1 Driver for use with all (non-GX) Macintosh systems. System Folder:Extensions Phaser 600 Driver Custom driver based on the LaserWriter 7.[...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 72 Installing printer software f or Macintosh Note Use the installer application on the printer’ s CD-ROM or diskettes to install the printer’ s standard software . Then, continue with driver-specific setup instructions f or the dr iver y ou are using. 1. Insert either the printer’ s CD-ROM or Macintosh diskette into the [...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 73 Setting up the Phaser 600 printer dr iver Note Phaser 600 driver is a T ektronix-modified version of Apple’ s LaserWriter 7.1.2 pr inter driver . Use it if y ou are using System Software 6.0.7, or 7.0 and later . It is the easiest driver to use . 1. After installing the printer’ s software, including the Phaser 600 Drive[...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 74 Setting up the Adobe PSPrinter dr iver Note The Adobe PSPrinter dr iv er uses printer-specific PPD (P ostScr ipt Printer Descr iption) files f or information on a printer’ s page sizes and printing options. Follow these steps to use the Adobe PSPrinter driver with a Phaser 600 printer . If the pr inter is busy , it may ta[...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 75 Setting up the Phaser 600 GX driver Note Use the Phaser 600 GX driver if y ou are using Apple Macintosh QuickDr aw GX. QuickDr aw GX does not w or k with non-QuickDra w GX pr inter drivers . T o pr int from non-QuickDr aw GX applications with a driver such as the LaserWriter 8, disable Quic kDraw GX. F or more inf or mation o[...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 76 Setting up the Apple LaserWriter 8 dr iver Note The LaserWriter 8 dr iv er , av ailable only on the printer’ s CD-ROM, uses printer-specific PPD (P ostScr ipt Printer Description) files for inf or mation on a printer’ s page sizes and printing options. F ollow these steps to use the LaserWriter 8 dr iv er with a Phaser [...]

M ACINTOSH SOFTWARE 77 4. Click on the Zone your printer is in. See your network administrator if you have questions. 5. Select your printer from the list. 6. Still in the Chooser , click the Setup button to see a list of options. 7. The correct PPD file is automatically selected. If it is not, click on the PPD for your printer , then click Select[...]

W ORKSTATION SOFTWARE 78 W or kstation softw are Downloadab le pr inter utility files Note Ref er to Printing from UNIX and VMS W or kstations f or more inf or mation on printing from a workstation. These utility files on the printer’ s CD-ROM and diskettes can be used with UNIX and VMS workstations; they let you set up your spooling system to [...]

W ORKSTATION SOFTWARE 79 PhaserPrint software f or UNIX (demo) Optional PhaserPrint™ for UNIX software pr ovides: ■ Driver -selectable printer options ■ Fast raster file printing to T ektronix color printers ■ Fast screen-copy printing to T ektronix color printers Note The printer’ s CD-ROM contains a demonstration cop y of the PhaserPr i[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer P RINTING B ASICS[...]

P RINTING OVERVIEW 81 Pr inting o v er vie w Y ou can print to your printer from Windows-based PCs (personal computers), Macintosh computers, and workstations. Make sur e that your printer is set up with the appr opriate inter face port; refer to Connecting the pr inter . If you haven’ t already installed the printer’ s softwar e, refer to Soft[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 82 Pr inting from a PC Y ou can print from a PC with or without a printer driver . The suppor ted drivers allow you to select printing featur es right from your computer . Without a suppor ted driver , you can make some printing selections fr om the printer’ s fr ont panel; r efer to Using the F ront P anel . Click on the foll[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 83 Pr int f eatures quic k ref erence: Windows printer dr iv ers Click on the following topics for individual print featur e tables for each driver: ■ Driver f or Windows 3.1: AdobePS 3 P ostScript Dr iv er ■ Driver f or Windows 3.1: T ektronix P ostScript Dr iv er ■ Driver f or Windows 95: AdobePS 4 and Microsoft P ostScr[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 84 Driver for Windows 3.1: AdobePS 3 P ostScript Driver Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Paper tab ➥ Paper Size Media source ■ Manual Feed ■ Roll Feed Sel[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 85 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Features tab ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■ Hot ■ None Fusing Mode / Media Fusing Featu[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 86 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Featur es tab ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Features tab ➥ Print Preview P age Rotation ■ 0 degrees ■ 90 degrees ■ 180 degrees ■ 270[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 87 Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Features tab ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Features tab ➥ Color Control Strip Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Features tab ➥ Mirror Print Driver for Windows 3.1: AdobePS 3 P ostScript Driver (cont'd.) Feature Descri[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 88 Driver for Windows 3.1: T ektronix P ostScript Driver Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Printers ➥ Setup ➥ Paper Size Media source ■ Manual Feed ■ Rol[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 89 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Options ➥ Printer Features ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■ Hot ■ None Fusing Mode / Me[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 90 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Options ➥ Printer Features ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Options ➥ Printer Features ➥ Print Preview P age Rotation ■ 0 degrees ■ 90 [...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 91 Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Options ➥ Printer Features ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Options ➥ Printer Features ➥ Color Control Strip Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Options ➥ Printer Features ➥ Mirror Print Driver for Windows 3.1: T ektronix[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 92 Driver for Windows 95: AdobePS 4 and Microsoft P ostScript Drivers Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Properties ➥ Paper tab ➥ Paper Size Media source ■ [...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 93 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Properties ➥ Device Options tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■ Hot[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 94 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Pr oper ties ➥ Device Options tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Properties ➥ Device Options tab ➥ Printer Features [...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 95 Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Properties ➥ Device Options tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Properties ➥ Device Options tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Color Control Strip Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Properties ➥ Device Option[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 96 Driver for Windows NT 4.0 Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Paper/output ➥ Paper Size Media source ■ Manual Feed[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 97 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 98 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Printer Fea[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 99 P age Centering ■ On ■ Off P age Center ing Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Page Centering Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Print ➥ Propertie[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 100 Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Print ➥ Properties ➥ Advanced tab ➥ Printer Features ➥ Mirror Print Driver for Windows NT 4.0 (cont'd.) Feature Description Driver selection[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 101 Using the Microsoft P ostScr ipt driv er with Windo ws 95 T o select printing options, follow these steps: 1 In the Printer s window , click the Phaser 600 printer icon with the right mouse button, then select Pr oper ties from the menu. 2 Click the following tabs to see printing options; r efer to your Windows 95 documentat[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 102 ■ Click the P aper tab to see media options, such as media sizes and media sour ce; use manual feed for cut-sheet media. ■ Click the Graphics tab to see graphics options. NOTE Use the Print Quality selections in the De vice Options tab instead of the Resolution Options in the Graphics tab. Clic k the Device Options tab t[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 103 NOTE If you are using host color corr ection, you need to make selections in the Graphics and Device Options tabs. Refer to Color Matching for mor e information on host color correction. ■ Click the De vice Options tab to see printer -specific options, such as color corr ections. ■ Click the P ostScript tab to see PostS[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 104 ■ Click the Ad v anced button to see more options. Select Use P ostScript Level 2 f eatures . For faster printing, select Binary comm unications pr otocol under Data f ormat . T o ensure job integrity , select Send Ctrl-D before and after a job. Click OK when finished. ■ Under P ostScript Timeout values, leave Job Timeo[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 105 Using the AdobePS 4 dr iv er with Windows 95 T o select printing options, follow these steps: 1 In the Printer s window , click the Phaser 600 printer icon with the right mouse button, then select Pr oper ties from the menu. 2 Click the following tabs to see printing options; r efer to your Windows 95 documentation for mor e[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 106 ■ Click the P aper tab to see media options, such as media sizes and media sour ce; use manual feed for cut-sheet. ■ Click the Graphics tab to see graphics options. NOTE If you are using host color corr ection, you need to make selections in the Graphics and Device Options tabs. Refer to Color Matching for mor e informat[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 107 ■ Click the P ostScript tab to see PostScript-r elated options. ■ The PostScript header contains impor tant PostScript information that must accompany each print job; it is not a banner page printed with each job. If an option is not selected, an err or message is displayed on your computer scr een and your job does not [...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 108 ■ Under P ostScript Timeout values, leave Job Timeout set to 0 . Set W aitTimeout to the default, 240 (4 minutes). Setting it higher ensur es that you will not lose a multi-page job due to a timeout after the T ransmission Retry aler t message is displayed.[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 109 Using the T ektronix pr inter driv er f or Windows 3.1 T o select printing options, follow these steps: 1 Fr om the Contr ol P anel , double-click the Printer s icon. 2 In the Printer s dialog box, choose your printer from the list of installed printers. 3 Click the Set As Default Printer button if you want to select your pr[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 110 5 Select the por t to which your printer is connected. The printer’ s configuration page contains the information you need to set up the printer’ s port. Refer to Pr inting the configuration page for instructions on printing a configuration page. NOTE Y ou can use the FILE port to save a document to a PostScript file[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 111 6 Set the Timeouts . These options r egulate your computer’ s communications with its printer por ts. ■ Device Not Selected: T ype a value fr om 0 to 999 , in this text box to change the number of seconds Windows waits befor e notifying you that a printer is off-line. The default is 15 seconds. ■ T ransmission Retry: O[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 112 8 Fr om the Setup dialog box, click the Options button to see the Options dialog box. Refer to your Micr osoft Windows documentation for details on the options in this dialog box. ■ Make sur e the Color check box is on to print in color . ■ Make sur e the Send Header with Each Job check box is on . NOTE The Header contai[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 113 9 Fr om the Options dialog box, click the Ad vanced button to see the Adv anced Options dialog box. Make sure the Use P ostScript Level 2 Features check box is checked on . NOTE The Use P ostScript Level 2 Features option af fects the print time of bitmapped (raster) images by improving the image transfer time fr om the comp[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 114 12 Click OK to r etur n to the dialog box that lists your printer’ s name acr oss the top. Make the following printing selections: P aper Sour ce, P aper Size , Orientation , Copies . NOTE Y ou may want to set the number of copies fr om your application because the number of copies in the Setup dialog box remains the same [...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 115 Using the Adobe P ostScr ipt driv er f or Windo ws 3.1 T o select printing options, follow these steps: 1 Fr om the Contr ol Panel , double-click Printer s . 2 In the Printer s dialog box, select the T ektronix Phaser 600 printer , then click Setup . A dialog box appears with the printer’ s name acr oss the top. 3 Click th[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 116 ■ Set the Timeout settings . Not Selected: T ype a value of fr om 0 to 999 , in this text box to change the number of seconds Windows waits befor e notifying you that a printer is of f-line. The default is 15 seconds. T ransmission Retry: On large or multiple-page documents you may see an Aler t message that the printer is[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 117 NOTE The PostScript header contains important PostScript infor mation that must accompany each print job; it is not a banner page printed with each job. If an option is not selected, an error message is displayed on your computer scr een and your job does not print. ■ Click one of the following in the P ostScript Header ?[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 118 Using the Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 P ostScript dr iv er If you ar e using Microsoft Windows NT , follow the instructions in Setting up a P ostScript dr iv er f or Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 to set up a Windows NT PostScript driver with a Phaser 600 printer . Y ou can select printer page sizes in the driver for Windows NT applica[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 119 Using the Windo ws NT 4.0 P ostScript dr iv er If you ar e using Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, first follow the instructions in Setting up a P ostScr ipt dr iv er f or Windows NT 4.0 to set up a printer driver for a Phaser 600 printer . Then, select T ekColor color corrections and other printer featur es from the Windows NT dri[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 120 Selecting pr inter options within an application: Pr int 1 Select Print from the File menu; the Print dialog box appears. Y ou can select a dif ferent printer and other settings in this dialog box. 2 Click on the Pr oper ties button; the Printer Document Properties sheet appears. 3 Click the Ad v anced tab to change any prin[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 121 Selecting pr inter options within an application: P age Setup NOTE If changing the Printer Driver settings through Page Setup causes pr oblems with the application you are using, then change the Printer Driver settings thr ough Print under the File menu, described in the next topic. 1 Select P age Setup from the File menu; t[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 122 5 Click the Ad v anced tab to change any printer features, including T ekColor . This tab displays the same infor mation as the Document Defaults Properties Adv anced tab. 6 Click the P age Setup tab to see other features. This tab displays the same infor mation as the Document Default Pr oper ties P age Setup tab. NOTE Chan[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 123 Selecting pr inter options from the Control P anel T o view a printer’ s Default Document Pr oper ties , 1 Open the Printers folder . 2 With the right mouse button, click on the printer’ s icon. 3 With the left mouse button, click on Document Defaults. 4 Click the Ad v anced tab to change any printer features, including [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 124 Pr inting from a Macintosh T o print from a Macintosh, you need a printer driver . Installing one of the suppor ted drivers allows you to select printing featur es right from your computer . Without a suppor ted driver , you can make some printing selections from the printer’ s front panel. Using Macintosh pr inter[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 125 Pr int f eatures quic k ref erence: Macintosh printer dr iv ers Click on the following topics for individual print featur e tables for each driver: ■ Macintosh Driver: T ektronix Phaser 600 ■ Macintosh Driver: Adobe PSPr inter and Apple LaserWriter 8.x ■ Macintosh Driver f or Quic kDraw GX: T ektronix Phaser 60[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 126 Macintosh Driver: T ektronix Phaser 600 Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Page Setup ➥ Paper (Custom sizes not available.) Media source ■ Manual [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 127 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Print ➥ T ekColor Options ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■ Hot ■ None Fusing M[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 128 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Print ➥ T ekColor Options ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Print ➥ T ekColor Options ➥ Print Preview P age Rotation ■ 0 degrees [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 129 Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Print ➥ T ekColor Options ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Print ➥ T ekColor Options ➥ Color Control Strip Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Page Setup ➥ Options ➥ Flip Horizontal/V ertical Macintosh Driver: T [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 130 Macintosh Driver: Adobe PSPrinter and Apple LaserWriter 8.x Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Page Setup ➥ Paper Media source ■ Manual Feed ■ R[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 131 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Print ➥ Print Options ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■ Hot ■ None Fusing Mode [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 132 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Print ➥ Print Options ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Print ➥ Print Options ➥ Print Preview P age Rotation ■ 0 degrees ■ 90 d[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 133 Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Print ➥ Print Options ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Print ➥ Print Options ➥ Color Control Strip Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Page Setup ➥ Options ➥ Flip Horizontal/V ertical Macintosh Driver: Adobe PSPr[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 134 Macintosh Driver for Quic kDraw GX: T ektronix Phaser 600 GX Feature Description Driver selection Media size ■ ANSI A, B, C, D, E ■ ISO A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 ■ JIS B1, B2, B3, B4 ■ Arch. A, B, C, D, E ■ 30 x 42 in. ■ Custom sizes Selecting media by siz e Page Setup ➥ Paper Size Media source ■ Manual Feed[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 135 Color correction ■ None (default) ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting ■ Custom Prof ile Color corrections Printing menu ➥ Printer Driver Defaults ➥ Color Correction Fusing Mode ■ Cold ■ Hot ■[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 136 Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After each page ■ After each job ■ Allow Hot Fusing Adv ance Media Printing menu ➥ Printer Driver Defaults ➥ Advance Media Print Previe w ■ On ■ Off (Available only with the Extended Features option.) Print Previe w Printing menu ➥ Printer Driver Defaults ➥ Print Preview P[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 137 Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off Image Smoothing Printing menu ➥ Printer Driver Defaults ➥ Image Smoothing Color Control Strip ■ On ■ Off Color Control Str ip Printing menu ➥ Printer Driver Defaults ➥ Color Control Strip Mirror Print ■ On ■ Off Mirror Pr int Printing menu ➥ Printer Driver Defaults ➥[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 138 Using the Phaser 600 dr iv er ■ Fr om the File menu, open the P age Setup dialog box. Use the P aper pop-up menu to select the printer’ s supported paper sizes. ■ Fr om the File menu, open the Print dialog box. Select Manual Feed in the P aper Source field for cut-sheet media. ■ Click the T ekColor button in[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 139 Using the Adobe PSPr inter driv er NOTE Refer to the on-line user guide on the printer’ s CD-ROM for more information on using the Adobe PSPrinter driver . ■ Fr om the File menu, open the P age Setup dialog box. Use the P aper pop-up menu to select the printer’ s supported paper sizes. ■ Fr om the File menu, [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 140 Using the Apple LaserWr iter 8.x driv er ■ Fr om the File menu, open the P age Setup dialog box. Use the P aper pop-up menu to select the printer’ s supported paper sizes. ■ Fr om the File menu, open the Print dialog box. Select Manual Feed in the P aper Source field for cut-sheet media. ■ In the Print dialo[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 141 Using the Phaser 600 GX dr iv er NOTE Refer to Using the Phaser 600 GX Driver for details on using the Phaser 600 GX driver . Pr inting with a desktop printer ■ If you ar e using QuickDraw GX applications, do one of the following: ■ Select any desktop printer in the Print dialog box. ■ Drag a document onto a de[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 142 ■ If you ar e using non-QuickDraw GX applications, do one of the following: ■ Print to the default desktop printer with the Print command fr om the File menu. ■ Drag a document onto a desktop printer icon. The application corr esponding to the document opens, displays the Print dialog box, and waits for you to [...]

P RINTING FROM A WORKSTATION 143 Pr inting from a workstation Ov er vie w Y ou can print from a UNIX or VMS workstation thr ough Ether net, T oken Ring, parallel, or serial inter faces. W orkstation users can print from any application that generates color PostScript. For instructions and examples on cr eating print queues for your specific platfo[...]

P RINTING FROM A WORKSTATION 144 T o use the T ekColor color corrections and other printer featur es, use one of the following methods: ■ UNIX workstations : PhaserPrint™ software for UNIX workstations functions like a printer driver for selecting printing options, and pr ovides fast screen copy printing. ■ VMS workstations : PhaserSym™ sof[...]

P RINTING FROM A WORKSTATION 145 UNIX workstations For UNIX envir onments, T ektronix of fers the optional PhaserPrint™ software. PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e offers driver -selectable printer options and pr ovides fast, raster file and scr een copy printing to T ektronix color printers. PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e is available for these wo[...]

P RINTING FROM A WORKSTATION 146 PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e works with the workstation’ s native spooling system to print PostScript files and raster files in these for mats: Sun Raster Format (SRF), xwd , SGI RGB, and many others. The printer’ s CD-ROM contains a demonstration copy of PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e and an on-line instruc[...]

P RINTING FROM A WORKSTATION 147 VMS workstations T o print from VMS workstations, the optional PhaserSym™ utility , a VMS print symbiont, functions as a driver for selecting printing options, and as a queue manager . PhaserSym software is compatible with DEC workstations running V AX/VMS version 5.0 and later . PhaserSym software communicates ov[...]

P RINTING FROM A WORKSTATION 148 F or more inf or mation ■ W orld Wide W eb: If you have access to the Inter net, you can view selected topics on the Phaser 600 printer’ s web page. Access the printer’ s documentation fr om this web address: http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/userdoc/introduction.html ■ HAL: Request a document catalog from H[...]

P RINTING FROM SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS 149 Pr inting from specific applications For printing fr om most applications, follow the instructions in Software installation to install drivers and printer softwar e. Some applications requir e additional configuration or page description files, which may have been installed with the driver . General hints[...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 150 Selecting pr int f eatures Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Methods of selection ■ Quic k reference tab les: ■ Print features quic k ref erence: front panel ■ Printing from a PC ■ Printing from a Macintosh ■ Print quality modes ■ Color corrections[...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 151 Methods of selection This printer pr ovides several ways to select print features: ■ Thr ough a suppor ted printer driver (recommended) Use these selections to override the settings on the printer’ s fr ont panel. ■ Fr om the printer’ s front panel Use these settings only when printing fr om a non-suppor ted dr[...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 152 Print features quic k reference: front panel Feature Feature descriptions Front P anel Print-quality modes ■ Standard * ■ Enhanced See Pr int quality modes Printer Defaults Menu ➥ Print Quality Menu Color correction ■ None * ■ Vivid Color ■ Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ?[...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 153 Media Fusing ■ Cold * ■ Hot ■ None See Fusing Mode / Media Fusing Media Defaults Menu ➥ Media Fuse Menu Media Cutting ■ Per page * ■ Per job ■ Off See Cut Media Media Defaults Menu ➥ Media Cut Menu Reprint ** ■ Scale ■ Copies Reprint Pause Menu ➥ Reprint Image Smoothing ■ On ■ Off * See Image [...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 154 Pr int quality modes Using the fr ont panel, the printer drivers provided with your printer , or PhaserLink softwar e, you can select from these print quality modes: Standar d The default print-quality setting for full-color , full-coverage printing on paper pr oduces the fastest full-color printing on paper: printing [...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 155 Color corrections The printer pr ovides T ekColor Dynamic Correction softwar e, which consists of the following color corr ection modes. Refer to Color corrections — making the best selection for details. Color correction mode Description Front panel selection Driver selection None None Default setting. No correction[...]

S ELECTING PRINT FEATURES 156 The pr ess color corrections (SWOP , Eur oscale, Commercial, and SNAP) can be customized with the PhaserMatch softwar e that is included with the printer . For an overview of the PhaserMatch softwar e, refer to PhaserMatch . For detailed infor mation and instructions, r efer to the PhaserMatch User Manual that was ship[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 157 All about media Selecting media b y size Y ou can select media by size thr ough the printer drivers or from the fr ont panel. This printer is capable of printing on cut-sheet media in several sizes (r efer to the table on the P age size , pr int area, and margins ), as well as media r olls ranging in width from 175 to 914 mm (7[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 158 Margins and pr int area When the printer places an image on media, the maximum image ar ea (print area) is a bit smaller than the physical media size; you may need to adjust the page margins in your application softwar e to match the print area. NOTE If you rotate an image, r emember that the margins remain the same, r elative [...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 159 Cut-sheet media The image ar ea is smaller than the page size in width and length. This illustration shows the margins for a cut-sheet as it is loading into and fed thr ough the printer: Leading edge T ypical use Orientation Rotation 1. Short side (preferred) Por trait 0 ° or 180 ° 2. Long side Landscape 90 ° or 270 ° 9480-[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 160 Roll media The maximum image ar ea is the entire r equested page size, up to the limits of the r oll width. The image’ s origin point (0,0) is 5 mm fr om the media edge. If the r equested page size is the same width as the r oll, 10 mm of the image will be clipped. If the media runs out while making a print, the whole page is[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 161 P age size , pr int area, and margins The Phaser 600 printer , a wide-for mat printer , is capable of printing on roll media and cut-sheets, on a variety of media sizes: Because the printer has been designed for wide-for mat printing, you will get the best r esults when you use cut-sheet media that is at least B-size (11 x 17 i[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 162 Roll media sizes Media Size Print area Margins Metric U.S. Metric U .S. Leading T railing Sides Media Rolls 0 mm 0 mm 5 mm (.2 in.) Width: 305 to 914 mm Diameter: 127 mm (max.) Width: 12 to 36 in. Diameter: 5 in. (max.) Maximum image length: 45.7 m Maximum image length: 150 ft.[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 163 Cut-sheet media siz es Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Margins ■ U .S . Cut sheet media sizes ■ Metric Cut sheet media sizes[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 164 Margins Margins f or U.S. and Metric cut-sheet media Margins Leading T railing Sides 22 mm (.9 in.) 8 mm (.33 in.) 5 mm (.2 in.)[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 165 U .S . Cut sheet media sizes U .S. Cut-sheet media sizes Media Size Print area U .S. sizes ■ ANSI A* 8.5 x 11 in. 8.11 x 9.82 in. ■ ANSI B 11 x 17 in. 10.56 x 15.82 in. ■ ANSI C 17 x 22 in. 16.53 x 20.82 in. ■ ANSI D 22 x 34 in. 21.55 x 32.82 in. ■ ANSI E 34 x 44 in. 33.6 x 42.82 in. ISO metric ■ ISO A4* 8.27 x 11.4[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 166 U. U .S. Cut-sheet media sizes (cont’ d.) Media Size Print area JIS metric ■ JIS B4 10.13 x 14.3 in. 9.7 x 13.15 in. ■ JIS B3 14.3 x 20.28 in. 13.87 x 19.1 in. ■ JIS B2 20.28 x 28.67 in. 19.8 x 27.49 in. ■ JIS B1 28.67 x 40.5 in. 28.27 x 39.37 in. Arc hitectural ■ Arch A* 9 x 12 in. 8.5 x 10.8 in. ■ Arch B 12.0 x [...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 167 Metr ic Cut sheet media siz es Metric Cut-sheet media sizes Media Size Print area U .S. sizes ■ ANSI A* 216 x 279 mm 206 x 249 mm ■ ANSI B 279 x 432 mm 268.3 x 401 mm ■ ANSI C 432 x 559 mm 419.95 x 528.8 mm ■ ANSI D 559 x 864 mm 547.29 x 833.6 mm ■ ANSI E 864 x 1118 mm 853.4 x 1087.6 mm ISO metric ■ ISO A4* 210 x 29[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 168 U. Metric Cut-sheet media sizes (cont’ d.) Media Size Print area JIS metric ■ JIS B4 257 x 364 mm 246.5 x 334 mm ■ JIS B3 364 x 515 mm 352.2 x 485.14 mm ■ JIS B2 515 x 728 mm 504 x 698.2 mm ■ JIS B1 728 x 1030 mm 718 x 1000 mm Arc hitectural ■ Arch A* 228.6 x 305 mm 216.5.3 x 274.8mm ■ Arch B 305 x 457 mm 292.6 x [...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 169 Media attr ib utes The printer accommodates a br oad array of paper , film, and fabric. T ektronix of fers a high-quality line of media optimized for use with the Phaser 600 printer . For or dering infor mation, r efer to Order ing pr inter supplies . Click on the following topics for infor mation on the types of supported med[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 170 Media types ■ Smooth White Bond ■ Photo Grade Pr esentation Paper ■ T ransparent Film ■ Pr emium Backlit/T racing Paper ■ Backlit Display Film ■ Repositionable Adhesive Display V inyl ■ Ar tist’ s Pr esentation Canvas[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 171 Media thic kness range ■ .1 to .5 mm (.003 to .020 in.) ■ paper: 0.003 to 0.020 inches ■ films: 0.0025 to 0.020 inches ■ fabrics: 0.010 to 0.030 inches[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 172 Media stiffness ■ Must be capable of wrapping ar ound a 119 mm- (4.7 in.-) diameter drum without buckling, wrinkling, or other visible damage[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 173 Image or ientation NOTE Image orientation refers only to how the image appears on the media r elative to the media’ s long or shor t edge. It does not r efer to how the media is loaded into or fed through the printer . Image orientation r efers to how the image appears on a print. Y ou specify the image orientation thr ough y[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 174 P age Rotation The Pa g e Rotation option, selectable in the printer driver , changes the way that the image is marked on the paper . In this illustration, the arrow indicates the feed dir ection and leading edge. P or trait orientation Landscape or ientation 9480-77 0 ° 90 ° 180 ° 270 ° 9480-100 0 ° 90 ° 180 ° 270 °[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 175 Hints ■ Using 90˚ or 270˚ r otation with smaller page sizes on larger roll media uses less media. For instance, an ANSI B (11 x 17 in.) image uses 6 inches less media when it is r otated 90˚ or 270˚. ■ Cut-sheet media can be fed with the long edge first, with r otation set to 90˚ or 270˚; however , do not use P age C[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 176 Manual F eed: using cut-sheet media 1 Y ou can select Manual Feed in the printer driver . Y ou can also feed the cut-sheet media as it is needed, without selecting Manual Feed in the driver . 2 Unload any r oll media by lifting the latch on the top cover . Open the paper roll cover to r ewind the media completely onto the roll.[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 177 3 Close the paper r oll cover . 4 Lower the top cover latch. 5 Orient the media so that the print side is facing up . 6 T o avoid fingerprints and smears, hold the media by its outer edges and feed it over the top of the closed paper r oll cover . 7 Align the media’ s right-hand edge with the guide line on the printer . Inse[...]

A LL ABOUT MEDIA 178 The fr ont panel displays this message after it has pr ocessed a job: NOTE On a network where the printer is usually using roll media, select Manual Feed in the driver , wait for the front panel to display this message, then unload the roll media and load the cut-sheet. If cut-sheet media is usual or if the printer is connected[...]

I MAGE MANIPULATION 179 Image manipulation This printer pr ovides several special options for image manipulation. Some of these options ar e selected in the drivers; some from the fr ont panel. For a detailed description of these featur es, refer to Pr inting: Bey ond the Basics . Printing options Option Detailed information Description Default set[...]

I MAGE MANIPULATION 180 Reprint See Reprint . ■ Prints the last PostScript image as many times as the user indicates on the front panel. ■ Scales the printed image: enlarge, reduce, and scale-to-fit media ■ Available only with the Extended Featur es option. Off Advance Media See Adv ance Media . ■ Advances media after each job, after each [...]

P RINTER LANGUAGES : P OST S CRIPT , HP-GL 181 Pr inter languages: P ostScr ipt, HP-GL The printer suppor ts PostScript Level 1 and Level 2, and HP-GL (Hewlett-Packar d Graphics Language) printer languages. The default language for the parallel por t is PostScript. For infor mation on default language for other interface por ts, refer to the Phaser[...]

F ONTS 182 F onts NOTE For general information on fonts, request a document catalog from HAL or Eur oHAL, the T ektronix automated fax systems. Refer to If y ou need help for information on using these systems. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation about fonts: ■ Resident typef aces (P ostScript) ■ Printer’ s Extended F eatures[...]

F ONTS 183 Resident typef aces (P ostScript) The printer accepts Adobe T ype 1 and T ype 3 downloadable fonts, T rueT ype fonts, and a variety of user -defined fonts. T o extend font capability , the printer provides an internal 1-Gbyte har d disk and suppor ts a SCSI-connected external hard disk for per manent storage of additional fonts. Refer t[...]

F ONTS 184 Pr inter’ s Extended F eatures option If you have the printer’ s Extended Featur es option,22 additional fonts are included on the printer’ s CD-ROM. Refer to Extended F eatures upgr ade for mor e infor mation. The following fonts ar e optionally available with the Extended Featur es option: 9480-60[...]

F ONTS 185 Do wnloading f onts The fonts r esident in the printer are stor ed in the printer as outlines and are always available for printing. The PostScript interpr eter in the printer can also accept and stor e additional fonts known as downloadable fonts. If you want to print PostScript outline fonts that ar e not built into the printer , you c[...]

F ONTS 186 The printer accepts T ype 1 and T ype 3 downloadable fonts including those from Adobe, Agfa, Bitstr eam, Microsoft, Apple, and many others. The printer also accepts T rueT ype downloadable fonts which can be scaled to any point size. T rueT ype fonts look the same on the scr een as they do when printed. Y ou download a font from a PC or [...]

F ONTS 187 Macintosh screen f onts NOTE If you already have these fonts installed on your computer , you don’t need to install them again. The printer’ s diskettes and CD-ROM contain Phaser Scr een Fonts for the printer . Y ou need to install the screen fonts on your computer if you want to see the printer’ s standar d resident typefaces on t[...]

F ONTS 188 3 T o automatically install the printer’ s screen fonts and other printer softwar e, click Install in the Easy Install window . Or , select Custom Install from the pull-down menu (available with the installer on the CD-ROM only). Then select the Screen Fonts item, and click Install . Fonts ar e installed in the Fonts folder inside your[...]

F ONTS 189 Using f onts with Windows Befor e printing, you need to make sure the fonts specified in your document ar e installed in the printer or ar e set up correctly in Windows. If you r equest a font in an application that is not r esident in the printer , or is not correctly installed in Windows, the text is printed in the Courier typeface. O[...]

F ONTS 190 Pr inting f ont samplers Pr inting a f ont sampler from a Macintosh Y ou can print a sample of the printer’ s resident fonts by downloading the Fonts Sampler utility file to the printer . NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX and System 7.5, you can print the fonts sampler fr om the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver . 1 Install the[...]

F ONTS 191 5 Select the Font Sampler file fr om the list, then click Open . (This file was installed in the Samplers folder , inside the PhaserT ools folder .) 6 If no messages ar e returned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a dialog box; click OK to continue.[...]

F ONTS 192 Pr inting a f ont sampler from a PC Y ou can print a sample of the printer’ s resident fonts by downloading the FONTS.PS utility file to the printer . 1 Locate the FONTS.PS file in the SAMPLERS dir ector y either on the printer’ s CD-ROM or the Printer Softwar e for Windows diskette. 2 Copy the FONTS.PS file to your computer’ s [...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer P RINTING : B EYOND THE B ASICS[...]

194 This chapter discusses the following topics: ■ W orking with color ■ Color corrections — making the best selection ■ Printing and using the color sampler char ts ■ Special printing features ■ Phaser Cop ystation ■ Laminating y our Phaser 600 prints[...]

195 W or king with color Whether you ar e producing color graphs, charts, transparencies for pr esentations, posters, signage, or design comps, ther e are a few things to keep in mind when using color . ■ A large ar ea of color looks more saturated (brighter) than a small ar ea of the same color . ■ A color looks brighter against a dark backgr [...]

196 General guidelines ■ Keep a document or design simple and consistent. ■ Select colors that look good together and that r einforce your message. ■ Check your application for standar d palettes to get you star ted. ■ Use a color scheme of five or six shades, and in a series of images, use the colors in a consistent manner thr oughout the[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 197 Color corrections — making the best selection T ekColor corrections The printer’ s T ekColor color correction options pr ovide simulations of differ ent color devices. Follow these basic guidelines so that the printer accurately r eproduces the colors you want on your prints. ■ For graphic [...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 198 T ekColor color corrections ar e per for med in the printer . T o use ColorSync color matching on a Macintosh, or to use host color corr ection in Windows 95, refer to Color Matching or T ektronix’ W orld Wide Web site for additional information. NOTE T ekColor color corrections do not af fect [...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 199 PhaserMatch With suppor t for PhaserMatch™ custom pr ofiles, users are now better able to match a specific pr ess, paper , and ink. PhaserMatch software for PC and Macintosh platfor ms pr ovides a simple approach for cr eating and editing color pr ofiles. It is designed for the most demandin[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 200 Deciding which color correction to use Color printers and computer display scr eens produce color dif ferently . Printers use the subtractive primaries CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow , and black), and produce color when light is r eflected off the paper . Computers use the additive primaries RGB (r[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 201 Color correction descr iptions Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ T ur ning off all color corrections ■ Printing the br ightest colors and a truer blue ■ Simulating displa y screen colors ■ Closely match printing press colors ■ Printing in gra y scale ■ Using the [...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 202 T ur ning off all color corrections If you do not want to use any T ekColor color corrections, you can specify no corr ections from a supported driver , or with utility files, or from the printer’ s fr ont panel. Select None when you ar e doing the following: ■ Using applications that do the[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 203 Pr inting the brightest colors and a tr uer blue The Vivid Color option makes printed blue appear less purple by r educing the amount of magenta used to print blue colors. Other colors in the cyan-blue-purple- magenta range in the image ar e also adjusted to compensate for the adjusted blue. Colo[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 204 Simulating displa y screen colors The Simulate Display option makes printed colors closer to the colors on a standar d display scr een. This selection should improve the scr een-to-printer color accuracy for most applications that don’ t per form their own color corrections. This selection is b[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 205 Closely match pr inting press colors Ther e are several printing pr ess color correction options. Each pr ess option confor ms to a dif ferent printing standar d. Use a pr ess option if you are pr eviewing work for a four -color job to be printed on a printing press. These options simulate a four[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 206 SW OP Press Press option Inks Base (paper) T arget match SWOP Press SWOP/soy publication ■ Specification for W eb Offset Publications ■ These are specif ications for color separation films and color proofing that ar e used to ensure the consistency of printed colors between differ ent publi[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 207 Commer cial Press Press option Inks Base (paper) T arget match Commercial Press commercial commer cial ■ This option is typically used in the U.S., and is characterized to match 3M Matchprint 3 commercial pr oofs. ■ Used for high-quality , sheet-fed printing.[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 208 Eur oscale Press Press option Inks Base (paper) T arget match Euroscale Press Euroscale publication ■ This option is typically used in Europe, and is characterized to match the equivalent 3M Matchprint 3 proof.[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 209 SNAP Press Press option Inks Base (paper) T arget match SNAP Press SNAP newsprint ■ Specif ications for Non-Heat Advertising Printing ■ This is a set of production standar ds for printing on uncoated and newsprint papers. ■ This option is targeted to match typical colors for this type of pr[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 210 Custom Pr ofiles Press option Inks Base (paper) T arget match Custom Profiles n/a n/a ■ Create custom prof iles in the PhaserMatch application to fine-tune the printing press color corrections. ■ Refer to the PhaserMatch User Manual for instructions.[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 211 Pr inting in g ra y scale The Monochr ome option prints your color image as a monochrome gray scale (shades of gray fr om black to white).[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 212 Using the pr inter’ s current color def aults The Use Printer Setting option is available in supported drivers. This option sends no color corr ection infor mation to the printer . It uses the current default in the printer to pr ocess colors for printing. The printer’ s default can be one of[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 213 Using simple color con versions The following utility files use Adobe’ s standar d color conversions to tell the printer what type of output device you want it to simulate: ■ Raw CMYK Colors ( RA WCMYK.PS ): Conver ts all colors (CMYK, RGB, grays) to CMYK colors. Use this file if your appli[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 214 Using the render ing intents The color r endering intents are designed for use with images containing colors specified in the PostScript Level 2 inter national color standar d, CIE XYZ, which was developed by the Commission Inter nationale de l’Eclairage (International Commission on Illuminati[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 215 Special considerations Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ If y our Phaser 600 printer is shared on a network ■ Application color corrections ■ If y ou are using an unsuppor ted dr iv er[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 216 If y our Phaser 600 pr inter is shared on a netw or k Another user may use the downloadable color corr ection utility files, or the printer’ s fr ont panel, to change the printer’ s default color corr ection setting. If this situation occurs, the prints you make thr ough a non-suppor ted dri[...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 217 Application color corrections Some applications per form color corrections to impr ove screen-to-printer color matching. The T ekColor color correction options in the supported drivers adjust colors in the printer after the application has per formed its color corrections. ■ If the application [...]

C OLOR CORRECTIONS — MAKING THE BEST SELECTION 218 If y ou are using an unsuppor ted dr iv er If you ar e not using one of the printer drivers shipped with the printer , or another PPD-driven driver , then use the downloadable utility files or the printer’ s front panel to select color corr ections; see Using the F ront P anel and Do wnloading[...]

P RINTING AND USING THE COLOR SAMPLER CHARTS 219 Pr inting and using the color sampler char ts Y ou can print color sampler char ts from your printer to see how the colors, as specified fr om within an application, will look when printed. Having a pre-printed sample of each color can help you save time in selecting the right color for your use. Th[...]

P RINTING AND USING THE COLOR SAMPLER CHARTS 220 The CMYK, RGB, and HSB Samplers ar e for matted as ANSI A- (Letter -) sized media, but two ar e printed on each piece of ANSI B (T abloid) or larger media. Y ou can either use cut-sheet media or r oll media. When you use r oll media, you can save media by r otating the image 90˚ or 270˚. These fil[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 221 Special pr inting f eatures Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Fusing Mode / Media Fusing ■ Adv ance Media ■ Cut Media ■ Mirror Print ■ P age Centering ■ P age Rotation ■ Image Smoothing ■ F ast Pre vie w ■ Print Previe w ■ Color Control Strip ■ Reprint ■ Custom page sizes[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 222 Fusing Mode / Media Fusing This option is selected in suppor ted printer drivers and fr om the front panel (Media Defaults menu). It deter mines whether and in what manner the print is fused. Y ou can use this option with all media types, and with both cut-sheet and r oll media. Options ■ Cold ( default ) Flattens t[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 223 Hints ■ When Hot is selected, the only available option for Adv ance Media is Allow Hot Fusing . Refer to Adv ance Media for mor e infor mation. ■ Media fusing behaves dif ferently with dif ferent media types (some media may pr oduce degraded print quality with fusing). Experiment until you get the best r esults. [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 224 Adv ance Media This option is selected in suppor ted printer drivers and used only with r oll media. The amount that the media is advanced is measur ed in points; the default advance is set to 72 points (25.4 mm, 1 inch), but it can be changed to your specification with a PostScript utility file that is shipped on t[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 225 Hints ■ If the Fusing Mode is set to Cold , None , or Printer’ s Default , the available options for Ad vance Media ar e Ne ver , After Each Job , and After Each P age . ■ If the Hot option for Fusing Mode is selected, the printer automatically selects Allow Hot Fusing for the Ad v ance Media option; the other o[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 226 Cut Media This featur e is selected in suppor ted printer drivers or fr om the fr ont panel in the Media Defaults menu. It is used only with r oll media. Options ■ Never / Off The printer does not automatically cut the media. This keeps the images together on the media r oll, which is useful for processes such as la[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 227 Hints ■ Cer tain media do not cut well or may r equire that the automatic (internal) cutter be r eplaced more fr equently . Because thick or fiber -based media (for instance, ar tist’ s canvas) can be dif ficult to cut, you may want to tur n of f the automatic cutting. ■ The driver selection overrides the fr o[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 228 Mirror Pr int This option is selected in suppor ted printer drivers. Mirr or Print inver ts an image left-to-right, befor e printing. Options ■ On ■ Off ( default ) Hints ■ Mirr or Print is useful when printing on transparency film, so that the printed sur face can be pr otected when mounted. ■ If you do not [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 229 P age Center ing This featur e, available only in suppor ted printer drivers, centers the r equested page size on the actual page size of the media. For r oll media, the image is centered fr om side-to-side. For cut-sheet media, the image is centered fr om side-to-side and fr om top-to-bottom. Options ■ Off ■ On ([...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 230 P age Rotation The Page Rotation option, selectable in suppor ted printer drivers, changes the way that the image is marked on the paper . Options ■ 0 ° / None ( default ) ■ 90 ° ■ 180 ° ■ 270 ° In this illustration, the arr ow indicates the leading edge of the media (the leading edge is the side of the me[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 231 Hints ■ Rotating an image 90 ° or 270 ° is useful for printing a small image on large media; for example, a T abloid-size image on a 36-inch (914 mm) media r oll. ■ Rotating an image 180 ° changes the top and bottom margins on cut-sheet media, r elative to the image. ■ If you do not have a suppor ted printer [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 232 Image Smoothing Image Smoothing is selected from the printer’ s front panel (in the Printer Defaults menu) as well as in suppor ted printer drivers. Image Smoothing blends adjacent colors in an image so that color transitions ar e less noticeable. This featur e is typically used when the image being printed is at a [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 233 Hints ■ If you do not have a suppor ted printer driver , you can use the PostScript utility files shipped on the printer’ s CD-ROM or diskettes. Refer to Do wnloading files to the printer for instructions on downloading utility files.[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 234 F ast Pre vie w The F ast Previe w option is only available for the Photoshop plug-ins. It produces a quick print of your image with slightly r educed image quality . This option reflects the color corr ection you have selected for this image. Hints ■ For lower r esolution images, you can improve the print quality [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 235 Pr int Pre vie w This Extended Featur es option, selected in suppor ted printer drivers, prints a small thumbnail version of the job’ s first page. The image is r educed by one-fifth in height and width, or to T abloid-size (11 x 17 in.), or its Metric equivalent, whichever is smaller . A dashed outline indicates [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 236 Once the pr eview image is printed, the printer’ s fr ont panel displays this message and waits for user interaction: Cancel Ends the Print Preview , returning the printer to Ready. P ause Enters the Pause menu, which allows you to print the image at a differ ent scale. Scale selections include: ■ 25% to 400% ■ [...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 237 Options ■ On ■ Off ( default ) Timeout ■ The printer waits a set amount of time for the user to pr ess a front panel button. If no button is pr essed in that time, the job is cancelled and the printer r etur ns to Ready . ■ The default timeout is 15 minutes; to change the default, use the PostScript utility ?[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 238 Color Control Str ip This featur e, when selected in a suppor ted printer driver , prints a band of colors along the bottom edge of your print. The color contr ol strip is useful for checking the consistency of printed colors between prints made on the same printer , or between prints made on mor e than one of the sam[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 239 ■ Includes the printer’ s eight primary and secondar y colors: ■ Each color is printed at 100% saturation (brightness) and 50% saturation. ■ The color strip includes the following infor mation: ■ File name* ■ Date/time of printing* ■ Color Pr ofile (the curr ently selected T ekcolor correction or Phaser[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 240 Repr int The Reprint function is available in the fr ont panel’ s Pause menu if an Extended Featur es option is installed. It allows you to reprint the last PostScript image with the following options: Options ■ Scale ■ Enlarges an image up to 400% of the original size; an A-size image can be scaled to E-size. ?[...]

S PECIAL PRINTING FEATURES 241 Custom page siz es Most drivers that suppor t the Phaser 600 printer allow you to set custom page sizes in the P age Size selection ar ea.[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 242 Phaser Cop ystation The Phaser Copystation adds easy-to-use, walk-up color copying capability to the Phaser 600 printer . Images scanned on the Copystation are sent to the printer thr ough a direct SCSI connection. The Copystation is fully compatible with other SCSI devices, such as an exter nal SCSI font disk. Click on the[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 243 Requirements and suggested memor y configuration For Copystation capability , the Phaser 600 requir es the Extended Features option. Y ou can also order additional memory (16 Mbytes or 32 Mbytes) for improved per formance. For infor mation on ordering a Copystation, r efer to Phaser Cop ystation (or der number 4540). For i[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 244 Connecting the Cop ystation The Phaser Copystation User Manual is shipped with the Copystation; it contains detailed instructions for connecting and using the Copystation with your printer . Keep these tips in mind when connecting the Copystation: ■ Always tur n of f the power to the printer and all SCSI devices before ma[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 245 Setting the pr int quantity The Copystation’ s fr ont panel allows you to specify the number of copies you want output fr om the printer: 1 Pr ess the # of Copies button on the Copystation; use the keypad to enter the number of copies you want. 2 Pr ess the Cop y button. NOTE When requesting multiple copies of an image, a[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 246 Scaling images from the Cop ystation A utomatic scaling When the printer’ s fr ont panel selection for Media Size matches the size of media that is installed in the printer , an image sent from the Copystation is automatically scaled up to fill the media’ s printable image ar ea. Custom scaling T o scale an image by a [...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 247 Getting the best results Y ou can scan an image (for example, an 8 x 10 in. photograph) on the Phaser Copystation at pr e-deter mined scale per centages, and your printer automatically scales the output to fit the selected media size . 1 Printer’ s front panel — set the default page size for the desir ed copy size. 2 P[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 248 Media siz e interactions Copies that you make on the Copystation ar e automatically scaled to fit the default media size set for the printer , regar dless of the media that is loaded in the printer . If the printer’ s default media size setting dif fers from the installed media, your image may not print as expected. The [...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 249 Set the default media size in one of the following ways: ■ Fr ont panel Media Size selections in the Media Defaults menu. ■ Downloaded utility file Refer to Do wnloading files to the printer or the World Wide W eb for instructions on downloading a utility file.[...]

P HASER C OPYSTATION 250 Pr inting A-siz e images on A-size media The printer’ s default media size cannot be set to A-size, nor can A-size be selected in the printer’ s fr ont panel. If you are copying an A-size image to print out on A-size media, follow these steps: 1 On the printer’ s fr ont panel, access the Media Size selections in the M[...]

L AMINATING YOUR P HASER 600 PRINTS 251 Laminating y our Phaser 600 pr ints Y ou can protect your wide format prints using commercially available, pr essure-sensitive and warm temperature (under 200˚ C) lamination media. For best lamination per formance, T ektronix of fers specially for mulated lamination material designed to pr oduce high quality[...]

L AMINATING YOUR P HASER 600 PRINTS 252 Tips on laminating pr ints ■ Use T ektronix Smooth White Bond or Photo Grade Pr esentation papers and T ektronix Lamination Film for best r esults. Refer to Order ing pr inter supplies for or dering infor mation. ■ If the laminator is equipped with cooling fans, use them to r educe the possibility of curl[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer P RINTING THE C OLOR S AMPLER C HARTS[...]

254 Ther e are color sampler charts available for your printer . The char ts are designed to help you select colors within an application that can be r eproduced on your printer .[...]

255 Each color sampler char t consists of color ed rectangles with the component values for each color . Y ou can select colors within an application using the component values. Component values ar e percentages of colors (cyan, magenta, yellow , and black; r ed, green, and blue; hue, saturation, and brightness) that ar e combined to make a par tic[...]

A VAILABLE COLOR CHARTS 256 A v ailab le color char ts The color sampler char ts print Letter -size pages 2-up on B-size (tabloid) paper . The following table lists the number of Letter -size pages and the corresponding number of B-size sheets of paper requir ed to print these char ts. Color sampler chart Number of pages Number of B-size prints CMY[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 257 Setting up the pr inter The color sampler char ts print Letter -size pages 2-up on B-size (tabloid) paper . Y ou can print each color sampler char t on separate sheets of B-size paper , or on a continuous sheet of r oll paper to create a wall chart. Y ou can also cut each Letter -size page for placement in a binder for e[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 258 If y ou are using manual f eed media 1 Use B-size (tabloid) sheets of paper for the most ef ficient use of paper . 2 Select Media Size: ANSI B on the printer’ s front panel. 3 Remove r oll media from the input slot. 4 Feed individual sheets into the media input slot at the fr ont panel prompt. 5 Do not feed subsequent[...]

S ETTING UP THE PRINTER 259 If y ou are using roll media 1 Use r oll paper that is at least 12 inches wide. The narrower the r oll, the less paper is wasted. 2 Select Media Size: ANSI B on the printer’ s front panel. 3 If you want the char ts to print in a continuous banner , select Media Cutting: per Job on the printer’ s fr ont panel. 4 Y ou [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 260 Pr inting from a Macintosh Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Installing the files ■ Impor tant preparations ■ Printing the color char ts[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 261 Installing the files The color sampler char t files for the Macintosh ar e located on the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM and diskettes. 1 Follow the instructions in Macintosh softw are to install the printer’ s software. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select a printer driver , such [...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 262 Impor tant preparations T o match colors on the char ts to colors selected within an application, use the same printer color corr ection to print the char ts that you ar e going to use when selecting and printing those colors within an application. Pr inting from a suppor ted driv er 1 Print a color char t with eithe[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 263 The following table lists the driver color corr ection selections with their corr esponding utility files and front panel settings. * Use the same color correction to print the char t and later to print the colors from an application. Which color correction to use If y ou plan to print colors fr om an application wi[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 264 Pr inting the color char ts NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX, you can print the color charts from the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver; see Do wnloading pr inter utilities for instructions. 1 See Installing the files to install the samplers and utility files fr om the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM. 2 Sele[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 265 If y ou need to download a utility file a Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double–click its icon to start the application. b Choose Do wnload P ostScript File from the Utilities menu. c Select a color corr ection file from the list, then click Open . (These files[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 266 5 T o print a color sampler char t, do the following: a Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk and double–click its icon to star t the application. b Choose Do wnload P ostScript File from the Utilities menu. c Select the color sampler char t file fr om the list, then click O[...]

P RINTING FROM A M ACINTOSH 267 6 Select colors within an application using the colors on the char t. 7 Print your document using one of the following methods: ■ If y ou are printing from a supported driver: Print your document using a suppor ted printer driver (such as the Phaser 600 GX or LaserW riter 8.x) with the same color correction option [...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 268 Pr inting from a PC Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Installing the files ■ Impor tant preparations ■ Printing the color char ts[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 269 Installing the files 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select the Samplers item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . Y ou can select color corrections fr om the printer’ s front panel. However , if you[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 270 Impor tant preparations T o match colors on the char ts to colors selected within an application, use the same printer color corr ection to print the char ts that you ar e going to use when selecting and printing those colors within an application. Pr inting from a suppor ted driv er 1 Print a color char t with either the Vi[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 271 The following table lists the driver color corr ection settings with their corresponding utility files and fr ont panel settings. *Use the same color correction to print the char t and later to print the colors from an application. Which color correction to use If y ou plan to print colors fr om an application with this col[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 272 Pr inting the color char ts 1 See Installing the files to locate the color sampler charts. 2 See Setting up the pr inter to load media. 3 Decide which color corr ection you need to use; see Impor tant preparations for details. If y ou are selecting a color correction from the printer’ s front panel Use the T ekColor Corre[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 273 4 Print a color sampler char t using one of the following methods: ■ PC users : Use the DOS COPY command to send the file to the printer . (Windows 3.1 users can also use the Copy command in the File Manager .) ■ W orkstation users : Send the file to the printer as you would any PostScript file. 5 Select colors within[...]

P RINTING FROM A PC 274 6 Print your document using one of the following methods: ■ If y ou are printing from a supported driver: Print your document using a suppor ted printer driver (in Windows 95 or Windows 3.1) with the same color corr ection option selected in the driver that you used with a downloaded utility file or on the fr ont panel to[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer C OLOR M ATCHING[...]

S ELECT YOUR COMPUTER TYPE 276 Select y our computer type Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Using ColorSync on a Macintosh ■ Using host color correction in Windo ws 95[...]

U SING C OLOR S YNC ON A M ACINTOSH 277 Using ColorSync on a Macintosh ColorSync 2.0 is a color matching system that attempts to match the scr een’ s colors to the printer’ s colors. The softwar e for the Phaser 600 printer includes a printer pr ofile that contains specific color infor mation r equir ed by ColorSync. ColorSync adjusts an imag[...]

U SING C OLOR S YNC ON A M ACINTOSH 278 T o use ColorSync color matc hing, y ou need to do the follo wing: 1 Use the installer application on the printer’ s CD-ROM to install the printer’ s softwar e; see Macintosh softw are for instructions. Either select Easy Install , or in the Custom Install window , select the following items: ■ Either t[...]

U SING C OLOR S YNC ON A M ACINTOSH 279 e The corr ect PPD file should be selected automatically . If the PPD file is not selected automatically , the Printer Descriptions dialog box opens showing the location of the PPD files you installed in Step 1. Select one of the following PPD files: ■ Use the TKPH6001.PPD file with the standar d versi[...]

U SING C OLOR S YNC ON A M ACINTOSH 280 3 Fr om the Apple menu, select Contr ol P anels . 4 Select ColorSync System Pr ofile , and select the profile for your monitor . Close the Contr ol Panel. 5 Select Print fr om the File menu. 6 In the Print dialog box, click Options . 7 In the Print Options dialog box, make the following selections: a In the[...]

U SING C OLOR S YNC ON A M ACINTOSH 281 8 Click Print in the Print dialog box. NOTE If printed colors are not what you expected, r efer to Pr inting: Be yond the Basics for more information about color .[...]

U SING HOST COLOR CORRECTION IN W INDOWS 95 282 Using host color correction in Windo ws 95 NOTE Host color correction is available only with Windows 95. Color corr ection from the host (your computer) attempts to match the scr een’ s colors to the printer’ s colors. The softwar e for the Phaser 600 printer includes a profile that contains spec[...]

U SING HOST COLOR CORRECTION IN W INDOWS 95 283 T o use host color correction, do the f ollowing steps: 1 Refer to PC/Windo ws software for instructions on installing a PostScript printer driver for Windows 95. The printer’ s color pr ofile is automatically installed with a driver . 2 In the Printer s window , move the cursor over the Phaser 600[...]

U SING HOST COLOR CORRECTION IN W INDOWS 95 284 7 Click the De vice Options tab to see the following options: 8 Highlight Color Correction in the Printer features field. 9 Select None in the Change setting for: Color Correction field. 10 Click OK when finished.[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING PANTONE ® C OLOR F ILES[...]

P ANTONE OVERVIEW 286 P antone o v er vie w NOTE For the latest information on color libraries, call T ektr onix Customer Suppor t in the U.S. and Canada at 1-800-835-6100 . Outside the U.S. and Canada, contact your local T ektronix r eseller . The Pantone files for your printer include color librar y files for use with specific applications, an[...]

I NSTALLING P ANTONE FILES 287 Installing P antone files ■ Installing the Macintosh files ■ Installing the PC files[...]

I NSTALLING P ANTONE FILES 288 Installing the Macintosh files The P ANTONE Color files ar e available on the printer’ s CD-ROM. 1 Fr om the printer’ s CD-ROM, use the Installer application to install a printer driver , such as the Adobe PSPrinter driver , and the Pantone Files item in the Custom Install window . See Macintosh softw are for de[...]

I NSTALLING P ANTONE FILES 289 Installing the PC files The P ANTONE Color files ar e available on the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM and on the Printer Softwar e for Windows diskette. 1 Fr om the printer’ s CD-ROM or diskette, use the Installer application to install the Pantone Files item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . See PC/Windo [...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 290 Using the P ANT ONE Color templates ■ Using the Macintosh templates ■ Using the PC library files[...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 291 Using the Macintosh templates Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Adobe Illustrator 3.0 (Macintosh) ■ Adobe Illustrator 5.0 (Macintosh) ■ Aldus F reeHand 4.0 (Macintosh) ■ Aldus P ageMak er 5.0 (Macintosh) ■ Adobe P ageMak er 6.0 (Macintosh) Click P antone ov er view to r etur n [...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 292 Adobe Illustrator 3.0 (Macintosh) The P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.ai file is used by the application to pr operly specify P ANTONE Colors for the Phaser 600 printer . 1 See Installing the Macintosh files if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Locate the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.ai file in the Pantone F[...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 293 Adobe Illustrator 5.0 (Macintosh) The P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.ai file is used by the application to pr operly specify P ANTONE Colors for the Phaser 600 printer . 1 See Installing the Macintosh fi les if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Locate the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.ai file in the Pantone [...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 294 Aldus F reeHand 4.0 (Macintosh) The P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.acf file is used by the application to pr operly specify P ANTONE Colors for the Phaser 600 printer . 1 See Installing the Macintosh fi les if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Locate the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.acf file in the Pantone [...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 295 Aldus P ageMak er 5.0 (Macintosh) The P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.acf file is used by the application to pr operly specify P ANTONE Colors for the Phaser 600 printer . 1 See Installing the Macintosh fi les if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Locate the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.acf file in the Panton[...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 296 Adobe P ageMak er 6.0 (Macintosh) The P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.acf file is used by the application to pr operly specify P ANTONE Colors for the Phaser 600 printer . 1 See Installing the Macintosh fi les if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Locate the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.acf file in the Panton[...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 297 Using the PC librar y files Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Adobe Illustrator 3.0 and 4.02 (PC) ■ Aldus P ageMak er 5.0 (PC) ■ CorelDRA W! (PC) Click P antone ov er view to r etur n to the main topics list.[...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 298 Adobe Illustrator 3.0 and 4.02 (PC) The TEK_600.AI file lets you customize P ANTONE Colors for Adobe Illustrator and a Phaser 600 printer . This file is application-specific and printer -specific. 1 See Installing the PC fi les if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Place the TEK_600.AI file [...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 299 Aldus P ageMak er 5.0 (PC) The TEK_600.ACF file is used by the application to pr operly specify P ANTONE Colors for the Phaser 600 printer . 1 See Installing the PC fi les if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Place the TEK_600.ACF file in the USENGLSHCOLOR dir ector y in the Aldus applicatio[...]

U SING THE PANTONE C OLOR TEMPLATES 300 CorelDRA W! (PC) The TEK_600.P AL file is used by the Cor elDRA W! application to properly specify P ANTONE Colors for a Phaser 600 printer . This file is application-specific and printer -specific. 1 See Installing the PC fi les if you haven’ t alr eady installed the files. 2 Place the TEK_600.P AL ?[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 301 Pr inting the P ANT ONE Color sampler char t Use the P ANTONE Color sampler chart for your printer to select colors within an application that allows you to specify P ANTONE Colors. For mor e infor mation on using P ANTONE Colors, see the r elated topics on the T ektronix W orld Wide Web server at http[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 302 Pr inting individual pages from Acrobat Y ou can open the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.pdf ( P ANT600.PDF ) file in Adobe’ s Acr obat Reader application, and print just the pages you want. Make sure you print on the char t on the same media you will be using for final prints. For best r esults, use the r[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 303 Pr inting from Acrobat (Macintosh) 1 When you install the Pantone Files fr om the printer’ s CD-ROM, also install the Acr obat Reader Alias fr om the Custom Install window; see Installing the Macintosh files for instructions. 2 Locate the Acr obat Reader Alias in the PhaserT ools folder on your har [...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 304 5 V iew and print pages from the color sampler chart file as desired. Y ou can manually feed Letter -size media or use roll media. If y ou are printing from a supported driver (such as Adobe PSPrinter or Phaser 600 GX): Print your document with the following selections. Any other selections in the dri[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 305 If y ou are not using a suppor ted driver: Print your document with the following fr ont panel selections or downloadable utility files. Any other selections will cause the P ANTONE Colors to print dif ferently . ■ Set Media size to Letter (in a driver). ■ Set Color Correction to None (front panel[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 306 Pr inting from Acrobat (PC) Y ou can open the P ANT600.PDF file in Adobe’ s Acr obat Reader application, and print just the pages you want. 1 See Installing the PC fi les if you haven’ t alr eady installed the files. 2 If you don’ t already have a copy of Acr obat Reader , install the applicat[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 307 4 V iew and print pages from the color sampler chart file as desired. Y ou can manually feed Letter -size media or use roll media. If y ou are printing from a supported driver (such as Adobe PS3 for Windows 3.1 or the Windows 95 P ostScript driver): Print your document with the following selections. A[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 308 If y ou are not using a suppor ted driver: Print your document with the following fr ont panel selections or downloadable utility files. Any other selections will cause the P ANTONE Colors to print dif ferently . ■ Set Media size to Letter (in a driver). ■ Set Color Correction to None (front panel[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 309 Pr inting the entire char t Y ou can download the P ANTONE ® Phaser 600.ps ( P ANT600.PS ) file to the printer . This is a PostScript file that contains the necessar y color corr ection, print quality , and media size infor mation. Make sur e you print the char t on paper for best results. The file[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 310 Pr inting the entire char t (Macintosh) NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX, you can print the P ANTONE Color sampler chart from the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver; see Do wnloading printer utilities for instructions. 1 See Installing the Macintosh files if you haven’ t already installed the[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 311 d At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use the default name given in the edit box or type in a new name. Then click Save to send the file to the printer . e If no output is r etur ned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a di[...]

P RINTING THE PANTONE C OLOR SAMPLER CHART 312 Pr inting the entire char t (PC) 1 See Installing the PC files if you haven’ t already installed the files. 2 Print the P ANTONE Color chart using one of the following methods: ■ PC users : Use the DOS COPY command to send the file to the printer . (Windows 3.1 users can also use the Copy comman[...]

P RINTING P ANTONE C OLORS FROM AN APPLICATION 313 Pr inting P antone Colors from an application ■ Printing P antone Colors from a Macintosh application ■ Printing P ANT ONE Colors from a PC/Windows application Click P antone ov er view to r etur n to the main topics list.[...]

P RINTING P ANTONE C OLORS FROM AN APPLICATION 314 Pr inting P antone Colors from a Macintosh application 1 Select P ANTONE Colors within an application using the colors on the chart. 2 Print your document using one of the following methods: If y ou are printing from a supported driver (such as Adobe PSPrinter or Phaser 600 GX): Print your document[...]

P RINTING P ANTONE C OLORS FROM AN APPLICATION 315 If y ou are not using a suppor ted driver: Print your document with the following fr ont panel selections or downloadable utility files. Any other selections will cause the P ANTONE Colors to print dif ferently . ■ Set Color Correction to None . ■ Set the Print Quality to Standar d . ■ Set F[...]

P RINTING P ANTONE C OLORS FROM AN APPLICATION 316 Pr inting P ANT ONE Colors from a PC/Windo ws application 1 Select P ANTONE Colors within an application using the colors on the chart. 2 Print your document using one of the following methods: If y ou are printing from a supported driver (such as Adobe PS3 for Windows 3.1 or the Windows 95 P ostSc[...]

P RINTING P ANTONE C OLORS FROM AN APPLICATION 317 If y ou are not using a suppor ted driver: Print your document with the following fr ont panel selections or downloadable utility files. Any other selections will cause the P ANTONE Colors to print dif ferently . ■ Set Color Correction to None (front panel or utility file). ■ Set the Print Qu[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING THE P HASER P RINT ™ P LUG - IN FOR P HOTOSHOP[...]

O VERVIEW 319 Ov er vie w The PhaserPrint™ plug-in operates within the Photoshop application to impr ove the image data transfer time fr om your computer to your printer . The Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM and the printer softwar e diskette contain the PhaserPrint plug-in file for use with Photoshop, and Phaser 600 printers, and other suppor te[...]

C OMPATIBILITY 320 Compatibility PhaserPrint softwar e is compatible with the following computers: Macintosh ■ Photoshop 2.5.1 and higher ■ System 7.0 and higher ■ The PhaserPrint plug-in also works under QuickDraw GX if your default desktop printer r efers to a printer suppor ted by the PhaserPrint softwar e. Windo ws ■ Photoshop 3.0 and h[...]

I NSTALLING THE P HASER P RINT PLUG - IN FOR P HOTOSHOP 321 Installing the PhaserPr int plug-in f or Photoshop Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Installing the plug-in f or Macintosh ■ Installing the plug-in f or Windows[...]

I NSTALLING THE P HASER P RINT PLUG - IN FOR P HOTOSHOP 322 Installing the plug-in f or Macintosh 1 See Macintosh softw are to install the printer’ s softwar e. ■ Fr om the printer’ s CD-ROM, or Printer Softwar e Installer for Macintosh diskette, select Easy Install to automatically install the printer’ s softwar e. Or , ■ Fr om the print[...]

I NSTALLING THE P HASER P RINT PLUG - IN FOR P HOTOSHOP 323 Installing the plug-in f or Windows Use the installer application on the printer’ s CD-ROM to install the PhaserPrint plug-in. 1 Inser t the printer’ s CD-ROM into your computer’ s CD-ROM drive. 2 Do one of the following depending on the version of Windows you ar e using: Windows 95 [...]

I NSTALLING THE P HASER P RINT PLUG - IN FOR P HOTOSHOP 324 3 The Setup status dialog box appears, followed by the Installer’ s intr oductor y scr een. Click Ne xt to continue. 4 In the T ektr onix PhaserPrint Setup infor mation dialog box, click Next to install the files. 5 The Setup status dialog box appears while files ar e copied to your co[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 325 Using the plug-in Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Star ting the PhaserPr int plug-in ■ Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog bo x[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 326 Star ting the PhaserPr int plug-in 1 If you don’ t already have a Phaser 600 printer selected as the default printer , do the following: ■ Macintosh: Open the Chooser and select a PostScript driver (such as the Adobe PSPrinter) and your Phaser 600 printer , or select an appr opriate QuickDraw GX desktop printer . The Ph[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 327 ■ PhaserPrint softwar e suppor ts the following image modes selected fr om Photoshop’ s Mode menu. If you select a mode not listed her e, an error message appears and your image is not printed. ■ Bitmap ■ Grayscale ■ Indexed Color ■ RGB Color ■ CMYK Color ■ Lab Color However , in Photoshop 2.5.1, if you sele[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 328 Selecting options in the PhaserPr int dialog bo x Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Number of copies ■ Print using (Macintosh) ■ Print using (Windows) ■ Printer model ■ Media size ■ Color correction ■ Quality ■ Fusing ■ Adv ance media ■ Cut media ■ P age rotation ■ Rendering int[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 329 Number of copies Enter the number of copies to print, fr om 1 to 1000.[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 330 Pr int using (Macintosh) The Print using pop-up menu allows you to choose between printing an image or saving the image to disk. ■ AppleT alk: This option prints the image to the printer curr ently selected in the Chooser . When you select this option, The Printer model field displays the name of the printer curr ently s[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 331 Pr int using (Windo ws) The Print using pop-up menu allows you to choose between printing an image or saving the image to disk. It has fr om two to four options, depending on your system configuration: ■ TCP/IP This option is available if a TCP/IP stack is installed and running. After you select this option, you can choo[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 332 ■ Printer Driver This option prints the image to the selected printer . After you select this option, you can choose a printer fr om the Driver name pop-up menu. When you print fr om the main Photoshop window , the PhaserPrint plug-in prints the image on this printer . ■ P ostScript file This option lets you save an im[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 333 Pr inter model ■ The Printer model pop-up menu lists the printers suppor ted by the PhaserPrint softwar e. ■ Select your printer model ( Phaser 600 ) so that PhaserPrint can display the corr ect options for that printer .[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 334 Media siz e ■ Select a paper size fr om this pop-up menu. See P age siz e, print area, and margins for a list of media sizes. ■ Paper sizes ar e printer -specific. Select your printer in the Printer model field befor e selecting a paper size.[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 335 Color correction ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. ■ If Lab is the selected Mode in Photoshop, then the Color Corr ections are not available. ■ If RGB is the selected Mode in Photoshop, then the Calibrated RGB option is also available. NOTE Calibrated RGB and Lab modes take longer to print than other mode[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 336 Quality ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. ■ See Print quality modes for details on the following print quality modes: ■ Standar d ■ Enhanced[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 337 Fusing ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. ■ The Fusing options work on any media type. The default setting is Cold. ■ None: Prints may look lighter , with mor e white paper visible around the printed dots. The inks may be less durable if they ar e not fused. ■ Cold: Flattens the dots, adding dot gain, an[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 338 Adv ance media ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. ■ The Ad v ance Media feature is for use on r oll media only . The amount the media is advanced is measur ed in points; the default is 72 points (one inch). This option is not available if Hot Fusing is selected. ■ Never: Prints one page after another witho[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 339 Cut media ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. ■ This featur e is for use with roll media only . ■ Never: No cut is made after prints are finished. ■ After Each Job: The media is cut only after an entir e job is printed. ■ After Each P age: The media is cut after each page is printed. This is the defaul[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 340 P age rotation ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. ■ This option r otates the page, or image, on the media by the amount specified. ■ 90 Degrees: Rotates the image left, or counter -clockwise, by 90 degr ees. ■ 180 Degrees: Rotates the image left, or counter -clockwise, by 180 degr ees. The image is tur [...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 341 Render ing intent ■ This option is available in the following cases: ■ If the Mode in Photoshop is RGB , and you select Calibrated RGB as the Color Correction in PhaserPrint. ■ If the Mode in Photoshop is Lab . ■ Select fr om the options in the pop-up menu. See Using the color render ing intents for details on the f[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 342 Compress image data ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ Use this option to compr ess image data so less data needs to be sent to the printer . ■ This option is useful if your network connection is slow , for example, if you ar e connected to a ver y busy network or if you ar e using LocalT alk or a parallel por t. Fo[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 343 F ast pre view ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ This option pr oduces a quick print of your image with slightly reduced image quality . ■ This option r eflects the color correction you selected for printing your image. ■ For the fastest printing, use the None color correction option. ■ The default for this op[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 344 Manual f eed ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ Check this box on when you ar e using manually fed media. ■ This option uses the curr ent settings for Media size, Landscape orientation, and Quality . ■ The default is off . ■ This option must be r eselected each time you want to print on manually fed media.[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 345 Pr int pre vie w ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ The Print Pr eview option is available only with the printer’ s Extended Featur es. ■ This option lets you print a small “thumbnail” version of the first page of your print job. ■ The image is r educed by one-fifth in both height and width, or to B-size ([...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 346 ■ Once the pr eview image is printed, the front panel displays the Print Previe w message, with a choice of three buttons. Ther e is a default timeout of 15 minutes while the printer waits for you to pr ess one of the buttons. If the time runs out befor e a button is pressed, the job is cancelled and the printer is r etur[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 347 Mirror pr int ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ This option inver ts an image left-to-right befor e printing. ■ The default selection is off .[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 348 Center page ■ Check the box either on or off : ■ On: For r oll media, the page, or image, is centered on the media fr om side-to-side. For cut-sheet media, the image is center ed from side-to-side and fr om top-to-bottom. ■ Off: Uses the default setting in the printer , either None or a setting made with a PostScript [...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 349 No margins ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ Check this box on to specify zer o margins for the current page size. ■ Use this option with r oll media. ■ The default is off .[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 350 Image smoothing ■ Check the box either on or off . ■ The Image Smoothing option pr oduces smooth color detail when printing bitmapped images. ■ This option is useful when bitmapped images ar e enlarged to print on large media. ■ This option impr oves some low resolution images by averaging between the pixels. ■ Th[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 351 Color control str ip ■ Check this option either on or off to print a band of colors along the bottom edge of your prints. The default is off . ■ The colors ar e the printer’ s 8 primary and secondar y colors: cyan, magenta, yellow , black, red (magenta and yellow), gr een (cyan and yellow), blue (cyan and magenta), an[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 352 Styliz ed representation of the page ■ The ar ea in the lower left of the dialog box is a stylized repr esentation of the page as it would look when printed using the curr ent selections in the Scale to fit , Printer model , Media size , Landscape orientation , Replicate images , Center images , and Image separation opti[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 353 Scaling an image ■ Scale to fit ■ Click this check box to scale the image to the largest size that will fit the image ar ea of the currently selected page size or orientation. ■ This option automatically updates the value in the Scale field. ■ Scale ■ T ype in the per centage the image should be scaled, from 10[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 354 Landscape or ientation ■ Check this box to print the image horizontally (landscape) on the page. Leave this box unchecked to print the image ver tically (portrait) on the page. ■ Refer to the stylized r epresentation of the page, in the lower left corner of the dialog box, to see how your selection will look when printe[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 355 Center images ■ Check this box to center the image in the image ar ea of the page. ■ If this box is not checked, the lower left cor ner of the image is aligned with the lower left cor ner of the printable ar ea of the page. ■ If the Center images box is checked and the Replicate images box is checked, the set of r epl[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 356 Replicate images ■ Check this box to fill the image ar ea of the page with as many copies of the image as will fit. ■ The size of each r eplicated image is deter mined by the setting in the Scale text box. ■ If the size of each r eplicated image (shown as black rectangles in the stylized r epresentation of the page)[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 357 Image siz e ■ This field r eflects the dimensions, in inches or millimeters, of the image. ■ If the value in the Scale box is out-of-range, the image dimensions ar e displayed with question marks.[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 358 Image separation ■ This option is only available if the Replicate images box is checked. ■ T ype in an amount, in inches or millimeters, to specify the amount of separation between each r eplicated image. ■ A larger amount r educes the number of images that can be printed at one time. ■ The minimum allowed separatio[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 359 ■ As you type in a value, the stylized r epresentation of the page, and the Number of images and Image lay out values, are dynamically updated. If the value enter ed in the Ima g e separation field is out-of-range, the values in these other fields ar e replaced by question marks, and no images ar e shown in the stylized[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 360 Number of images ■ This field displays the number of scaled images that will fit in the image ar ea of the currently selected Media size and Landscape orientation options. ■ The Number of images reflects the curr ent Image separation value. ■ If the Replicate images box is not checked, this number is set to 1 . ■[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 361 Image la y out ■ This field shows how the scaled images will fit horizontally and ver tically in the image ar ea of the currently selected Media and Landscape orientation options. ■ The Image la yout r eflects the curr ent Ima ge separation value. ■ If the Replicate images box is not checked, this number is set to [...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 362 Media siz e ■ This field r eflects the dimensions, in inches or millimeters, of the selected media size.[...]

U SING THE PLUG - IN 363 Sho w color pre vie w of image ■ This option displays an appr oximate color image, rather than a black box, in the Stylized representation of the page field. ■ This option is set to off each time you start the PhaserPrint plug-in.[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING THE P HASER 600 GX D RIVER[...]

365 If you ar e using Apple Macintosh QuickDraw GX, use the Phaser 600 GX driver to print to your Phaser 600 printer . ■ The Phaser 600 GX driver works with QuickDraw GX and non-QuickDraw GX applications. ■ QuickDraw GX does not work with non-QuickDraw GX printer drivers. If you want to print fr om non-QuickDraw GX applications with a driver su[...]

366 Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ System requirements ■ Installing the Phaser 600 GX printer dr iv er ■ Creating a desktop printer ■ Setting up unique desktop printers ■ Printing with a desktop pr inter ■ Setting up a shared printer ■ Printing from QuickDra w GX applications ■ Printing from non-QuickDr a w [...]

S YSTEM REQUIREMENTS 367 System requirements NOTE Y ou must have an optional PhaserShar e card installed in the printer before using the installed software. The T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver r equires the following har dwar e and softwar e: ■ An Apple Macintosh II computer , or later ■ At least 8 Mbytes of RAM ■ QuickDraw GX[...]

I NSTALLING THE P HASER 600 GX PRINTER DRIVER 368 Installing the Phaser 600 GX pr inter dr iv er Use the installer application on the printer’ s CD-ROM to install the Phaser 600 GX printer driver . See Macintosh softw are for instructions. Then, go on to Creating a desktop printer for instructions on creating a desktop printer .[...]

C REATING A DESKTOP PRINTER 369 Creating a desktop pr inter QuickDraw GX r equires you to cr eate desktop printers for printing. Depending on the type of application you ar e using, printing is as easy as dragging a document onto a desktop printer icon. NOTE If you want to rename the printer listed in the Chooser , do so befor e creating any deskto[...]

C REATING A DESKTOP PRINTER 370 3 In the Connect via field’ s pop-up menu, select your printer’ s communication method: ■ The AppleT alk option is the standar d network connection. ■ The Servers option is used to select a shar ed desktop printer; see Setting up a shared pr inter for details. 4 Click on your Phaser 600 printer in the list o[...]

S ETTING UP UNIQUE DESKTOP PRINTERS 371 Setting up unique desktop pr inters Y ou can create mor e than one desktop printer of the same physical printer . Each desktop printer can be set up with dif ferent print modes or options and given a descriptive name. This featur e makes it easy to print to a specific printer with the options you want alr ea[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 372 Pr inting with a desktop pr inter If y ou are using QuickDra w GX applications, do one of the f ollowing: ■ Select any desktop printer in the Print dialog box. ■ Drag a document onto a desktop printer icon. The application corr esponding to the document opens, prints the document, and then quits. If y ou are[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 373 Using the Pr inting men u Most of the commands in the Printing menu are standar d QuickDraw GX driver commands, and ar e documented by Apple (see the Macintosh Guide on-line document for details). The last gr oup of commands in this menu are printer -specific.[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 374 Control pr inting Use the Start Print Queue and Stop Print Queue commands in the Printing menu to contr ol the print queues on individual desktop printers. 1 Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon. 2 Fr om the Printing menu, select either Start Print Queue or Stop Print Queue .[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 375 Designating a def ault desktop pr inter 1 Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon. 2 Fr om the Printing menu, select Set Default Printer . A check-mark appears next to the command, and a bold outline appears ar ound the desktop printer’ s icon.[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 376 Using pr inting e xtensions Use the Extension Setup command in the Printing menu to specify which thir d-par ty printing extensions you want enabled for the curr ently selected desktop printer . By default, all printing extensions are enabled. 1 Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon. 2 Select Extension Setup[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 377 Selecting pr inting options Use the Printer Driver Defaults command in the Printing menu to set default options for the selected desktop printer . This dialog box includes such options as the color corr ections and print quality modes. NOTE The printer defaults dialog box is also available through the Print comm[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 378 Phaser 600 Defaults Options Color Correction ■ None ■ Vivid Color ■ Simulate Display ■ SWOP Press ■ Euroscale Pr ess ■ Commercial Pr ess ■ SNAP Press ■ Monochrome ■ Use Printer Setting Print Quality ■ Standard ■ Enhanced Fusing ■ None ■ Cold ■ Hot Adv ance Media ■ Never ■ After Ea[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 379 Do wnloading pr inter utilities Use the Printer Utilities command in the Printing menu to download printer utility files to the selected desktop printer . This command cannot be used on a shared printer , except by the Macintosh hosting the shared printer . 1 Select (highlight) a desktop printer icon. 2 Select [...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 380 Pr inter utilities The following utilities can be downloaded to the printer with the Printer Utilities command fr om the Printing menu. ■ Print Star tup Page ■ Print Configuration Page ■ Print CMYK Sampler ■ Print RGB Sampler ■ Print HSB Sampler ■ Print Fonts Sampler ■ Print P ANTONE Sampler[...]

P RINTING WITH A DESKTOP PRINTER 381 Do wnload P ostScr ipt files Use the Send P ostScript File command in the Printing menu to download PostScript files to the selected desktop printer . For example, use this command to download the utility files included on the CD-ROM and diskettes shipped with the printer . This command cannot be used on a sh[...]

S ETTING UP A SHARED PRINTER 382 Setting up a shared pr inter Y ou can share a desktop printer in the same way you shar e files, folders, or volumes, with the Sharing command in the File menu. Both the host and client computers must have a copy of the same printer driver . 1 Cr eate a desktop printer; see Creating a desktop pr inter for instructio[...]

S ETTING UP A SHARED PRINTER 383 Using a shared pr inter If you want to use a printer hosted by another user’ s computer , do the following: 1 Open the Chooser fr om the Apple menu. 2 Click the Phaser 600 GX printer driver icon on the left side of the Chooser . 3 In the Connect via field’ s pop-up menu, select Servers. 4 The list of printers i[...]

P RINTING FROM Q UICK D RAW GX APPLICATIONS 384 Pr inting from Quic kDra w GX applications Use the following dialog boxes if you ar e using QuickDraw GX applications with the Phaser 600 GX driver . ■ Using the P age Setup dialog bo x ■ Using the Print dialog box[...]

P RINTING FROM Q UICK D RAW GX APPLICATIONS 385 Using the P age Setup dialog bo x Select P age Setup from the File menu, then click the More Choices button to see the expanded dialog box. ■ Row of icons: The scr ollable icon list on the left side of the dialog box shows the printing extensions that ar e available to the printer driver . When sele[...]

P RINTING FROM Q UICK D RAW GX APPLICATIONS 386 Using the Pr int dialog bo x Select Print fr om the File menu, then click the More Choices button to see the expanded dialog box. ■ Row of icons: The scr ollable icon list on the left side of the dialog box shows the printing extensions that ar e available to the printer driver . When selected, the [...]

P RINTING FROM Q UICK D RAW GX APPLICATIONS 387 Using the T ekColor pr inting e xtension In the Print dialog box, select the T ekColor icon in the scrollable list at the left of the dialog box to see printer options. NOTE This dialog box is similar to the one that appears when you select Printer Driver Defaults from the Printing menu; refer to Sele[...]

P RINTING FROM NON -Q UICK D RAW GX APPLICATIONS 388 Pr inting from non-Quic kDra w GX applications If you ar e using non-QuickDraw GX applications with the Phaser 600 GX driver , the P age Setup and Print dialog boxes look similar to the standard LaserW riter driver . However , these dialog boxes have no printer -specific options, such as T ekCol[...]

P RINTING FROM NON -Q UICK D RAW GX APPLICATIONS 389 Changing a desktop pr inter’ s def ault selections 1 Click to highlight the default desktop printer . 2 Fr om the Printing menu, select Printer Driver Defaults . 3 Make desir ed printer selections, then click OK and return to your application.[...]

V IEWING PRINTER STATUS 390 Vie wing pr inter status Once you send a print job to a desktop printer , you can monitor the status of the print job in the Printer Status dialog box. Ther e are two ways to open the Printer Status dialog box: ■ Select (highlight) the appr opriate desktop printer icon, then select Open fr om the File menu. ■ Double-[...]

D ISABLING Q UICK D RAW GX 391 Disab ling Quic kDra w GX Y ou may want to disable QuickDraw GX when printing from some non-QuickDraw GX applications so you can use a driver such as the LaserW riter 8.x driver . Ther e are two ways to disable QuickDraw GX: Method 1 1 Open the Extensions folder inside the System Folder . 2 Drag the Quic kDraw™ GX e[...]

D ISABLING Q UICK D RAW GX 392 Method 2 1 Select Extensions Manager in the Contr ol P anel . 2 Click to disable all QuickDraw GX entries, such as QuickDra w GX and Quic kDraw Helper . 3 Select Restart fr om the Special menu. Any desktop printers cr eated before you disabled QuickDraw GX will have an “ X ” drawn thr ough their icons. These deskt[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer P RINTING F ROM DOS[...]

394 Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Setting up por ts ■ Printing from DOS[...]

S ETTING UP PORTS 395 Setting up por ts Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Setting up the parallel por t ■ Setting up optional interf ace por ts[...]

S ETTING UP PORTS 396 Setting up the parallel por t If you ar e using the printer’ s parallel port, disable timeouts on your computer’ s parallel por t to make sur e that large files will print, even if data transmission is slow . Use the DOS MODE command to disable timeouts on your computer’ s parallel port. 1 T ype the following command at[...]

S ETTING UP PORTS 397 Setting up optional interf ace por ts For instructions on setting up any of the optional PhaserShar e inter face ports, refer to the PhaserShar e Network Cards and Softwar e System Administrator Manual.[...]

P RINTING FROM DOS 398 Pr inting from DOS Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Using color corrections ■ Using a T ektronix dr iv er ■ Using a non-T ektronix driver[...]

P RINTING FROM DOS 399 Using color corrections Driver -selectable T ekColor color correction featur es are available only though printer drivers such as the Adobe PS3 driver or the Windows 95 PostScript driver . Select color corr ections through the printer’ s front panel or with downloadable utility files.[...]

P RINTING FROM DOS 400 Using a T ektronix dr iv er Many DOS applications include printer drivers for T ektronix printers. Check the application you ar e using for a printer driver for a Phaser 600 printer . Install and use the driver accor ding to the application’ s documentation.[...]

P RINTING FROM DOS 401 Using a non-T ektronix dr iv er If the application you ar e using does not have a driver for a Phaser 600 printer , do one of the following: ■ Check to see if other T ektronix Phaser series printers ar e listed, and choose one of those. ■ If no T ektronix Phaser series printers ar e listed, you can use a generic color Pos[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer P RINTING FROM UNIX AND VMS W ORKSTATIONS[...]

O VERVIEW 403 Ov er vie w Y ou can send print files from your workstation to a Phaser 600 printer as you would to any PostScript printer , for example, an Apple LaserWriter . Workstation users can print fr om any application that generates PostScript Level 1 or Level 2 output. For mor e infor mation on printing fr om a workstation, r equest a docu[...]

O VERVIEW 404 T o use the T ekColor color corrections and other printer featur es, use one or more of the following methods: ■ PhaserPrint™ softwar e for UNIX workstations functions like a printer driver for selecting printing options, and pr ovides fast screen copy printing; see Pr inting from UNIX workstations . ■ PhaserSym softwar e and Ea[...]

P RINTING FROM UNIX WORKSTATIONS 405 Pr inting from UNIX workstations For UNIX envir onments, T ektronix of fers the optional PhaserPrint for UNIX software. PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e offers driver -selectable printer options, and pr ovides fast, raster file and scr een copy printing to T ektronix color printers. PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e[...]

P RINTING FROM UNIX WORKSTATIONS 406 PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e works with the workstation’ s native spooling system to print PostScript files and raster files in these for mats: Sun Raster Format (SRF), xwd , and SGI RGB. A demonstration copy of PhaserPrint for UNIX softwar e, along with an installation guide, is available on the printer?[...]

P RINTING FROM VMS WORKSTATIONS 407 Pr inting from VMS w or kstations For printing fr om VMS workstations, the optional PhaserSym™ utility functions as a driver for selecting printing options, and as a queue manager . PhaserSym software is compatible with DEC workstations running V AX/VMS version 5.0 and later . PhaserSym softwar e communicates o[...]

U SING THE PRINTER ’ S SOFTWARE 408 Using the pr inter’ s softw are For some printer featur es you can use the downloadable utility files available on the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM. Use the utility files to set up spool queues with printer featur es such as print quality and color corr ections. The utility files can also per form such t[...]

O BTAINING THE PC UTILITY FILES 409 Obtaining the PC utility files Ther e are several ways to access the utility files: ■ Using the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-R OM . ■ Downloading files from the T ektronix W or ld Wide W eb site . ■ Downloading files from the T ektronix ftp ser v er .[...]

O BTAINING THE PC UTILITY FILES 410 Using the Phaser 600 pr inter’ s CD-R OM Many workstations with newer operating systems can automatically mount a CD-ROM. Inser t the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive; the icon for the CD-ROM should be visible on the scr een. If you don’ t see an icon for the CD-ROM on the screen, you mus[...]

U SING THE UTILITY FILES 411 Using the utility files Y ou can use the printer’ s utility files to per form the following procedur es. Download these files to the printer as you would any PostScript files. ■ Print quality modes ■ Color corrections ■ Printing the Color Sampler Char ts ■ Printing a font sampler from a PC ■ Using a P os[...]

U SING THE UTILITY FILES 412 ■ Changing the printer's name ■ Enab ling and disab ling front panel menus ■ Resetting the printer ■ Enab ling and disab ling job pipelining ■ Configuring a pr inter’ s serial por t ■ F or matting a SCSI hard disk ■ Initializing a f or matted SCSI hard disk ■ Enab ling and disab ling SysStar t Jo[...]

U SING THE UTILITY FILES 413 ■ Cut Media ■ Fusing Mode / Media Fusing ■ Mirror Print ■ P age Rotation ■ Image Smoothing ■ Using the color rendering intents[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 414 Mounting the PC/DOS disk ette on a workstation Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ SGI IRIX v ersions 4.0.x and 5 ■ Sun running Solar is 2.3 ■ Sun running SunOS 4.1.3[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 415 SGI IRIX v ersions 4.0.x and 5 PC/DOS-for matted diskettes can be easily mounted in the SGI envir onment. For mor e infor mation, print out the appr opriate man pages on your system. IRIX version 4.0.x uses the msdosd daemon to mount a floppy diskette. IRIX version 5 uses the mediad daemon to moun[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 416 mediad The mediad daemon monitors the r emovable media devices on a system. When a diskette is inser ted, it is mounted if it makes sense for that media type and if ther e is a valid file system on it.[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 417 Sun r unning Solaris 2.3 PC/DOS-for matted diskettes can be mounted in two ways in the Solaris envir onment, either automatically or manually . For more information, print out the appr opriate man pages on your system. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ A utomatic disk ette m[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 418 A utomatic disk ette mounting instructions If the volume manager is running, the PC/DOS diskette will be mounted automatically when the diskette is inser ted in the disk drive. T o see if the volume manager is running, type the following command: ps -ef | grep vold T o see a list of the diskette’[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 419 Manual disk ette mounting instr uctions If the volume manager is not running, you can manually mount the PC diskette. Y ou must have r oot privileges to use the mount command. T ype the following command: mount -F pcfs device-special directory-name For example: mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /floppy O[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 420 Sun r unning SunOS 4.1.3 Y ou must have root privileges to use the mount command. T ype the following command: mount -r -t pcfs device-name mount-point For example: mount -r -t pcfs /dev/fd0c /mnt Y ou can then copy the files to your hard disk or extract the file unix.tar , as described in Extr a[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 421 Extracting files from unix.tar The file unix.tar contains all the shell scripts and other files needed for network configuration in UNIX envir onments. The file is in UNIX tar for mat. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Listing the contents of unix.tar ■ Extracting the[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 422 Listing the contents of unix.tar T ype this command: tar tvf directory-name /unix.tar Wher e dir ector y-name is the mount point or the dir ector y that contains the file. For example: tar tvf /mnt/unix.tar[...]

M OUNTING THE PC/DOS DISKETTE ON A WORKSTATION 423 Extracting the files 1 Change ( cd ) to the dir ector y on your workstation where you want the files to r eside. 2 T ype this command: tar xvf / directory-name /unix.tar Wher e dir ector y-name is the mount point or the dir ector y that contains the file. For example: tar xvf /mnt/unix.tar[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING P RINTER U TILITIES[...]

425 In addition to using the printer’ s fr ont panel or the options in a suppor ted driver , the printer’ s utility files of fer another method for changing the way the printer operates. In some cases, a selection can only be made with a utility file. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Installing the utility files ■ [...]

I NSTALLING THE UTILITY FILES 426 Installing the utility files Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Installing the Macintosh utility files from the printer’ s CD-R OM ■ Installing the PC utility files ■ Downloading files from the T ektronix W or ld Wide W eb site ■ Downloading files from the T ektronix ftp ser v er[...]

I NSTALLING THE UTILITY FILES 427 Installing the Macintosh utility files from the pr inter’ s CD-R OM 1 Inser t the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM into your computer’ s CD-ROM drive. 2 Double-click the Phaser 600 Installer icon. Click Contin ue until the Easy Install window appears. 3 Select Custom Install from the pull-down menu. 4 Select one[...]

I NSTALLING THE UTILITY FILES 428 Installing the PC utility files The utility files ar e available on the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM and diskette. 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . 2 Locate the files in the PHSR6[...]

I NSTALLING THE UTILITY FILES 429 Do wnloading files from the T ektronix W or ld Wide W eb site T ektronix has a site on the W orld Wide Web (WWW). Y ou can reach the site fr om a WWW br owser at the following address: http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/ At the T ektronix Color Printer home page, explor e options such as customer suppor t documents[...]

I NSTALLING THE UTILITY FILES 430 Do wnloading files from the T ektronix ftp ser v er The utility files included on the printer’ s CD-ROM let you set up the printer fr om UNIX and VMS workstations to select between print quality modes, color corr ection modes and other featur es. If you don’t have the means to transfer these files fr om the [...]

I NSTALLING THE UTILITY FILES 431 2 T ype anonymous and press the Return key . The system r esponds: Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. 3 Enter your e-mail addr ess and press the Return key . 4 Change dir ectories to your printer -specific directory: cd Color_Printers/UNIX/ <Tektronix printer> /utilities 5 T o dow[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 432 Do wnloading files to the pr inter Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Downloading files from a Macintosh ■ Downloading files from a PC[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 433 Do wnloading files from a Macintosh All of the PostScript utility files on the printer’ s CD-ROM can be downloaded to the printer with the LaserW riter Utility . Also, if you ar e using QuickDraw GX, you can download printer utilities from the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver . Click on the following[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 434 Using the LaserWr iter Utility to do wnload files The LaserW riter Utility is an Apple utility pr ogram you use on the Macintosh to send PostScript files and fonts to the printer . The LaserW riter Utility version 7.7 is compatible with Apple System Softwar e versions 7.0 and later . It is also compatible wit[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 435 1 See Installing the Macintosh utility files from the printer’ s CD-R OM to install the printer’ s softwar e. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double-click its icon to star t the application. 4 Select Do [...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 436 Using the LaserWr iter Utility to perf or m other tasks In addition to downloading PostScript files and fonts, you can use the LaserW riter Utility to per form the following specialized tasks: ■ Enab ling and disab ling the star tup page ■ Changing the printer's name[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 437 Do wnloading files from the Phaser 600 GX dr iv er If you ar e using QuickDraw GX, you can use the Phaser 600 GX driver to download utility files to the printer . Use the Send P ostScript File command in the Printing menu to download PostScript files to the selected desktop printer . This command cannot be u[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 438 Do wnloading files from a PC T o use the printer’ s utility files, send or download them to the printer from the communications por t your printer is connected to. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Downloading files from Windows 3.1 ■ Downloading files from Windows 95 ■ Downloa[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 439 Do wnloading files from Windo ws 3.1 Y ou can use the Copy command in the Windows File Manager to download PostScript files to the printer . 1 See Installing the PC utility fi les to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 Select the utility file you want to send to the printer , for example RESET .PS . 3[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 440 Do wnloading files from Windo ws 95 Use the DOS COPY command to send the desir ed file to the printer . T o find the DOS pr ompt, follow this procedur e: 1 Click Start in the taskbar on your scr een. 2 In the menu that appears select Pr ograms . 3 Select MS-DOS Pr ompt fr om the list. See Installing the util[...]

D OWNLOADING FILES TO THE PRINTER 441 Do wnloading files from DOS Y ou can use the DOS COPY command to download PostScript files to the printer . See Installing the utility fi les to locate the printer’ s utility files. Use the DOS COPY command to send the desir ed file to the printer . For example, to r eset the printer you would send the R[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ' S NAME 442 Changing the pr inter's name This pr ocedure lets you change the printer's name. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Changing the printer’ s name from a Macintosh ■ Changing the printer's name from a PC[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ' S NAME 443 Changing the pr inter’ s name from a Macintosh The printer’ s name has the following characteristics: ■ Is printed on the star tup and configuration pages. ■ Is used by AppleT alk to identify the printer . ■ Appears in the Chooser . ■ Can be up to 31 characters long, and may contain any printable[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ' S NAME 444 NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX, r emove any desktop printer icons that refer to the old printer name and make new desktop printers after changing the printer’ s name. 1 Follow the instructions in Installing the Macintosh utility fi les from the printer’ s CD-R OM to install the printer’ s softwar e[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ' S NAME 445 Changing the pr inter's name from a PC Y ou can change the printer’ s AppleT alk name from a PC. The printer’ s name has the following characteristics: ■ Is printed on the star tup and configuration pages. ■ Is used by AppleT alk to identify the printer . ■ Can be up to 31 characters long, and[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ' S NAME 446 1 See Installing the utility files to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 V iew the PRNTNAME.PS file in a text editor . 3 Edit the file to substitute a dif ferent printer name for (My Printer Name) in the /PrinterName line. NOTE Some text editors add a carriage return or line feed after the last Cont[...]

R ESETTING THE PRINTER 447 Resetting the pr inter The Reset Printer ( RESET .PS ) file r esets the printer to its power -on conditions ( not its factor y default conditions), without turning the printer’ s power switch off and on. The power -on conditions include any custom changes made to the printer that are stor ed in the printer’ s NVRAM, [...]

R ESETTING THE PRINTER 448 Resetting the pr inter from a Macintosh NOTE Do not use the Restart Printer command in the LaserWriter Utility’ s Utilities menu. Follow this procedur e to reset the printer using the LaserWriter Utility to download the Reset Printer utility file. 1 Follow the instructions in Installing the Macintosh utility fi les fr[...]

R ESETTING THE PRINTER 449 NOTE The process of r esetting the printer takes a few minutes to complete. Y ou will receive a message on your screen indicating the connection has been interrupted during the reset. The connection is r e-established after the reset, so you can ignor e this message; click the Continue button. 6 At the pr ompt Save PostSc[...]

R ESETTING THE PRINTER 450 Resetting the pr inter from a PC 1 See Installing the utility files to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 Use one of the following methods to send the RESET .PS file to the printer: ■ PC users : Use the DOS COPY command to send the file to the printer . (Windows 3.1 users can also use the Copy command in the F[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 451 Using the color render ing intents The color r endering intents are designed for use with images containing colors specified in the PostScript Level 2 inter national color standar d, CIE XYZ, which was developed by the Commission Inter nationale de l’Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination). Des[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 452 Render ing Intent Absolute For jobs in which the most impor tant consideration is matching colors exactly to the computer’ s scr een colors . This absolute r endering repr oduces all colors exactly: the white in an image prints exactly as it appears on the computer scr een; in other wor ds, if the “white?[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 453 Render ing Intent Relativ e For jobs in which the most impor tant consideration is matching colors exactly to the computer’ s scr een colors . This r elative rendering does not print the white ar eas in an image; rather , it uses the white of the paper .[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 454 Render ing Intent Satur ation Use this option for business graphics wher e the saturation, or brightness, of the colors is the most impor tant consideration.[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 455 Render ing Intent P erceptual Use this option to impr ove the appearance of scanned images.[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 456 Selecting Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ F rom the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop ■ F rom a do wnloadab le utility file[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 457 F rom the PhaserPr int plug-in f or Photoshop If you ar e using Photoshop, you can use the PhaserPrint plug-in to select color r endering intents. See Using the PhaserPr int™ Plug-in f or Photoshop for instructions.[...]

U SING THE COLOR RENDERING INTENTS 458 F rom a downloadab le utility file Use the following downloadable utility files to set the printer’ s default color r endering intent. These files r emain in the printer’ s memory only while the printer is tur ned on. If the printer is tur ned of f or reset, the default r etur ns to Rendering Intent Rel[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING JOB PIPELINING 459 Enab ling and disab ling job pipelining The job pipelining utility files of fer faster print job throughput for high volume printing envir onments. When job pipelining is tur ned on, the printer begins pr ocessing a second print job before completely finishing the curr ent print job. Job pipelining is tu[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING JOB PIPELINING 460 Enab le/disable job pipelining from a Macintosh 1 Follow the instructions in Installing the Macintosh utility fi les from the printer’ s CD-R OM to install the printer’ s softwar e. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your [...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING JOB PIPELINING 461 6 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in the edit box or type in a new name. 7 Click Sa ve to send the file to the printer . 8 If no output is r etur ned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a d[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING JOB PIPELINING 462 Enab le/disable job pipelining from a PC 1 See Installing the utility files to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 Select one of the following files: ■ Use the PIPE_ON.PS file to tur n on print job pipelining. ■ Use the PIPE_OFF .PS file to tur n of f print job pipelining. 3 Use one of the fo[...]

M ODIFYING THE A DVANCE M EDIA DEFAULT 463 Modifying the Adv ance Media def ault The amount the media is advanced is measur ed in points; the default is 72 points (one inch). Y ou can use the Advance Media ( ADVMEDIA.PS ) file to change the default advance distance. The new default value r emains in the printer’ s memory even between printer pow[...]

M ODIFYING THE A DVANCE M EDIA DEFAULT 464 Modifying Adv ance Media from a Macintosh 1 Follow the instructions in Installing the Macintosh utility fi les from the printer’ s CD-R OM to install the printer’ s softwar e. 2 Open the Advance Media utility file in a text editor as plain text, and locate the following line: /MyAdvanceDistance 72 de[...]

M ODIFYING THE A DVANCE M EDIA DEFAULT 465 8 Select the Advance Media utility file you just modified in the list then click Open . (This file was installed in the Printer Utilities folder , inside the PhaserT ools folder .) 9 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the defaul[...]

M ODIFYING THE A DVANCE M EDIA DEFAULT 466 Modifying Adv ance Media from a PC 1 See Installing the utility files to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 Open the ADVMEDIA.PS utility file in a text editor as plain text, and locate the following line: /MyAdvanceDistance 72 def 3 Replace 72 with the distance you want, measur ed in points. 4 Sav[...]

S ETTING PAGE OFFSET 467 Setting page offset Y ou can use the Page Of fset XY ( OFFSETXY .PS ) file to change the default width (X) and length (Y) axes on r oll media. The printer’ s default is 0 (zer o). The new default value r emains in the printer’ s memory even between printer power cycles. NOTE T urning on the Page Centering option overri[...]

S ETTING PAGE OFFSET 468 Setting page offset from a Macintosh 1 Follow the instructions in Installing the Macintosh utility fi les from the printer’ s CD-R OM to install the printer’ s softwar e. 2 Open the Page Of fset XY utility file in a text editor as plain text, and locate the following lines: /MyXOffset 0 def /MyYOffset 0 def 3 Replace [...]

S ETTING PAGE OFFSET 469 8 Select the Page Of fset XY utility file you just modified in the list then click Open . (This file was installed in the Printer Utilities folder , inside the PhaserT ools folder .) 9 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in [...]

S ETTING PAGE OFFSET 470 Setting page offset from a PC 1 See Installing the utility files to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 Open the OFFSETXY .PS utility file in a text editor as plain text, and locate the following lines: /MyXOffset 0 def /MyYOffset 0 def 3 Replace 0 with the amount you want, wher e X is the wide axis of the paper , a[...]

A DDING C ONTROL -D CHARACTERS TO PC FILES 471 Adding Control-D characters to PC files The ADDCTRLD.BA T and CTRLD.PS files ar e included for users who want to write their own PostScript files. See Installing the utility fi les to locate the printer’ s utility files. NOTE If your computer is connected to the printer through the parallel port[...]

A DDING C ONTROL -D CHARACTERS TO PC FILES 472 ADDCTRLD .BA T ADDCTRLD.BA T is a batch file that adds a Contr ol-D to the beginning and the end of a file. Use this file if you ar e creating your own PostScript files. T o use ADDCTRLD.BA T , copy ADDCTRLD.BA T and CTRLD.PS to the same dir ector y on your har d disk. T ype the following command: [...]

C ONFIGURING A PRINTER ’ S SERIAL PORT 473 Configur ing a pr inter’ s serial por t If your printer has the optional serial por t installed, you can configur e the por t using the DEVP ARAM.PS file or by using fr ont panel selections. NOTE T o modify the DEVP ARAM.PS file, you should be familiar with the PostScript setdevparams command. Y ou[...]

C ONFIGURING A PRINTER ’ S SERIAL PORT 474 The following example sets these parameters: ■ Flow contr ol to Xon/Xof f ■ Parity to none ■ Data bits to 8 ■ Stop bits to 2 ■ Baud rate to 9600 In this example, the changes ar e persistent across jobs and acr oss printer power cycles; they r emain in effect until you change them again. (%Seria[...]

C ONFIGURING A PRINTER ’ S SERIAL PORT 475 1 See Installing the utility files to locate the printer’ s utility files. 2 V iew the DEVP ARAM.PS file in a text editor and substitute the values you want to use for the curr ent values. The possible values for each parameter are listed in the P ar ameter v alues table; the values are case-sensiti[...]

C ONFIGURING A PRINTER ’ S SERIAL PORT 476 P ar ameter v alues P arameter key Allowed values T ype P arameter key Allo wed values T ype FlowControl XonXoff (software) Dtr (hardwar e) string CheckParity true false boolean Parity Even Odd None Space string On true false boolean DataBits 7 8 integer Interpreter PostScript string StopBits 1 2 integer[...]

O THER UTILITIES 477 Other utilities Ther e are other printer utility files available on the printer’ s CD-ROM and diskettes that ar e not described in this section. Refer to the following table for infor mation on other printer featur es with their accompanying utility file names, then use the instructions in Do wnloading files to the pr inte[...]

O THER UTILITIES 478 Image Smoothing ■ Image Smoothing Off ■ Image Smoothing On ■ SMOTHOFF .PS ■ SMOOTHON.PS Cut Media ■ Cut Media After Each Job ■ Cut Media After Each Page ■ Cut Media Never ■ Cut Media Now ■ CUTJOB.PS ■ CUTP AGE.PS ■ CUTNEVER.PS ■ CUTNOW .PS Fusing Mode / Media Fusing ■ Fusing Cold ■ Fusing Hot ■ Fus[...]

O THER UTILITIES 479 The f ollo wing utility files are descr ibed in other locations: ■ Using a P ostScript error handler ■ Printing the star tup page ■ Printing the configuration page ■ F or matting a SCSI hard disk ■ Initializing a f or matted SCSI hard disk ■ Enab ling and disab ling front panel menus ■ Enab ling and disab ling S[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING SCSI H ARD D ISKS[...]

481 Y ou can add a SCSI (Small Computer System Inter face) hard disk to your printer to stor e optional fonts. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ SCSI peripheral de vices ■ Selecting a SCSI hard disk ■ Ordering information ■ Connecting a SCSI hard disk ■ F or matting a SCSI hard disk ■ Initializing a f or matted SCS[...]

SCSI PERIPHERAL DEVICES 482 SCSI per ipheral de vices The SCSI por t is used for connecting these optional peripheral devices: ■ Phaser Copystation T o set up the Phaser Copystation and to connect it to your printer , r efer to Chapter 2 of the Phaser Copystation User Manual . Refer to Phaser Cop ystation for ordering information. ■ Exter nal S[...]

S ELECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 483 Selecting a SCSI hard disk NOTE For additional information on SCSI hard disks, request a document catalog fr om HAL or EuroHAL, the T ektronix automated fax systems. Refer to Using the automated f ax systems for instructions on using HAL. F or f ont storage The Phaser 600 printer can use most SCSI har d disks that su[...]

O RDERING INFORMATION 484 Order ing inf or mation See SCSI hard disk for information on ordering a SCSI har d disk, cables, and ter minators. See Order ing Interf ace cab les and adapters for information on ordering SCSI cables.[...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 485 Connecting a SCSI hard disk Y ou can connect one or more SCSI external hard disks to the printer for additional font storage. When you download a font to an exter nal disk, the font r emains there until you r emove it. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Required items ■ Impor tant guidelines[...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 486 Required items T o connect an exter nal disk, you need the following items: ■ A SCSI peripheral cable for each disk. The printer uses a SCSI-2, 50-pin connector . See Order ing Interface cab les and adapters if you need a 50-pin connector . ■ One SCSI cable ter minator , unless one of your disks has an inter nal[...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 487 Impor tant guidelines When connecting a har d disk to the printer , follow these guidelines: ■ The printer can suppor t up to six external disks, or four disks and one Copystation. ■ Y ou must tur n on the disk(s) befor e you tur n on the printer . W ait at least one minute after tur ning on the disk(s) befor e [...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 488 ■ Phaser Copystation: ■ If you have a Phaser Copystation connected to the printer , it must be located at one end of the SCSI chain, with the printer at the other end and the exter nal disk(s) in the middle. ■ The Copystation uses two SCSI ID addr esses, 5 and 6 ; therefor e, the exter nal disk(s) can use ID n[...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 489 ■ Format and initialize: ■ Unless the disk is alr eady for matted for operation with a PostScript printer , you have to for mat and initialize the disk after connecting it to the printer . ■ Refer to F or matting a SCSI hard disk and Initializing a f or matted SCSI hard disk after connecting a har d disk.[...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 490 Connecting one disk C AUTI ON T o avoid damaging components, tur n off the printer , any exter nal disks, and a CopyStation if you have one, before you connect or disconnect a SCSI cable. T urn on the disk, and CopyStation if you have one connected, before you turn on the printer . 1 SCSI por t 2 Exter nal disk SCSI[...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 491 Connecting multiple disks C AUTI ON T o avoid damaging components, tur n off the printer and external disk before you connect or disconnect a SCSI cable. T urn on the disks before you turn on the printer . The printer can suppor t up to six external disks. When you have more than one disk connected to the printer , [...]

C ONNECTING A SCSI HARD DISK 492 1 SCSI por t 2 Exter nal disks 3 T er minator (not r equired if the end disk has a built-in ter minator if you have a Phaser Copystation connected at the other end of the chain). The middle disk must not have an inter nal terminator). 9480-139 SCSI Disk Parallel Service only Status 1  SCSI 23 SCSI[...]

F ORMATTING A SCSI HARD DISK 493 F or matting a SCSI hard disk C AUTI ON The following procedur e erases all data from all SCSI har d disks connected to the printer . Disconnect fr om the printer any hard disk you do not want reformatted, for example, a disk containing fonts. This pr ocedure formats and initializes all SCSI hard disks connected to [...]

F ORMATTING A SCSI HARD DISK 494 C AUTI ON Once you start the for matting procedur e, there is no way to cancel the formatting process. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Macintosh users ■ PC and workstation users[...]

F ORMATTING A SCSI HARD DISK 495 Macintosh users 1 Refer to Macintosh softw are for instructions on installing the printer’ s files. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double–click its icon to start the application. 4 Choose Do wnload P ostScri[...]

F ORMATTING A SCSI HARD DISK 496 PC and workstation users 1 Refer to PC/Windo ws software for instructions on installing the printer’ s utility files. 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the PHSR TOOL dir ector y cr eated on your hard disk by the installer application. 3 Use one of the following methods to send the FRMTDIS[...]

I NITIALIZING A FORMATTED SCSI HARD DISK 497 Initializing a f or matted SCSI hard disk Some har d disks are formatted at the factor y; check the documentation that came with your har d disk to see if the disk needs for matting. If your SCSI har d disk is for matted, it only needs to be initialized. Use this pr ocedure to initialize the har d disk. [...]

I NITIALIZING A FORMATTED SCSI HARD DISK 498 Macintosh users 1 Refer to Macintosh softw are for instructions on installing the printer’ s files. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double–click its icon to start the application. 4 Choose Do wnlo[...]

I NITIALIZING A FORMATTED SCSI HARD DISK 499 PC and workstation users 1 Refer to PC/Windo ws software for instructions on installing the printer’ s utility files. 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the PHSR TOOL dir ector y cr eated on your hard disk by the installer application. 3 Use one of the following methods to send[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING S YS S TART J OB EXECUTION 500 Enab ling and disab ling SysStar t Job e x ecution The Set SysStar t Job ( SYST ART .PS ) file enables automatic execution of a file named SysStar t (if one is found) on a har d disk connected to the printer’ s SCSI por t, each time the printer is tur ned on or r eset. The SysStar t job is [...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING S YS S TART J OB EXECUTION 501 Macintosh users 1 Refer to Macintosh softw are for instructions on installing the printer’ s utility files. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double–click its icon to start the application[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING S YS S TART J OB EXECUTION 502 5 Select one of the following files fr om the list, then click Open . (These files wer e installed in the Printer Utilities folder inside the PhaserT ools folder .) ■ Use the Set SysStar t Job file to enable automatic execution of the SysStar t job. ■ Use the No SysStar t Job file to di[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING S YS S TART J OB EXECUTION 503 PC and workstation users 1 Refer to PC/Windo ws software for instructions on installing the printer’ s utility files. 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the PHSR TOOL dir ector y cr eated on your hard disk by the installer application. 3 Select one of the following ?[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING S YS S TART J OB EXECUTION 504 F ront panel Y ou can also control SysStart Job execution from the printer’ s fr ont panel. 1 Locate the SCSI Startup Mode option in the Printer Defaults menu. See Using the F ront P anel for instructions on using the printer’ s fr ont panel. 2 Select either On or Off .[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING THE P RINTER ’ S P ARALLEL P ORT[...]

O VERVIEW 506 Ov er vie w The printer has an asynchr onous parallel por t that lets you interface with PCs. The parallel por t supports uni-directional (default) and bi-dir ectional communications. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Disab ling timeouts ■ Bi-directional status repor ting ■ P arallel por t pin signals[...]

D ISABLING TIMEOUTS 507 Disab ling timeouts When you use the parallel por t, be sur e to type this command in DOS at the PC (if LPT1 is not available, use LPT2) to disable timeouts. In Windows, connect to LPT1.DOS. MODE LPT1:,,P[...]

B I - DIRECTIONAL STATUS REPORTING 508 Bi-directional status repor ting For bi-dir ectional communications, the parallel por t supports two modes: Compatibility Mode and Nibble Mode. The interpr etation of inter face signals depends on the curr ent mode. Compatibility Mode provides host-to-printer communication in a manner compatible with a uni-dir[...]

B I - DIRECTIONAL STATUS REPORTING 509 NOTE The printer is shipped with the uni-directional mode enabled. 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . 2 Locate the fil[...]

P ARALLEL PORT PIN SIGNALS 510 P arallel por t pin signals This table shows the parallel por t’ s connected pins; other pins ar e not connected. P arallel por t signals Pin Signal mode names: Compatibility/Nibble Return pin Signal source Description 1 Busy/PtrBusy 19 Printer ■ C mode: Positive true = not ready for data ■ N mode: Data bits 3 t[...]

P ARALLEL PORT PIN SIGNALS 511 6 Data 1 24 Host ■ C mode: Positive true data input ■ N mode: Not used 7 Data 2 25 Host ■ C mode: Positive true data input ■ N mode: Not used 8 Data 3 26 Host ■ C mode: Positive true data input ■ N mode: Not used 9 Data 4 27 Host ■ C mode: Positive true data input ■ N mode: Not used 10 Data 5 28 Host ?[...]

P ARALLEL PORT PIN SIGNALS 512 15 nStrobe/HostClk 33 Host ■ C mode: Negative true = transfer data into printer input latch on rising edge ■ N mode: Negative true = transfer Extensibility Request value into printer input latch on rising edge 16 nSelectIn/1284 Active 34 Host ■ C mode: Negative true = select printer ■ N mode: Used in conjuncti[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING D IFFERENT P RINTER L ANGUAGE M ODES[...]

514 The pr inter recogniz es the f ollo wing pr inter or page-descr iption languages: ■ PostScript ■ HP-GL (Hewlett-Packar d’ s Graphics Language) PC and workstation users who want to use applications that output data in these dif ferent language modes, must first set up a printer port to receive data in a par ticular language.[...]

515 Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Installing the files ■ Setting P ostScript and HP-GL job and wait timeouts ■ Changing the printer’ s language mode ■ T esting printer language mode changes ■ Setting def ault HP-GL pen colors[...]

I NSTALLING THE FILES 516 Installing the files The utility files ar e available on the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM and diskette. 1 Refer to PC/Windo ws software for instructions on installing the printer’ s utility files. 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the PHSR TOOL dir ector y cr eated on your hard disk by the i[...]

S ETTING P OST S CRIPT AND HP-GL JOB AND WAIT TIMEOUTS 517 Setting P ostScr ipt and HP-GL job and w ait timeouts NOTE The HP-GL job timeout is the same as the PostScript job timeout. The following timeouts can be set in the printer: ■ The wait timeout is the amount of time in seconds that the printer waits for data to come fr om the computer duri[...]

S ETTING P OST S CRIPT AND HP-GL JOB AND WAIT TIMEOUTS 518 Y ou can use the CONFIG.PS file to change the PostScript and HP-GL job and wait timeout values. When sent to the printer , your edited version of the CONFIG.PS file changes the values in the printer , but only while the printer is tur ned on; if the printer is tur ned of f or reset the va[...]

S ETTING P OST S CRIPT AND HP-GL JOB AND WAIT TIMEOUTS 519 The default v alues f or the printer are as f ollows: ■ 0 seconds for the job timeout ■ 40 seconds for the wait timeout ■ 60 seconds for the manual feed timeout. ■ A timeout value of 0 indicates no timeout; the printer waits indefinitely . In the following example, the timeouts ar [...]

S ETTING P OST S CRIPT AND HP-GL JOB AND WAIT TIMEOUTS 520 4 T o change CONFIG.PS to specify dif ferent timeouts, substitute new values for the following lines. NOTE For timeout problems in Windows, also incr ease the Windows W aitTimeOut to 999. See Fixing timeout prob lems in Windows for instructions. Time out P ermitted timeout values Suggested [...]

S ETTING P OST S CRIPT AND HP-GL JOB AND WAIT TIMEOUTS 521 5 Use one of the following methods to send the CONFIG.PS file to the printer: ■ PC users : Use the DOS COPY command to send the file to the printer . (Windows 3.1 users can also use the Copy command in the File Manager .) ■ W orkstation users: Send the file to the printer as you woul[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ’ S LANGUAGE MODE 522 Changing the pr inter’ s language mode The Phaser 600 printer suppor ts the following printer languages: ■ PostScript Level 1 and Level 2 ■ HP-GL (Hewlett-Packar d Graphics Language) In the factor y default configuration, the printer expects to r eceive PostScript data on all por ts. If you want [...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ’ S LANGUAGE MODE 523 NOTE The following files affect printer operation. If the printer is shar ed on a network, using these files may affect the prints r equested from other users. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Printing P ostScr ipt files ■ Printing HP-GL files ■ Enab ling automatic langu[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ’ S LANGUAGE MODE 524 Pr inting P ostScript files Use the PSCRIPT .PS file to change a printer’ s port to accept only PostScript data. After you copy this file to a por t, the printer expects PostScript files on that port. The por t’ s language change is persistent acr oss print jobs and across printer power cycles. [...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ’ S LANGUAGE MODE 525 Pr inting HP-GL files Use the HPGL.PS file to change a printer’ s port to accept only HP-GL data. After you copy this file to a por t, the printer expects HP-GL files on that port. The por t’ s language change is persistent acr oss print jobs and across printer power cycles. T o use, send the HP[...]

C HANGING THE PRINTER ’ S LANGUAGE MODE 526 Enab ling automatic language selection Use the AIS.PS file to change a por t to automatic language selection. After you copy this file to a por t, the printer accepts PostScript or HP-GL files on that port. The por t’ s language change is persistent acr oss print jobs and across printer power cycle[...]

T ESTING PRINTER LANGUAGE MODE CHANGES 527 T esting pr inter language mode changes Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ T esting HP-GL mode ■ T esting P ostScript mode[...]

T ESTING PRINTER LANGUAGE MODE CHANGES 528 T esting HP-GL mode HPGL TEST .PL T is an HP-GL file that prints a single line of text if the printer is operating in HP-GL mode. Send the HPGL TEST .PL T file to the printer after you send the HPGL.PS or AIS.PS file , to make sur e the language change was made correctly . 1 Locate the utility files on[...]

T ESTING PRINTER LANGUAGE MODE CHANGES 529 T esting P ostScr ipt mode PSTEST .PS is a PostScript file that prints a single line of text if the printer is operating in PostScript mode. Send the PSTEST .PS file to the printer after you send the PSCRIPT .PS or AIS.PS file , to make sur e the language change was made correctly . 1 Locate the utility[...]

S ETTING DEFAULT HP-GL PEN COLORS 530 Setting def ault HP-GL pen colors Use the HPGLPENS.PS file to change the color and width of the default pen colors. The HP 7475A plotter actually has only six pens, but the printer's emulation suppor ts up to 256 pens. HP-GL pen settings cannot be made persistent acr oss printer power cycles; pen settings[...]

S ETTING DEFAULT HP-GL PEN COLORS 531 In the HPGLPENS.PS file, pen number , pen width, red value, gr een value, and blue value ar e listed in parentheses after /ColorSetup, as shown below: /ColorSetup (pen_number width red_value green_value blue_value...) In the following example, all pen widths ar e set to 0.35 millimeters. Pen 0 is white (this i[...]

S ETTING DEFAULT HP-GL PEN COLORS 532 Allowable values for pen numbers ar e 0 thr ough 255 . Pen width is measur ed in millimeters. Red, gr een, and blue values can be any number between 0.0 and 1.0 . The following table shows the r ed, green, and blue combinations for each of the eight basic colors. P en color number Color Red value Green value Bl[...]

S ETTING DEFAULT HP-GL PEN COLORS 533 T o ad d a new pen, you m ust redefine pens 0 through 7 fir st, then add the new pens y ou want. T o set pen widths and colors to values other than those in the HPGLPENS.PS file, follow these steps: 1 Configur e the printer’ s port to receive PostScript; see Pr inting P ostScr ipt files for instructions.[...]

S ETTING DEFAULT HP-GL PEN COLORS 534 4 Edit the file and substitute the values you want for those in the file. Color values can be any decimal number between 0.0 and 1.0 . For example, to change pen 4 to a purple color and a width of .5 mm, edit the HPGLPENS.PS file and change the line for pen number 4 to the following: 4 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 5 When[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer C ARING FOR Y OUR P RINTER[...]

536 Ov er vie w Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation on cleaning pr ocedur es: ■ Cleaning hints ■ Quic k cleaning ■ Occasional cleaning ■ Emptying the waste bin ■ Repac king and moving the printer[...]

C LEANING HINTS 537 Cleaning hints T o ensure the best print quality and the most r eliable printer operation, follow these simple guidelines: ■ Use only T ektronix ColorStix ® ink sticks specifically made for the Phaser 600 printer . ■ Never load br oken ink sticks into the printer . ■ Keep the ink sticks pr otected from dirt, dust, and br[...]

C LEANING HINTS 538 ■ Power can r emain ON while cleaning. ■ Make sur e that you use isopropyl alcohol that is at least 90% pure (99% yields the best r esults). ■ The Cleaning Kit that is shipped with the printer includes the following items: 1 Cleaning tool 2 Foam cleaning swabs 3 Lint-fr ee cleaning cloths 4 Empty bottle for isopr opyl alco[...]

Q UICK CLEANING 539 Quic k cleaning As a general rule, you will get the best r esults from your printer if you perfor m these quick cleaning pr ocedures once a week or accor ding to how much media you have used. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ F eed rollers and paper guides ■ T ranspor t rollers ■ Drum[...]

Q UICK CLEANING 540 F eed rollers and paper guides Clean the feed r ollers and paper guides after ever y 80 E-size (34 x 44 in.) sheets of media (appr oximately 100 m/300 ft. of 36-inch wide roll media). NOTE If any paper is currently loaded, r emove it and set it aside. 1 T o open the top cover , lift the latch that is on the upper right side of t[...]

Q UICK CLEANING 541 3 Wipe each of the feed r ollers. Using your hand, r otate each roller to clean its entir e sur face. 4 Wipe each of the paper guides gently . C AUTI ON If you press too har d on the paper guides, they can become detached; to avoid this, use your free hand to support the guide as you clean it with the other . If a guide dies bec[...]

Q UICK CLEANING 542 T ranspor t rollers Clean the transpor t r ollers after ever y 80 E-size (34 x 44 in.) sheets of media (appr oximately 100 m/300 ft. of 36-inch wide roll media) or if you observe vertical of fset in your prints. Remo ving the media roll 1 Lift the top cover latch (on the upper right side of the printer). 2 Open the paper r oll c[...]

Q UICK CLEANING 543 Cleaning the transpor t rollers 1 T o open the exit cover , push the latch ( a , on the lower right side of the printer) DO WN , while holding the exit cover handle ( b ); slowly r otate the cover down. WA RNING When lowering the exit cover , be car eful not to pinch your hand between the paper roll cover and the exit cover 2 Us[...]

Q UICK CLEANING 544 Dr um Clean the drum after ever y 80 E-size (34 x 44 in.) sheets of media, which is appr oximately 100 m/300 ft. of 36-inch wide roll media (two media r olls). 1 Using a large, lint-fr ee cloth soaked with isopr opyl alcohol (or a pr e-soaked alcohol cloth), wipe the entir e length of the drum to r emove any dust or wax r esidue[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 545 Occasional cleaning Per form these occasional cleaning procedur es when you notice a problem with the print quality or media feed r eliability . Each procedur e indicates a general guideline. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Bac k tension b lade and paper clamp ■ Clamp rollers ■ Fuser shuttle an[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 546 Bac k tension blade and paper clamp ■ Clean the back tension blade when you notice ink on the leading margin of the print. ■ Clean the paper clamp when the printer experiences fr equent media jams. Remo ving the media roll 1 Lift the top cover latch (on the upper right side of the printer). 2 Open the paper r oll cover [...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 547 Setting the front panel f or cleaning access 1 On the printer’ s fr ont panel, press the Menu button; the printer displays this message: Help Pages <---- ----> Menu 2 Pr ess the arrow button ( ---> ) until you see this message: Utilities <---- ----> Menu 3 Pr ess the Menu button; the printer displays this m[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 548 Cleaning the bac k tension blade WA RNING The back tension blade, the steel belt behind it, and the paper clamp are very sharp. T o avoid personal injur y , make sur e that you use the cleaning tool and keep your hands away from the blade and belt. NOTE For better visibility , you can pull the printer away from the wall and[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 549 3 If you ar e using a dr y cloth, moisten it with 90% pur e isopr opyl alcohol. 4 Pull forwar d on the back tension blade’ s handle and hold it in that position; this lifts the blade away fr om the drum. 5 Use your fingers to hold the cloth against the tool. Position the tool under the blade; it notches onto the blade to[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 550 Cleaning the paper clamp C AUTI ON Make sure that you have set the printer’ s fr ont panel to Clean Paper Clamp ( Setting the front panel f or cleaning access ); this allows easy access to the parts of the printer that need to be cleaned.[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 551 1 Using a lint-fr ee cloth that has been moistened with 90% pur e isopropyl alcohol and inser ted into the cleaning tool (see Cleaning the paper clamp ), place the “V” opening of the tool over the paper clamp. 2 Clean the clamp by wiping back and for th 3-4 times with gentle pr essure. Clean a small section at a time an[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 552 Clamp rollers The clamp r ollers are located behind the drum. Clean them when you notice ink of fsetting or ink smears on your prints. 1 Use a foam swab fr om the cleaning kit that has been moistened with 90% pur e isopr opyl alcohol. 2 C lean the sur face of the r oller by rubbing it with the swab. 3 Rotate the drum away f[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 553 Fuser shuttle and e xit rollers When you notice ink of fsetting (most often occurring when fusing is tur ned on), or ink smears (most often occurring when fusing is tur ned of f) on your prints, you can do the following: ■ Clean the fuser shuttle and fuser wheel. ■ Replace the fuser components. ■ Clean the exit r olle[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 554 Setting the front panel NOTE Make sure that the media r oll is not loaded and the printer’ s front panel displays Ready . 1 On the printer’ s fr ont panel, press the Menu button; the printer displays this message: Help Pages <---- ----> Menu 2 Pr ess the arrow button ( ---> ) until you see this message: Utiliti[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 555 4 Pr ess the arrow button until you see this message: Change Fuser or Cutter <---- ----> Select Pr ess the Select button. The fuser shuttle moves to the far right side of the printer and the fr ont panel displays this message: Open Exit Cover Refer to Exposing the fuser shuttle for instructions.[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 556 Exposing the fuser shuttle NOTE If you have not already r emoved the media roll, do it now . 1 T o open the exit cover , push the latch ( a , on the lower right side of the printer) DO WN , while holding the exit cover handle ( b ); slowly r otate the cover down. The fuser shuttle ( c ) is visible on the far right, inside t[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 557 Remo ving the fuser components NOTE Y ou must r emove the fuser wheel before the foam oiler wheel. 1 Remove the fuser wheel (and media suppor t) by lifting it out of the printer . 2 Remove the foam oiler wheel. Be car eful not to squeeze the foam; it is filled with oil and the oil might drip. 9480-31.CD 9480-25.CD[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 558 3 Remove the cutter: WA RNING The cutter blade is sharp. T o avoid injury , always handle it by its shaft or yellow protective cover . a Slide the lever on the cutter to unlock it. b Lift the cutter out of the printer . 4 If you ar e replacing the fuser components, dispose of the old components as nor mal of fice waste. 94[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 559 Cleaning the fuser shuttle 1 If you have a small vacuum or air canister , use it to remove the paper dust. 2 Clean the belt (near the foam oiler wheel) with a dr y , lint-fr ee cloth. 3 If you notice ink in the fuser shuttle ar ea, wipe it with a foam swab that has been moistened with 90% isopr opyl alcohol. C AUTI ON Be ca[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 560 4 If you ar e not r eplacing the fuser wheel, wipe it with an alcohol- moistened lint-fr ee cloth. 9480-45[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 561 Cleaning the e xit rollers Clean the exit r ollers whenever you clean the fuser shuttle or r eplace its components. Using an alcohol-moistened lint-fr ee cloth, clean these par ts: a Wipe the metal exit r oller thoroughly to r emove any paper dust build-up; tur n the r oller to clean its entire surface. b Wipe the metal fus[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 562 Inser ting the fuser components Whether you ar e inser ting new components or r e-inser ting the existing ones, follow these steps: 1 Inser t the cutter blade into its slot on the fuser shuttle, making sur e that the exposed blade is facing up, as shown. 2 Make sur e that the cutter is seated in the slots on the fuser; secu[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 563 3 Holding the foam oiler wheel by its shaft, inser t it into its slot on the fuser shuttle. Be car eful not to squeeze the foam; it is filled with oil and the oil might drip. 4 Inser t the fuser wheel (and the media suppor t): a Hook the pr ongs of the media suppor t onto the cutter’ s shaft. b Lower the fuser wheel into[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 564 5 Make sur e the fuser shuttle is pushed to the far right or left, then close the exit cover . If it is open, close the top cover and press down on the latch. When the printer war ms up, the fr ont panel displays Ready . 6 Reinstall the media r oll and close the paper roll cover .[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 565 Ink loader Clean the ink loader if you notice these symptoms: ■ Ink sticks do not fall when the slider(s) ar e pulled back. ■ Sliders do not move easily (sticking). ■ Ink loader jams. Follow these steps to clean the ink loader: 1 Open ink loader cover . 2 Remove any ink sticks that ar e still in the ink loader . Use a[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 566 3 Inser t an alcohol-moistened swab into each opening and wipe back and for th to r emove any ink residue. 4 Clean the bottom opening for each color . a Using an alcohol swab, wipe all par ts of the belt that ar e accessible. b Wipe the opening ar ound the belt that may have ink build-up. 9480-62 3 9480-32[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 567 5 After cleaning the ink loader , reload the ink sticks and close the cover .[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 568 Cleaning the pr inthead If your prints have missing dots or a missing horizontal line, clean the printhead, using the fr ont panel menu function: 1 Pr ess the Menu button on the fr ont panel. 2 Pr ess an arrow button ( ---> ) until the front panel displays this message: Utilities <--- ---> Menu 3 Pr ess the Menu bu[...]

O CCASIONAL CLEANING 569 6 Pr ess an arrow button until you see this message: Test Print <--- ---> Print 7 Pr ess the Print button; the T est Print demonstrates the condition of the printhead jets. If this does not clear the pr oblem, tur n the printer of f for two hours. When you turn the printer on again, print the T est Print from the Util[...]

E MPTYING THE WASTE BIN 570 Emptying the w aste bin The waste bin r emains locked in place until it needs emptying. There ar e two conditions when you should empty the waste bin: ■ F ront panel displa ys Empty W aste Bin ■ Bef ore moving the printer : When you prepar e the printer for shipment or move the printer a long distance, in which case [...]

E MPTYING THE WASTE BIN 571 F ront panel displa ys Empty Waste Bin NOTE The waste bin is locked during normal operation. Do not pull the bin out unless the front panel message is displayed. 1 Remove the waste bin by sliding it out. Y ou may have to tug gently on the waste bin to r emove it. 2 Empty the contents of the waste bin by gently twisting i[...]

E MPTYING THE WASTE BIN 572 Bef ore mo ving the pr inter The printer locks the waste bin in place until it needs emptying. However , you can use the Utilities menu to unlock the waste bin so that you can empty it befor e the fr ont panel message prompts you to do so. 1 When the printer is on and the Ready message appears in the front panel, access [...]

E MPTYING THE WASTE BIN 573 6 Pr ess the button on the front panel until the Ready message appears in the display . 7 T ur n off the printer . Refer to Repac king and moving the printer for information on how to pr epare the printer for shipment or a long move.[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 574 Repac king and mo ving the pr inter Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Bef ore you begin ■ Cab les and media ■ Ink loader ■ Clean-up ■ Repac k the printer[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 575 Bef ore y ou begin 1 Empty the waste bin (r efer to the instructions on Bef ore moving the printer ); then tur n the printer of f. 2 Let the printer cool down for 15 minutes befor e you move it so that the ink has time to solidify .[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 576 Cab les and media 1 Remove the power cor d and any network cables. 2 Open the top cover and paper r oll cover; rewind the media onto the r oll and r emove the roll. 3 Remove the paper r oll from the holder and r epack the paper roll in its original shipping box. 4 Re-inser t the empty paper r oll holder into th[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 577 Ink loader 1 Open the ink loader cover and r emove any unused ink sticks. Y ou can use tweezers to r emove any ink sticks that you cannot remove with your hands. 2 Use an alcohol swab to clean inside the ink loader (see Ink loader ). 3 Detach the ink loader fr om the printer and repack it in its original shippi[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 578 Clean-up 1 Use a lint-fr ee cloth to wipe off any dirt, dust, or oil in and on the printer . 2 Repack any other accessories in the original T ektronix shipping box(es). If you do not have the original T ektronix shipping boxes, contact T ektronix for a r epackaging kit.[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 579 Repac k the pr inter 1 Re-inser t these shipping r estraints: a T ransit restraint for the printhead. b Shipping blocks for the fuser . c Shipping block for the top cover latch. 2 Close all doors and secur e them with adhesive tape. 3 Retract the leveling legs under the printer; this allows clearance for the pr[...]

R EPACKING AND MOVING THE PRINTER 580 WA RNING Because of its size and weight, always use two people to move the printer off or onto the ramps. Failure to do so may injur e a person or damage the printer . 7 Secur e the printer to the pallet with the original packing materials. 8 Repack the printer in the original T ektronix shipping box. If you ne[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer T ROUBLESHOOTING[...]

581 If y ou need help If you need assistance, contact your local T ektronix dealer or sales r epresentative or any of these listed r esources: T ype of ser vice How to access Details Product Support Hotline 1-800-835-6100 US & Canada Monday through Friday 6:00 am to 5:00 pm PST Printer service 1-800-835-6100 US 1-800-563-1289 Canada Outside US [...]

582 HAL automated fax system (503) 682-7450 direct outside US and Canada 24 hours/day , 7 days/week 1-800-835-6100 toll-free f or US and Canada 24 hours/day , 7 days/week EuroHAL Refer to Using the automated f ax systems . 24 hours/day , 7 days/week T ype of ser vice How to access Details[...]

583 Do wnloading files from the T ektronix Color Pr inter Inf or mation Ser v er Unix and VMS workstation utility files included with the printer on a PC diskette let you set up the printer to select between media trays, print quality modes, color corr ection modes and other features. If you don’ t have the means of transferring these files fr[...]

584 T o receive the list of information available on the server , type the following at the Subject prompt: send index T o examine the full index for any librar y , type: send index from library-name T o request a single file fr om a directory , type: send filename from library-name T o deter mine file size, type: send list of filename from libra[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 585 Using the automated f ax systems As an alter native to using the Customer Support Hotline, and to provide up-to-date infor mation quickly , T ektronix has set up HAL and Eur oHAL, two interactive, automated fax systems. These automated fax systems pr ovide Macintosh, PC, and workstation users with the latest tec[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 586 Use HAL in the U .S.A. and Canada If you have a fax machine and a touch-tone voice telephone, you can or der a HAL catalog listing all of the infor mation of fered by HAL. NOTE Before or dering documents from HAL, or der a catalog listing the numbers of available documents. Y ou may want to r eplace your catalog[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 587 4 Follow thr ough the voice-prompted (English) menu. 5 Or der individual documents by entering the desired document’ s number as listed in the HAL catalog. Enter the number by using your telephone’ s keypad. 6 Y ou can order up to thr ee documents per call. 7 The HAL catalog or documents you r equest are fax[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 588 Use EuroHAL in Europe Eur oHAL includes many documents, some in English and some in other European languages. If a local version of the document you want is available, Eur oHAL will send it in your language. Otherwise, it will send English documents. If you have a tone-dial telephone and a fax machine, you can u[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 589 1 T o use EuroHAL, dial one of the numbers listed in the following table. Country Numbers Austria 00 44 1908 681 839 Belgium Denmark Finland Italy Norway Switzerland France 05 90 81 86 Germany 0130 819 220 Holland 09 44 1908 681 839 Spain 07 44 1908 681 839 Sweden 0 09 44 1908 681 839 UK 01908 681 839 Other coun[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 590 2 Eur oHAL answers and asks which language you want to use. For English Press 1 For Fr ench Press 2 For Ger man Press 3 3 The first time you use Eur oHAL, you should order a catalog. The catalog lists all of the available documents and is continuously updated.[...]

U SING THE AUTOMATED FAX SYSTEMS 591 4 Eur oHAL asks you for your fax machine number . If you are calling fr om outside the UK, add your countr y code first, as shown in the following table. Country Country code Y our area code and fax number Press # when finished Austria 00 43 area code fax number # Belgium 00 32 area code fax number # Denmark 0[...]

F RONT PANEL MESSAGES 592 F ront panel messages The fr ont panel displays messages indicating the condition of the printer . Some messages, such as Standby and Warming Up , simply pr ovide status infor mation. These messages do not r equire user action. Err or messages, such as Close Exit Cover , requir e you to per for m some action. Use the follo[...]

F RONT PANEL MESSAGES 593 Front panel messa g es Message Action Ready No user action requir ed. The printer is ready to print. Cleaning... No user action requir ed. The printer is running an automatic cleaning operation (approximately 5 minutes). Feeding... No user action requir ed. Loading.../Unloading... No user action requir ed. Cutting... No us[...]

F RONT PANEL MESSAGES 594 Close Top Cover Close the top cover; you may need to fully open and then close the cover and its latch. Close Exit Cover Close the exit cover . Close Ink Loader Close the cover on the ink loader . Lock Top Cover Make sure that the latch on the top cover is locked. Empty Waste Bin Remove, empty , and r einser t the waste bi[...]

F RONT PANEL MESSAGES 595 Initializing... No user action requir ed. W ait for a period of time (up to approximately 10 minutes). Clear Fuser Jam Clear Exit Jam Clear Entrance Jam Clear Internal Jam 1. Cut the media, if roll media is loaded. 2. Open the top cover and use a pen to move the printhead to the right side. 3. Open the exit cover and move [...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 596 Symptoms and solutions Diagnostic tools The Phaser 600 printer pr ovides several tools for diagnosing and solving various types of pr oblems; these tools include the following: ■ T roub leshooting quic k reference table describes printing pr oblems by symptom, then lists the possible causes and solutions. ■ Phaser 60[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 597 Maintaining pr int quality If you notice a pr oblem with the quality of your prints (such as ink smears, streaks, or of f-set ink dots), the probable solution is cleaning one of the printer’ s components (drum, exit r ollers, paper clamp rollers, paper clamp, back tension blade, fuser , etc.). ■ Clean the printer r e[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 598 T roub leshooting quick reference Symptom P ossible Causes Solution P ower indicator is blinking The printer is receiving, processing or printing a job. W ait for the job to be completed or cancel the job. Y ou have enter ed the menu in the front panel. Exit the menu. P ower indicator is of f The printer is not r eady , [...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 599 The front panel menu exits and returns to Ready without anyone pressing the button. Front panel timeout: if no activity occurs in 5 minutes, the front panel r etur ns to Ready . Press Men u to enter the front panel menu. Front panel r epor ts: Clear <Location> Jam Media jam. Remove the jammed media. See Clear ing a[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 600 If y ou can’t make a print Symptom Solution Printer not operating Make sure that you plugged in the printer and turned it on. Make sure that you connected the interface cable(s) properly . Make a test print from the fr ont panel to verify that the controller boar d is functional. V erify that your computer can communic[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 601 Printer not operating (cont’d.) V erify that your printer can communicate: If y ou have a PC T ype this DOS command: echo %! > port echo showpage [Ctrl-D] > port Where [CTRL-D] indicates pressing the D key while holding down the CTRL key . Substitute the name of the printer port (for example COM1 : , COM2 : , LPT[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 602 Printer not printing, even though you’ve configured a supported driver for your printer . General things to try ■ Print a differ ent file. ■ Print from a dif ferent application. ■ Use a differ ent driver . ■ Print from a dif ferent computer . ■ Use differ ent cabling. If y ou can’t make a print (cont'[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 603 Printer not printing, even though you’ve configured a supported driver for your printer (cont’d.) Macintosh users ■ Open the Chooser and select a supported driver , such as the LaserWriter 8.x, and your printer . If the driver isn’t installed or pr operly set up with your printer , refer to Macintosh softw are f[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 604 Printer not printing, even though you’ve configured a supported driver for your printer (cont’d.) Windows user s (g eneral) ■ Check to make sure that you have conf igured the communications ports and the Handshake option correctly . Refer to Pr inting the configuration page for helpful information. ■ Make sure [...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 605 Printer not printing, even though you’ve configured a supported driver for your printer (cont’d.) Windows 95 user s ■ Make sure that your printer is connected to the port you selected in the driver’ s Details tab. ■ T ry resetting the T ransmission Retry timeout option in the driver’ s Details tab to 950 sec[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 606 Printer not printing, even though you’ve configured a supported driver for your printer (cont’d.). Using the PS Error Handler Follow these steps to use the PostScript Error Handler , after tr ying the previous suggestions: 1. Set the PS Error Handler to on in the front panel’ s Printer Defaults menu. 2. Use the er[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 607 If you can’t print from Windows to an LPT port (cont’d.) Windows 95 1. Select Start in the taskbar on your screen. 2. In the menu that appears, select Settings . 3. In the next menu, select Printer s ; the Printers window appears. 4. Click on your printer’ s icon and select Pr oper ties from the File menu. 5. Click[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 608 If you can’t print from Windows to an LPT port (cont’d.) Check the printer’ s language mode 1. Print a copy of the printer’ s configuration page to see the language mode on each port. Refer to Pr inting the configuration page . 2. If the printer port you are using has the wrong language set for the type of appl[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 609 Printer doesn’t appear in the Chooser (Macintosh) T ry another network connection. T ry printing from another computer . Make sure that the printer is turned on and the cables are corr ectly attached. Check the termination (refer to the documentation for your network adapter or connector for information on ter mination[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 610 Print job does not finish (the printer times out) If you are using the serial or parallel port from a PC, make sur e that you used the MODE command to set the PC’ s communication parameters. For example: MODE LPT1:,,P > NUL MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P The P parameter in these commands sets the port timeout to Infinite [...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 611 Media prob lems Symptom Solution Frequent media jams Make sure that the fixed end of the paper r oll holder (the side without the removable plastic nut) is installed at the side closest to the fr ont panel. Make sure that the media is installed so that it loads over the top of the r oll, as shown. Make sure that the lea[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 612 Frequent media jams (cont’d.) When you feed the media into the printer , do the following: ■ Align the media with the guide on the printer , so that it feeds evenly and straight. ■ As you feed the media into the printer , insert it until it stops against the feed rollers, making sur e it touches all rollers at once[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 613 Media skews Make sur e that the fixed end of the paper roll holder (the side without the removable plastic nut) is installed at the side closest to the fr ont panel. Make sure that the media is installed so that it loads over the top of the r oll. Refer to the drawing on the previous page. Make sure that the media is fe[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 614 Media wrinkling Check media thickness; media that is too thin will wrinkle. Reduce the image so that ink placement and fusing complete at least 25 mm (1 inch) from the trailing edge of the media. Media prob lems (cont'd.) Symptom Solution 9480-82 25.4 mm (1 in.)[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 615 Prob lems with image siz e and position Symptom Solution Cut-off images Check your application for image sizing. Make sure that you ar e using a printer PPD file and have selected the correct page size. If you select the incorr ect page size, the image may be cut off. Make sure that the media selected in the driver is t[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 616 Print quality prob lems Symptom Solution Off-set ink dots Clean or replace the fuser wheel. T o save your print, as well as the cost and time of having to resend the job: ■ If the ink dots appear in the white space on your print, use an eraser to carefully r emove the ink. Prints have dull, faded colors Check the selec[...]

S YMPTOMS AND SOLUTIONS 617 Black-and-white prints instead of color If you ha ve a Macintosh Make sure that you ar e using the correct PPD file with the latest Apple LaserWriter printer driver (version 6.0.7 or higher), which supports color PostScript. Make sure that Color/Grayscale is selected in the Print dialog box. Some applications requir e s[...]

P RINTING HINTS 618 Pr inting hints Application hints For infor mation about using specific softwar e applications with your printer , contact T ektronix’ HAL or Eur oHAL infor mation systems. In the U.S., call 1-800-835-6100 or (503) 682-7450 ; for EuroHAL telephone numbers, r efer to If y ou need help . For a complete listing of available topi[...]

P RINTING HINTS 619 Getting the largest pr inted picture T o get the largest printed picture, keep in mind the following: ■ The ar ea of media that the printer prints on is smaller than the size of the media (r efer to Margins and pr int area for more details). Y ou may have to adjust the margins in your application softwar e. ■ The largest pr [...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 620 Impro ving pr int speed Ther e are dif ferent ways to impr ove print speed, such as by upgrading to EtherT alk on a Macintosh, to Novell on a PC, or to TCP/IP on a workstation. For mor e infor mation, r equest a document catalog from HAL or Eur oHAL, the T ektronix automated fax systems. Refer to If y ou need help for ins[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 621 Relativ e por t speed Ether net and T oken Ring are the fastest ports, followed by the parallel por t, the LocalT alk por t, then the serial por t.[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 622 F astest pr int time The total print time depends on the following: ■ Image complexity ■ Image size ■ T ype of port used and network traffic ■ Printer’ s memory configuration ■ Print quality mode ■ Fusing mode ■ If Image Smoothing is activated ■ Number of non-r esident fonts used[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 623 Of these elements, only the time contributed by the printer’ s paper -marking speed (the time it takes the printer to put the ink on the paper once it has r eceived the pr ocessed image) is predictable; the others can vary greatly depending on your system configuration and the type of image you ar e printing. However ,[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 624 Pr inting bitmapped images If you tried to print a document with bitmapped images, but ar e dissatisfied with the speed of the output, her e are some suggestions. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ All users ■ Macintosh users ■ Windows 3.1 users (using the T ektronix driver) ■ Windows 95 user[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 625 All users ■ When you use any color corr ection option (other than None ), your printer can take longer to pr ocess bitmapped images. Select color corrections fr om the suppor ted drivers, with downloadable utility files, or fr om the printer’ s fr ont panel; see Color corrections for instructions. ■ The Standar d p[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 626 Macintosh users ■ If you ar e using Adobe Photoshop, you can print using the T ektronix PhaserPrint plug-in to impr ove the image data transfer time from your Macintosh to the printer . For instructions on installing and using the plug-in, r efer to Using the PhaserPr int™ Plug-in f or Photoshop and World Wide W eb to[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 627 Windo ws 3.1 users (using the T ektronix dr iv er) 1 Fr om the Contr ol Panel , double-click Printer s . 2 Select the T ektr onix Phaser 600 printer in the Printer s dialog box. 3 Disable Use Print Manager in the Printers dialog box. Printing via the Print Manager is slower , but tur ning it off ties up the PC longer . 4 [...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 628 Windo ws 95 users 1 Click the Start icon in the taskbar on your screen; a menu appears. 2 Move the cursor over Settings ; another menu appears. 3 In the menu, click Printer s ; the Printers window appears. 4 In the Printer s window , select the Phaser 600 printer icon, then select Pr oper ties fr om the File menu. 5 Click[...]

I MPROVING PRINT SPEED 629 UNIX workstation users W orkstation users can use the PhaserPrint software for UNIX to incr ease printer per formance when printing bitmapped images. Refer to Pr inting from UNIX workstations for details.[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 630 P ostScr ipt pr inting errors NOTE For information on specific applications, request a document catalog from HAL or EuroHAL, the T ektronix automated fax systems. Refer to If y ou need help for instructions on using these systems. If your printer r epor ts a PostScript err or when printing fr om Adobe PageMaker , [...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 631 1 Y ou should always use the most current printer description file. T o deter mine the date of the file you ar e using, do the following: ■ Macintosh users: Select (highlight) a printer description file and choose Get Info fr om the File menu. Make a note of the version date. ■ Windows 3.1 user s: Check a pr[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 632 Using a P ostScr ipt error handler The err or handling utility , enabled in the Printer Defaults menu of the printer’ s front panel, is useful for diagnosing pr oblems when a job doesn’t print. It pr ovides a PostScript err or -handling function to help deter mine the cause of some PostScript printing pr oblems[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 633 Using the error handler from the front panel 1 In the printer’ s fr ont panel, press the Menu button. 2 Pr ess the right or left arrow button until the fr ont panel displays this message: Printer Defaults <--- ---> Menu 3 Pr ess Menu . 4 Pr ess the left arrow button; this message appears: PS Error Handler &[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 634 6 Pr ess an arrow button. The fr ont panel displays this message; PS Error Handler: On <--- ---> Select 7 Pr ess Select . 8 Pr ess the button until the front panel r eads Ready . After tur ning on the err or handler , r esend the print job; the printer produces an err or page[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 635 Using the Macintosh error handler utility file NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX and System Softwar e 7.5, you can download printer utilities from the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver; r efer to Do wnloading printer utilities or World Wide W eb topics for instructions. 1 Follow the instructions in Macintos[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 636 6 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in the edit box or type a new name. Click Sa ve to send the file to the printer . 7 If no output is r etur ned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a dialog box; cli[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 637 Using the PC and workstation error handler utility file 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the utility files fr om either the Phaser 600 CD-ROM or the Printer Softwar e for Windows diskette. 2 Locate the installed files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the PHSR TOOL dir ector y on[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 638 Fixing timeout prob lems in Windo ws T r y one of the following procedur es to correct Windows timeout pr oblems. If a Windows pr ocedure doesn’ t work for you, tr y the DOS pr ocedure. Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ F rom Windows 3.1 ■ F rom Windo ws 95 ■ F rom DOS (and Windo ws 3.[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 639 F rom Windows 3.1 1 Open the Contr ol Panel fr om the Main menu. 2 Double-click the Printer s icon to open the Printer s dialog box. 3 Click the Connect button to open the Connect dialog box. 4 Incr ease the T ransmission Retry to 950 seconds by typing in the new number . 5 Click OK .[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 640 F rom Windows 95 1 Click the Start icon in the taskbar on your screen; a menu appears. 2 Move the cursor over Settings ; another menu appears. 3 In the menu, click Printer s ; the Printers window appears. 4 In the Printer s window , select the Phaser 600 printer icon, then select Pr oper ties fr om the File menu. 5[...]

P OST S CRIPT PRINTING ERRORS 641 F rom DOS (and Windows 3.1) NOTE T o use this procedur e, the printer must be connected directly to your computer , not on a network. 1 At the DOS pr ompt, issue the DOS MODE command by typing the following: MODE LPT1:,,P 2 Star t Windows 3.1. 3 Open the Contr ol Panel fr om the Main menu. 4 Double-click the Printe[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 642 Pr inted colors are not what y ou e xpected In general ■ Select another Color Correction option in a supported driver and print your image again; r efer to Color corrections for mor e infor mation on color corr ection. ■ If you ar e not using a suppor ted driver and ar e sharing the printer with oth[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 643 ■ If you use the driver’ s Use Printer Setting option and printed colors are not what you expected, check the following: ■ A selection may have been made in the T ekColor Correction menu on the printer’ s fr ont panel. These settings change the printer’ s color corr ection setting. ■ A color[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 644 Pr inting P ANT ONE Colors If Phaser 600 printer -specific P ANTONE Colors are not printing as expected, Make sur e that you are printing without any color corr ections selected. Refer to Using P ANT ONE® Color Files for mor e infor mation. If you have questions about P ANTONE Color Matching, r efer t[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 645 Blue colors look too pur ple If printed blue colors look too purple, print your document with the Vivid Color color corr ection. Refer to Color corrections and Deciding which color correction to use for instructions and mor e infor mation.[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 646 Using the T ektronix halftone screens T ektronix halftone scr eens are designed for T ektronix printers, and impr ove print quality over application-set halftone scr eens. The Setscr een Off (SCRENOFF .PS) utility file r edefines some PostScript operators, such as the setscr een , setcolorscr een and [...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 647 Using the Macintosh Setscreen utility file NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX and System Softwar e 7.5, you can download printer utilities from the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX printer driver; r efer to Do wnloading printer utilities or the World Wide W eb for instructions. 1 Follow the instructions in Mac[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 648 5 Select one of the following files fr om the list, then click Open . (These files wer e installed in the Phaser 600 Utilities folder , inside the PhaserT ools folder .) ■ Select Setscr een On to enable setscr een operations. ■ Select Setscr een Off to disable setscr een operations. 6 At the pr om[...]

P RINTED COLORS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED 649 Using the PC/workstation Setscreen utility file 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the utility files fr om either the Phaser 600 CD-ROM or the Printer Softwar e for Windows diskette. 2 Locate the installed files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the PHSR TOOL dir ector [...]

S ELECTING PAGE SIZES IN W INDOWS APPLICATIONS 650 Selecting page siz es in Windows applications In some Windows applications, you can select printer page sizes in a Print Setup dialog box accessed fr om the File menu. If you use a Print Setup dialog box to select the Phaser 600 printer fr om your application, some page sizes may not be visible in [...]

S ELECTING PAGE SIZES IN W INDOWS APPLICATIONS 651 Windo ws 3.1 1 Fr om the Main window , open the Contr ol Panel and double-click the Printers icon. 2 In the Printer s dialog box, select Phaser 600 in the list of printers. 3 Click the Setup button. 4 In the Setup dialog box, select the page size you want and click OK . 5 Retur n to your applicatio[...]

S ELECTING PAGE SIZES IN W INDOWS APPLICATIONS 652 Windo ws 95 1 Click the Start icon in the taskbar on your screen; a menu appears. 2 Move the cursor over Settings ; another menu appears. 3 In the menu, click Printer s ; the Printers window appears. 4 In the Printer s window , select the Phaser 600 printer icon, then select Pr oper ties fr om the [...]

F ONTS PRINTING INCORRECTLY FROM W INDOWS 653 F onts pr inting incorrectly from Windo ws If fonts ar e printing incorrectly fr om Windows, make sure that you installed the corr ect printer with the suppor ted driver . ■ If you have the standar d printer configuration, you should have installed T ektronix Phaser 600 . ■ If you have the printer?[...]

F ONTS PRINTING INCORRECTLY FROM W INDOWS 654 Getting pr inter configur ation inf or mation If you ar e not sure which printer configuration you have, pr ess and hold down the button on the printer’ s fr ont panel for configuration and amount of memor y . Printer infor mation appears on the lower line of the display . ■ For standar d config[...]

S HARING THE PRINTER ON A NETWORK 655 Shar ing the pr inter on a network Dr iv er , utility files, and front panel inter actions If your Phaser 600 printer is shar ed by other users on a network, you can affect prints made by other users when you use the downloadable utility files or the printer’ s fr ont panel to change the printer’ s defaul[...]

S HARING THE PRINTER ON A NETWORK 656 ■ When you print fr om a suppor ted driver with the Use Printer Setting option, your images ar e printed with one of the following selections: ■ A color corr ection utility file, if one has been downloaded to the printer . ■ The selection on the printer’ s fr ont panel TekColor Corrections menu. ■ Wh[...]

S HARING THE PRINTER ON A NETWORK 657 If the LaserWr iter Utility does not w or k (AppleT alk) The LaserW riter Utility cannot be used if the printer is connected to a print server . See your system administrator to temporarily r emove the printer from the print server to download any of the PostScript utility files.[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 658 Media hints and tips ■ Make sur e that the media is dust-free. Dust and dirt can result in poor print quality . ■ Handle media with both hands at the edges to avoid cr eases and fingerprints. ■ Stor e media in the original, dust-free package in the same envir onmental conditions as the printer . ■ Use high-grade m[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 659 ■ If you ar e using non-T ektronix media r olls, take care that you stop printing bef ore the media runs out: if the media is taped securely to the cor e, the cor e can unravel, feed into and damage the printhead. ■ When loading a media r oll onto the paper roll holder , take care that you do not dr op the roll onto th[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 660 Cutting roll media If the r oll media misfeeds because of a jagged or crooked leading edge, follow these rules: ■ Replace the cutter if the media’ s leading edge is jagged (see Remo ving the fuser components for instructions). ■ Make sur e that the knife you use for manual cutting has a new , sharp blade. ■ If you [...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 661 ■ Make sur e that the leading edge of the roll media is straight (the angles on the cor ners of the leading edge should be 90˚). If it is not, follow these steps: 1 Open the paper r oll cover . 2 Lift the latch on the top cover (make sur e that you leave the cover closed). 3 Inser t the r oll media under the top cover .[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 662 5 With the paper r oll cover open, use a sharp knife (such as the cutting tool included with the printer) to trim the media. Use the printer’ s cutting guide to make a clean cut. 6 Lift the top cover’ s latch; r emove and discard the cut strip of media. 9480-106 6 5[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 663 7 Pr ess down on the top cover latch to lock it. 8 Holding the media by the edges, feed it into the printer evenly until it stops. Make sur e that you align the right side of the media with the guide on the printer . 9480-94[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 664 9 Once the printer grabs the media and advances it, close the paper r oll cover . 9480-95[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 665 Using a 2-inch core media roll: removing the core adapter If you ar e using a media roll with a 2-inch cor e, you must first adjust the endcaps (r emove the adapters) to accommodate the smaller core size. Star t with an empty paper r oll holder: ■ Holder is out of the printer . ■ Removable endcap is r emoved. ■ Medi[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 666 1 For each endcap: Holding the adapter and endcap fir mly , rock the adapter back and for th to loosen it and pull it of f the endcap. 2 Load the media r oll as you would nor mally: ■ Slide the media r oll onto the shaft, so that the fixed endcap fits inside the cor e of the media roll. ■ Replace the r emovable endc[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 667 Replacing the core adapter Star t with an empty paper r oll holder: ■ Holder is out of the printer . ■ Removable endcap is r emoved. ■ Media r oll is removed fr om the holder .[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 668 1 For each endcap: Align the tabs (a) o n the inside of the adapter with the “V”-shaped openings ( b ) on the endcap’ s cor e. The 4 teeth ( c ) of the adapter fit over the endcap’ s cor e. Slide the adapter onto the endcap and push until it snaps into place. 2 Load the media r oll as you would nor mally: ■ Slid[...]

M EDIA HINTS AND TIPS 669 Star tup page pr ints e v en though it is disab led The printer’ s power -up self-test can detect problems that do not necessarily make the printer completely inoperable. Examples of these non-fatal err ors include faulty printer por ts and some memory failures. If the printer detects a non-fatal err or at power -up, the[...]

C LEARING A MEDIA JAM 670 Clear ing a media jam NOTE If the printer has frequent media jams, clean the printer r egularly; see Car ing f or Y our Printer . At a glance If a media jam occurs, the fr ont panel reports Clear <Location> Jam . These ar e the types of media jams that can occur: ■ Exit jam ■ Inter nal jam ■ Entrance jam ■ Fu[...]

C LEARING A MEDIA JAM 671 Ov er vie w For any media jam, clearing it consists of these basic steps (for complete instructions, r efer to Clear ing a media jam ): 1 Cut the media, if necessar y (r oll media). 2 Open the top cover and use a pen to move the printhead to the far right. 3 Open the exit cover and move the fuser to the side. 4 Remove the [...]

C LEARING A MEDIA JAM 672 Hints ■ If media is not loaded and the fr ont panel reports a media jam, open the top cover and close it again to clear the err or message. ■ Whenever jammed media extends fr om the exit path, remove it fr om that location with a downwar d movement. Pulling media in the same direction as the paper path leaves less r es[...]

C LEARING A MEDIA JAM 673 Clear ing a media jam 1 Cut the media if y ou are using roll media. If not, go to Step 2. With the paper r oll cover open, use a sharp knife (such as the cutting tool included with the printer) to trim the jammed media. Use the printer’ s cutting guide to make a clean cut. 2 Mo ve the printhead. a Open the top cover . b [...]

C LEARING A MEDIA JAM 674 3 Mo ve the fuser . a Open the exit cover . WA RNING When lowering the exit cover , be car eful not to pinch your hand between the paper roll cover and the exit cover . b Move the fuser to the far right or left side of the printer . NOTE This protects the fuser and r eleases tension between the fuser wheel and the media; i[...]

C LEARING A MEDIA JAM 675 4 Remo ve the jammed media. For all types of media jams, always inspect the drum and r ollers for any loose paper and remove it. If paper extends outside the exit co ver: OR If paper does not extend outside the exit co ver: OR If paper is only visib le inside the top cover: ■ Close the exit cover . ■ Gently and evenly [...]

C LEARING AN INK JAM 676 Clear ing an ink jam If an ink stic k f alls o v er in the loader ■ Use a pen or pen-like object to inser t into the opening and r otate the ink stick to the “up” position. ■ If you have tr ouble reaching an ink stick, you can raise the slider or slide the keyplate up for better access. 9480-64[...]

C LEARING AN INK JAM 677 If an ink stic k doesn’t drop completely 1 Use tweezers to lift the ink stick out of the printhead or use a pen or pen-like object to push the ink stick into the printhead. 2 If you have tr ouble reaching an ink stick, you can slide the keyplate up for better access. C AUTI ON A belt in the ink loader may be out of positi[...]

C LEARING AN INK JAM 678 Remo ving the ink loader If you ar e unable to clear an ink jam with the procedur es If an ink stic k falls o v er in the loader and If an ink stic k doesn’t drop completely , you can r emove the ink loader: 1 Open the ink loader cover . 2 Using your hands or tweezers, r emove all but the bottom ink sticks fr om the loade[...]

C LEARING AN INK JAM 679 3 Remove the scr ew that holds the ink loader to the printer . 4 Slide the ink loader out of the printer . 9480-130 9480-126[...]

C LEARING AN INK JAM 680 5 With the ink loader out of the way , use tweezers to r emove the remaining ink sticks fr om inside the printer . 6 Reattach the ink loader and load the ink. 7 T ur n the printer off and back on again. After the printer initializes and war ms up, the fr ont panel displays Ready . 9480-127[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer U SING THE F RONT P ANEL[...]

682 The printer has several Help P ages that y ou can print to learn more about the printer . Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ F ront panel ■ Help P ages ov er view ■ Printing the front panel menu map ■ Printing the configuration page ■ Printing the star tup page ■ Enab ling and disab ling the star tup page ■ E[...]

F RONT PANEL 683 F ront panel Click on the following topics for details on par ts of the fr ont panel: ■ F ront panel ov er view ■ F ront panel indicators ■ F ront panel b uttons ■ T wo-line displa y ■ Printer information ■ F ront panel menu map ■ P ause menu[...]

F RONT PANEL 684 F ront panel ov er view The fr ont panel provides information with these features: ■ T wo indicator lights ■ Four buttons ■ A display of two lines of 24-characters each for messages, button (action) labels, user -adjustable parameter settings, and printer infor mation. 9480-12.CD Ready Pause Menu[...]

F RONT PANEL 685 F ront panel indicators The fr ont panel includes these indicator lights: 1 P ower (gr een LED) 2 Err or (r ed LED) Indicator On Blinking Off 1. Power The printer is on and ready for operation. ■ The printer is processing or printing an image. ■ The printer is in interactive mode: you have pressed the Menu button. ■ The print[...]

F RONT PANEL 686 F ront panel b uttons The fr ont panel buttons function according to the state (mode) the printer is in. Mode Front P anel Buttons 12 3 4 Ready Normal operating mode Provides printer information when pressed and held down. Refer to Pr inter information . Cancel Cancels a job that is printing or processing. Pause Accesses the Pause [...]

F RONT PANEL 687 Interactive Press Menu Backs up a level of the menu without making a selection. <--- Scrolls backwar d through the available selections. ---> Scrolls forwar d through the available selection. Menu Accesses front panel sub-menus. Exits the menu and returns the printer to Ready . Confirm Implements a selection. Print Executes a[...]

F RONT PANEL 688 Print Preview Driver selection Provides printer information when pressed and held down. Refer to Pr inter information . Cancel Cancels the current print preview job. Pause Accesses the Pause menu, to print the reduced image at a differ ent scale. Print Prints the current job being previewed. Standby Conserving energy Wake Up Pressi[...]

F RONT PANEL 689 T wo-line displa y The two lines of the display have the following functions: Line 1 ■ Displays status messages such as Ready and Printing . ■ Displays operation err ors and war nings such as Ink Loader Low . ■ Displays the names of menus and parameters you can set. Line 2 ■ In interactive mode, displays button labels such [...]

F RONT PANEL 690 Pr inter inf or mation The first button on the fr ont panel ( 1 ) allows you to access the following infor mation fr om the printer’ s curr ent settings; this infor mation appears on the lower line of the fr ont panel display ( 2 ). ■ Printer name: The name assigned to the printer by the system administrator . ■ Media Size: [...]

F RONT PANEL 691 F ront panel menu map Help Pages Menu Print Menu Map Startup Page Configuration Page Media Defaults Menu Printer Defaults Menu Menu Print Quality Startup Page Image Smoothing SCSI Startup Mode TekColor Correction  PS Error Handler Serial Settings Menu Menu Baud Rate Parity  Data Bits Flow Control S[...]

F RONT PANEL 692 Network Settings Menu Menu TCP/IP NetWare EtherTalk HTTP Utilities Menu Select Test Print Unlock Waste Bin Clean Head Change Fuser or Cutter Clean Paper Clamp Service Support Menu Engine Copy Count High Altitude FW Version ColorStix Usage Fault History Language Menu Select English ( default ) Deu[...]

F RONT PANEL 693 P ause menu Available with Extended Features. Ready Menu Paused Cut Reprint Print Copies: 1 Select Select Pause Menu Pause Feed Reprint Scale Copies Scale: 100% 9480-111[...]

F RONT PANEL 694 Repr int The Reprint function is available in the fr ont panel’ s Pause menu if an Extended Featur es option is installed. It allows you to reprint the last PostScript image specifying the number of copies and the scale of the image. For mor e detailed infor mation, r efer to Repr int .[...]

H ELP P AGES OVERVIEW 695 Help P ages o v er vie w The printer has several Help Pages that you can print to lear n mor e about the printer . Help page Description Pr inting the front panel menu map Provides a graphical view of the front panel menus. Pr inting the configuration page Lists general information on printer settings and how the printer [...]

P RINTING THE FRONT PANEL MENU MAP 696 Pr inting the front panel menu map The fr ont panel menu map provides a convenient navigation aid for quickly deter mining the location of menu items. Ther e are two ways to print the fr ont panel menu map: ■ Printing the menu map from the front panel ■ Printing the menu map with PhaserLink software[...]

P RINTING THE FRONT PANEL MENU MAP 697 Pr inting the men u map from the front panel 1 While the Ready message is displayed, pr ess the Menu button. The printer displays the first item in the menu: Help Pages <---- ----> Menu 2 Pr ess the Menu button to access the Help Pages. The following message appears: Menu Map <---- ----> Print 3 P[...]

P RINTING THE FRONT PANEL MENU MAP 698 Pr inting the men u map with PhaserLink softw are Refer to the PhaserShar e Status Software User Manual for infor mation on using your W orld Wide Web br owser to access the printer .[...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 699 Pr inting the configuration page A configuration page is similar to the printer’ s startup page, but it also provides details about each available por t. Ther e are several ways to print the configuration page: ■ Printing the configuration page from the front panel ■ Printing the configuration page wi[...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 700 Pr inting the configur ation page from the front panel 1 While the Ready message is displayed, pr ess the Menu button. The printer displays the first item in the menu: Help Pages <---- ----> Menu 2 Pr ess the Menu button to access the Help Pages. The following message appears: Menu Map <---- ----> [...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 701 Pr inting the configur ation page with a do wnloadab le utility file Use one of the following methods to download a utility file to the printer to print the configuration page: ■ Macintosh utility file: Configuration P age ■ PC utility file: PRNTCNFG.PS[...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 702 Macintosh utility file: Configuration P age NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX, you can use the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX driver to print a copy of the configuration page. 1 Install the utility files fr om the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM; see Macintosh software for instructions. 2 Select the appr opriate p[...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 703 6 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in the edit box or type a new name. 7 Click Sa ve to send the file to the printer . 8 If no output is r etur ned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a dialog box[...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 704 PC utility file: PRNTCNFG.PS 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , insi[...]

P RINTING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE 705 Pr inting the configur ation page with PhaserLink softw are Refer to the PhaserShar e Status Software User Manual for infor mation on using your W orld Wide Web br owser to access the printer .[...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 706 Pr inting the star tup page By default, printing of the star tup page is enabled on power up. However , you can print the star tup page anytime you need information on the number of pages that have been printed, the amount of installed memor y , the number of fonts in memor y , and installed inter face ports. Use the [...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 707 Pr inting the star tup page from the front panel 1 While the Ready message is displayed, pr ess the Menu button. The printer displays the first item in the menu: Help Pages <---- ----> Menu 2 Pr ess the Menu button to access the Help Pages. The following message appears: Menu Map <---- ----> Print 3 Pr es[...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 708 Pr inting the star tup page with a downloadab le utility file Use one of the following methods to download a utility file to the printer to print the star tup page: ■ Macintosh utility file: Pr int Star t P age ■ PC utility file: PRNTSTPG.PS[...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 709 Macintosh utility file: Pr int Star t P age NOTE If you are using QuickDraw GX, you can use the T ektronix Phaser 600 GX driver to print a copy of the printer’ s star tup page. 1 Install the utility files fr om the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM; see Macintosh software for instructions. 2 Select the appr opriate p[...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 710 6 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in the edit box or type a new name. 7 Click Sa ve to send the file to the printer . 8 If no output is r etur ned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a dialog box; clic[...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 711 PC utility file: PRNTSTPG.PS 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600 subdir ector y , inside the[...]

P RINTING THE STARTUP PAGE 712 Pr inting the star tup page with PhaserLink software Refer to the PhaserShar e Status Software User Manual for infor mation on using your W orld Wide Web br owser to access the printer .[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 713 Enab ling and disab ling the star tup page Y ou can choose to have a star tup page print each time the printer is tur ned on or r eset, or you can disable the star tup page. Y ou can enable and disable printing of the star tup page in several ways: ■ Enab ling and disab ling the star tup page from the [...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 714 Enab ling and disabling the star tup page from the front panel 1 While the Ready message is displayed, pr ess the Menu button. The printer displays the first item in the setup menu: Help Pages <---- ----> Menu 2 Using the left arr ow (<----) or right arr ow (---->) buttons, scroll thr ough t[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 715 5 Pr ess the Menu button to access the startup page settings. 6 Pr ess the right arrow (---->) button once for the following message: Startup Page:Off <---- ----> Select 7 Pr ess the Select button to disable printing of the startup page. 8 T o return to the top level of the menu, press the butto[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 716 Enab ling and disabling the star tup page with a do wnloadab le utility file Use one of the following methods to download a utility file to the printer to enable or disable the star tup page: ■ Macintosh utility file: LaserWr iter Utility ■ PC utility file: ST AR TPG.PS/NOSTR TPG.PS[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 717 Macintosh utility file: LaserWr iter Utility 1 Install the utility files fr om the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM; see Macintosh software for instructions. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double–cl[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 718 PC utility file: ST AR TPG.PS/NOSTR TPG.PS 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . 2 Locate the files in the PHSR600[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING THE STARTUP PAGE 719 Enab ling and disabling the star tup page with PhaserLink softw are Refer to the PhaserShar e Status Software User Manual for infor mation on using your W orld Wide Web br owser to access the printer .[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING FRONT PANEL MENUS 720 Enab ling and disab ling front panel menus System administrators may choose to limit user access to fr ont panel menus by downloading a utility file to the printer . The “lock” utility file prevents most menu items fr om being displayed on the front panel. The capability of limiting menu access is[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING FRONT PANEL MENUS 721 T o enable or disable the front panel menus, use one of these methods: ■ Macintosh utility file: Menu Shor t /Menu Long ■ PC utility file: MENUSHRT .PS/MENULONG.PS[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING FRONT PANEL MENUS 722 Macintosh utility file: Menu Shor t /Men u Long 1 Install the utility files fr om the Phaser 600 printer’ s CD-ROM; see Macintosh software for instructions. 2 Select the appr opriate printer in the Chooser . 3 Locate the LaserW riter Utility in the PhaserT ools folder on your har d disk, and double?[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING FRONT PANEL MENUS 723 6 At the pr ompt Save PostScript output as: you are asked for a file name for saving printer output. Use either the default name given in the edit box or type a new name. 7 Click Sa ve to send the file to the printer . 8 If no output is r etur ned by the printer , the LaserW riter Utility displays a d[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING FRONT PANEL MENUS 724 PC utility file: MENUSHR T .PS/MENULONG.PS 1 Follow the instructions in PC/Windo ws software to install the printer’ s softwar e. Select Easy Install to automatically install the software, or select the Printer Utilities item in the Custom Install: Utilities window . 2 Locate the files in the PHSR60[...]

E NABLING AND DISABLING FRONT PANEL MENUS 725 ■ W orkstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.[...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer O RDERING I NFORMATION[...]

T EKTRONIX P RINTER AND T EKTRONIX S UPPLIES : M ADE F OR E ACH O THER ® 727 T ektronix Pr inter and T ektronix Supplies: Made F or Each Other ® T ektronix supplies ar e developed and tested as a total system : printer , ink, and media. These system components work together to pr oduce consistent, high-quality color images. Always or der T ektron[...]

T EKTRONIX P RINTER AND T EKTRONIX S UPPLIES : M ADE F OR E ACH O THER ® 728 Customizing y our pr inter T ektronix of fers upgrade and accessor y kits to expand your printer’ s capabilities. T o or der upgrade kits, refer to the information provided in this chapter or the supplies infor mation sheet that was shipped with the printer and contact [...]

O RDERING PRINTER SUPPLIES 729 Order ing pr inter supplies For a complete list of printer supplies, r efer to the supplies infor mation sheet that was shipped with the printer and contact your local dealer or , in the United States, call T ektronix at 1-800-835-6100. Phaser 600 printer supplies Supplies Order n umber Description ColorStix ® ink st[...]

O RDERING PRINTER SUPPLIES 730 T ranspar ency/ Film Rolls T ranspar ent Film 016-1483-00 914 mm x 22.8 m 36 in. x 75 ft. Backlit Display Film 016-1479-00 914 mm x 15.2 m 36 in. x 50 ft. Specialty Media Rolls Repositionable Adhesive Display Vinyl 016-1481-00 914 mm x 15.2 m 36 in. x 50 ft. Artist’ s Pr esentation Canvas 016-1482-00 914 mm x 10.7 m[...]

O RDERING PRINTER SUPPLIES 731 Phaser 600 printer accessories Order number Description Accessories 016-1257-00 Media roll holder 118-9396-00 Extra media roll endcap 118-9316-00 Output bin 118-9307-00 Ink Loader 4540 Phaser Copystation printer accessor y Manuals 070-9480-00 Phaser 600 Color Printer User Manual 063-2429-00 Phaser 600 Color Printer Qu[...]

O RDERING I NTERFACE CABLES AND ADAPTERS 732 Order ing Interf ace cab les and adapters The following cables and adapters ar e available through T ektronix or your dealer . Contact your dealer for other cables and adapters. Order number Description Connectors and cab le length 012-1468-00 Parallel cable Connects the printer’ s parallel por t to a [...]

O RDERING I NTERFACE CABLES AND ADAPTERS 733 013-0297-00 SCSI-1 LD to SCSI-2 HD adapter Use with either 012-1465-00 or 012-1299-00 to convert a low-density SCSI connection to a high-density SCSI connection. Converts 50-pin low-density plug to 50-pin high-density plug 012-1379-00 Serial (RS-232) Null modem cable Connects the printer’ s serial por [...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 734 Expanding y our pr inting system Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Upgr ade kits ■ Extended F eatures upgrade ■ Memor y upgrade ■ PhaserShare network cards ■ Phaser Cop ystation ■ PhaserPrint ■ PhaserSym ■ SCSI hard disk[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 735 Upgr ade kits Order n umber Description 4685F16 16-Mbyte SIMM for adding memory (Option 16); see Adv antages of adding memor y . Z480F32 32-Mbyte SIMM for adding memory (Option 32); see Adv antages of adding memor y . Z600FX Extended Features SIMM for 22 additional fonts, Copystation support, Print Previe w featu[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 736 Extended F eatures upgr ade In its standar d configuration, the Phaser 600 printer offers 8 (or 24 or 40) Mbytes of RAM memor y , 17 fonts, suppor t for PhaserMatch™ custom color -matching profiler , and PhaserLink™ softwar e, T ektronix’ online contr ol of printer features and access to printer infor mat[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 737 NOTE If you are not sur e which printer configuration you have, press and hold down the button on the printer’ s front panel. Printer information appears on the lower line of the display . T o order the Extended Featur es upgrade for a Phaser 600 printer , use T ektronix or der number Z600FX (Roman fonts) or Z[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 738 Memor y upgrade The Phaser 600 printer has 8 Mbytes of standar d memor y . Y ou can upgrade the printer’ s memory with either a 16 Mbyte-SIMM or a 32 Mbyte-SIMM (for a total of 24 Mbytes or 40 Mbytes, r espectively). NOTE If you are not sur e how much memor y your printer has, press and hold down the button on [...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 739 Adv antages of adding memor y In general, mor e memor y impr oves thr oughput, r educes the level of compression, pr ovides more storage for downloadable fonts, and allows printing of the most complex images. Additional memor y can also r educe offload time by incr easing the size of input buf fers for the I/O p[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 740 PhaserShare network cards T ektronix PhaserShar e™ network cards of fer high-perfor mance network connectivity for your color printer . PhaserShare network car ds can be easily installed in your printer . Benefits of networking the pr inter Adding a PhaserShar e network card to your printer makes it an ef fic[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 741 Phaser Cop ystation The Phaser Copystation adds easy-to-use, walk-up color copying capability to the Phaser 600 Color Printer . Especially useful is the ability to scan a small (for example, A-size) image and print the image with the Scale to Fit function on the printer . Scale to Fit automatically scales an imag[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 742 PhaserPr int For printing in UNIX envir onments, T ektronix of fers PhaserPrint™ software. PhaserPrint softwar e provides fast raster file and scr een copy printing to T ektronix color printers. PhaserPrint softwar e also provides a graphical user interface for push-button contr ol of T ektronix printer featur[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 743 PhaserSym For printing in VMS envir onments, T ektronix of fers PhaserSym™. PhaserSym is a VMS print symbiont for DEC OpenVMS V AX, and DEC OpenVMS AXP machines. PhaserSym facilitates communication between VMS hosts and T ektronix Phaser printers. PhaserSym r equires that the Phaser printer include Ethernet sup[...]

E XPANDING YOUR PRINTING SYSTEM 744 SCSI hard disk The printer is equipped with an inter nal 1 Gbyte SCSI har d disk. Y ou can also attach a T ektronix-appr oved exter nal SCSI hard disk (or der number Z350DSK) to the printer’ s SCSI port. Y ou can connect one or mor e exter nal SCSI hard disks to the printer for additional font storage. Contact [...]

Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer R EGULATORY I NFORMATION[...]

O VERVIEW 746 Ov er vie w Click on the following topics for mor e infor mation: ■ Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regulator y standards ■ Declaration of conf or mity (f or 220-230 V A C equipment) ■ FCC Class B de vice (f or 100-120 V A C equipment) ■ Material Safety Data Sheets ■ Specifications ■ Cop yr ights/T rademarks [...]

C ANADIAN EMC (E LECTROMAGNETIC C OMPATIBILITY ) REGULATORY STANDARDS 747 Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regulator y standards ■ This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions fr om digital apparatus set out in the Radio Inter fer ence Regulations of the Canadian Depar tment of Communications. ?[...]

D ECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ( FOR 220-230 VAC EQUIPMENT ) 748 Declaration of conf or mity (f or 220-230 V AC equipment) T ektronix, Inc. Color Printing and Imaging Division P .O. Box 1000 Wilsonville, Or egon 97070-1000 U.S.A. declar es, under our sole responsibility , that the product printer (Z600) to which this declaration r elates, is in confor [...]

D ECLARATION OF CONFORMITY ( FOR 220-230 VAC EQUIPMENT ) 749 For the EN55022:1986 Limits and Methods of measurement of radio Interference characteristics of Information T echnology Equipment. Class B level. For the EN61000-3-2 Limits for harmonic current emissions. For the EN61000-3-3 Limitations of voltage fluctuations and flicker . For the EN50[...]

FCC C LASS B DEVICE ( FOR 100-120 VAC EQUIPMENT ) 750 FCC Class B de vice (for 100-120 V A C equipment) The equipment described in this manual generates and uses radio fr equency energy . If it is not installed and used properly in strict accor dance with T ektronix’ instructions, it may cause inter fer ence with radio and television reception. T[...]

FCC C LASS B DEVICE ( FOR 100-120 VAC EQUIPMENT ) 751 ■ Reorient or r elocate the receiving antenna. ■ Incr ease the separation between the equipment and receiver . ■ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a cir cuit differ ent from that to which the r eceiver is connected. ■ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for hel[...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 752 Mater ial Saf ety Data Sheets Pr oper management of environmental r esources pr otects the well-being of our employees, customers, shar eholders, and the communities we are a part of worldwide. T ektronix establishes and maintains sound envir onmental management practices to accomplish this goal and to assur e co[...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 753 MSDS f or ink SECTION I - PR ODUCT IDENTIFICA TION T rade Name T ektronix Part No. ColorStix  Ink, Black 016-1453-00 ColorStix  Ink, Cyan 016-1454-00 ColorStix  Ink, Magenta 016-1455-00 ColorStix  Ink, Y ellow 016-1456-00 Pr oduct Use: T ektronix Phaser  600 printers SECTION 2 - INFORMA TION ON ING[...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 754 SECTION 3 - HAZARDS IDENTIFICA TION ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: Skin POTENTIAL HEAL TH EFFECTS Immediate effects : None expected. See section 11 for toxicology test information. Long T erm effects : None expected Car cinogenicity : None of the ingredients of this pr oduct ar e listed as carcinogens by either OSHA, NTP , [...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 755 SECTION 5 - FIRE FIGHTING MEASURES FLASH POINT : Above 200 ° F (NFP A class 3B) FIRE & EXPLOSION HAZARDS: These inks will bur n. No unusual hazar ds are expected. SECTION 6 - A CCIDENT AL RELEASE MEASURES SPILL OR LEAK: Not applicable SECTION 7 - HANDLING AND ST ORA GE HANDLING: No special pr ecautions STORA[...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 756 SECTION 9 - PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PR OPER TIES APPEARANCE/ODOR: W axy solid. Black, blue, red, or yellow in color . Odorless. SOLUBILITY : Not water soluble SECTION 10 - ST ABILITY AND REA CTIVITY ST ABILITY : Stable INCOMP A TIBILITY WITH OTHER MA TERIALS: None HAZARDOUS POL YMERIZA TION: Will not occur SECTION [...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 757 SECTION 12 - ECOLOGICAL INFORMA TION No known impact SECTION 13 - DISPOSAL CONSIDERA TIONS This pr oduct is not a hazardous waste as specified in 40CFR261. TCLP below hazar dous waste levels set by EP A. Manage and dispose of waste in accor dance with all federal, state, and local r egulations. SECTION 14 - TRAN[...]

M ATERIAL S AFETY D ATA S HEETS 758 SECTION 16 - O THER INFORMA TION Original pr eparation date: 9/12/96 Pr epared by Corporate Envir onmental, Health, and Safety/ JMP . T ektronix, Incorporated PO Box 500 Mail Stop 46-840 Beaver ton, Or egon 97077 MSDS infor mation: 503-627-7255[...]

S PECIFICATIONS 759 Specifications T emperature Operating: 15 o C to 32 o C (59 o F to 90 o F) Best Print Quality: 20º C to 25º C (68º F to 77º F) Storage: –30 o C to +60 o C (–22 o F to +140 o F) Humidity Operating: 10% to 80% Relative Humidity , non-condensing Best Print Quality: 30% to 70% Relative Humidity , non-condensing Non-operatin[...]

S PECIFICATIONS 760 Primary fusing 110 VAC, 10 Amps 220 VAC, 5.0 Amps (Not user-accessible) P ower Consumption Dimensions of standar d unit Height: 1038 mm (40.87 in.) With ink loader: 1236 mm (48.66 in.) Depth: 670 mm (26.39 in.) With output bin: 737 mm (29 in.) Width: 1700 mm (66.93 in.) State A verage power Continuous printing 800 W Idle 220 W[...]

S PECIFICATIONS 761 Safety and emissions standar ds ■ Listed: UL 1950 Infor mation T echnology Equipment. ■ Cer tified: CSA Standar d C22.2 No. 950-M 89, Safety of Infor mation T echnology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment. ■ TÜV licensed: EN60950. ■ Class B compliant computing device pursuant to sub-par t J of Part 15 of[...]

C OPYRIGHTS /T RADEMARKS 762 Cop yr ights/T r ademar ks Copyright © T ektronix, Inc. Unpublished rights r eserved under the copyright laws of the United States. T ektronix ® , Phaser ® , ColorStix ® , and Made For Each Other ® ar e register ed trademarks of T ektronix, Inc. T ekColor™, PhaserShare™, PhaserT ools™, PhaserMatch™, PhaserP[...]

C OPYRIGHTS /T RADEMARKS 763 MS-DOS ® and Windows ® is a r egistered trademark of Micr osoft Corporation. Novell ® and NetW ar e ® is a r egistered trademark of Novell, Inc. UNIX ® is a r egister ed trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively thr ough X/Open Company Ltd. SP ARC ® is a r egistered trademark of SP A[...]

C OPYRIGHTS /T RADEMARKS 764 P ANTONE ® Colors generated by the Phaser 600 Color Printer ar e four - and/or thr ee-color process simulations and may not match P ANTONE-identified solid color standar ds. Use current P ANTONE Color Reference Manuals for accurate colors. P ANTONE Color simulations ar e only obtainable on these products when driven b[...]

P HASER ® 600 W ARRANTY 765 Phaser ® 600 W arranty ONE YEAR ON-SITE W ARRANTY IS ST ANDARD, WITH OPTIONAL PLANS FOR EXTENDED SER VICE.[...]

U SERS SAFETY SUMMARY 766 Users saf ety summar y T erms in manual: ■ CAUTION: Conditions that can r esult in damage to the product. ■ W ARNING: Conditions that can result in personal injury or loss of life. P ower sour ce: Do not apply mor e than 250 volts RMS between the supply conductors or between either supply conductor and gr ound. Use onl[...]

U SERS SAFETY SUMMARY 767 T erms on product: ■ CAUTION: A personal injur y hazar d exists that may not be apparent. For example, a panel may cover the hazar dous area. Also applies to a hazar d to pr oper ty including the pr oduct itself. ■ DANGER: A personal injur y hazar d exists in the area wher e you see the sign. Care of pr oduct: Disconne[...]

U SERS SAFETY SUMMARY 768 Symbols as marked on pr oduct: DANGER high voltage: Use caution. Refer to the manual(s) for information: Protective gr ound (ear th) terminal: Sharp object. Use caution. Hot object. Use caution. WA RNING If the product loses the gr ound connection, usage of knobs and controls (and other conductive parts) can cause an elect[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ I NDEX A accessories ink loader 731 ordering 728 , 729 output bin 731 Phaser Copystation 731 accessories box, contents 12 adapters, ordering 732 ADDCTRLD.BA T , PC utility file 471 additional memory 2 , 738 adjusting printed colors 197 Adobe 54 , 56 , 74 , 139 Illustrator , P ANTONE color library file Macintosh 292 , 29[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ printhead 567 quick cleaning 539 tool 548 clearing an ink jam 676 clearing media jams 672 CMYK Sampler , Macintosh utility file 256 CMYK.PS, PC utility file 256 color adjusting or correcting 197 guidelines for use 196 how to use 195 problems with 642 special considerations 215 working with 195 color charts CMYK 255 HSB [...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ cut-off images 615 CUTP AGE.PS, PC utility file 478 cutter blade ordering 730 replacing 558 cutting roll media 43 D declaration of conformity 748 desktop printers, QuickDraw GX printing from 141 , 372 selecting unique features for 371 DEVP ARAM.PS, PC utility file 473 diagnosing print quality 596 disable timeouts 396 di[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ F Fast Preview 234 , 343 fastest printing available 623 fax systems, information 585 feed rollers, cleaning 540 feeding roll paper 43 foam oiler wheel ordering 730 replacing 557 font sampler printing from a Macintosh 190 printing from a PC 192 Font Sampler , Macintosh utility file 190 fonts adding a hard disk 482 Adobe T[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ I image area cut-sheets 159 media rolls 160 image manipulation 179 Image Smoothing 232 Image Smoothing Off, Macintosh utility files 478 Image Smoothing On, Macintosh utility files 478 improving print speed 620 indicators at power -up 35 error 35 power 35 , 598 , 601 , 685 information access, PhaserLink 5 INITDISK.PS, PC[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Mirror Print On 478 No Sys/Start Job 501 Page Offset XY 468 Page Rotation 478 Pipelining Off 460 Pipelining On 460 Print Start Page 709 Raw CMYK Colors 213 Raw RGB Colors 213 Rendering Intents 458 Reset Printer 447 RGB Sampler 256 Set Sys/Start Job 501 Setscreen Of f 647 Setscreen On 647 Standard Quality 477 T ek Error Ha[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ O occasional cleaning 545 off-set dots 616 OFFSETXY .PS, PC utility file 470 online services 581 operating location requir ements 16 space needed 16 operating mode, front panel 686 options, Extended Features 2 ordering cables and adapters 732 part numbers and descriptions 732 supplies 729 orientation landscape 173 paper [...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ HPGL TEST .PL T 528 HSB.PS 256 INITDISK.PS 499 installing 428 MENULONG.PS 724 MENUSHRT .PS 724 MIROROFF .PS 478 MIRRORON.PS 478 NOSTRTPG.PS 718 NOSYSTRT .PS 503 OFFSETXY .PS 470 PIPE_OFF .PS 460 PIPE_ON.PS 460 PRNTCNFG.PS 704 PRNTSTPG.PS 711 PSCRIPT .PS 524 PSTEST .PS 529 RA WCMYK.PS 213 RA WRGB.PS 213 RENDABS.PS 458 REND[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ PostScript drivers, selecting 46 error handlers 632 , 635 errors, general 630 language 522 PostScript Header Windows 3.1 driver 116 Windows 95 driver 103 , 107 printing errors 630 timeout 518 power indicator 35 , 598 , 601 power , connecting 34 power -up 35 print area cut-sheet 159 media rolls 160 print features selecting[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ printing press color corr ections 205 PRNTCNFG.PS, PC utility file 704 PRNTSTPG.PS, PC utility file 711 problems and solutions 596 Product Support Hotline 581 PS Error Handler 596 PSCRIPT .PS, PC utility file 524 PSTEST .PS, PC utility file 529 Q Quick Reference Guide attaching 27 ordering 731 QuickDraw GX driver down[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Windows 3.1 56 Windows 95 54 Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 58 Windows NT 4.0 63 setting up the printer 11 shipping blocks, removing 21 shuttle 553 signals, parallel port 510 simple color conversions, CMYK and RGB 213 Simulate Display color correction description 204 selecting from the fr ont panel 152 selecting in a Macintosh d[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ timeouts 610 disable 396 job 517 parallel port 507 wait 517 Windows 95 driver 101 , 105 , 116 Windows printer driver 111 T oken Ring PhaserShare car d and protocols 31 trademark information 762 transit restraint, r emoving 18 T ransmission Retr y Windows 3.1 111 , 116 Windows 95 101 , 105 transport rollers, cleaning 542 t[...]

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ W wait timeout 517 warm-up, printer mode 35 waste bin 569 wheels (casters) about 16 locking 32 wide-format printing 2 WIN.INI file, editing 189 Windows 3.1 driver configuring 109 Features tab 115 fonts 189 Job Control tab 116 P aper tab 115 PostScript Header 116 P ostScript tab 116 problems with printer fonts 653 proble[...]