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Phaser ® 840 Color Printer Setup Guide V3 April 1999 071-0389-00[...]

Copyright © T ektronix, Inc. Unpublished rights r eserved under the copyright laws of the United States. Contents of this publication may not be repr oduced in any form without permission of T ektronix, Inc. T ektronix ® , Phaser ® , PhaserShare ® ,ColorStix ® , the T ekColor ® icon, and Made For Each Other ® are r egistered trademarks of T [...]

Phaser ® 840 Printer W arranty T ektronix warrants that the Phaser 840 Printer will be free fr om defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If this pr oduct proves defective during the warranty period, T ektronix, at its option, will either repair the defective pr oduct on site or by means of tele[...]

User safety summary T erms in manual: CAUTION Conditions that can result in damage to the pr oduct. W ARNING Conditions that can result in personal injury or loss of life. P ower source: Do not apply more than 250 volts RMS between the supply conductors or between either supply conductor or ground. Use only the specified power cor d and connector [...]

Setup Guide 1 Getting Set Up At a glance Pag e Unpack the printer 2 ■ Remove the packing material 2 ■ What you get with your printer 3 An illustrated guide to y our printer 4 Set up the printer 7 ■ Select a location 7 ■ Connect the printer 9 ■ T urn on the printer 14 ■ Add ink sticks 16 ■ Load media 17 ■ Select a front panel languag[...]

Getting Set Up 2 Phaser 840 Color Printer Unpac k the printer Remo ve the packing material N O T E Sav e all packing material in case moving or subsequent shipment is necessary . 1. Remove the packing materials and plastic bag surrounding the printer . 2. If you order ed one or two optional High-Capacity Paper T ray Assemblies, unpack them now . 03[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 3 What y ou g et with y our printer 1. Documentation ■ Overview poster ■ Setup Guide (this book) ■ Networking Setup Guide ■ Supplies information kit ■ User Guide ■ Registration Card 2. Printer CD-ROMs (2) 3. Power cord 4. Parallel cable adapter 5. ColorStix ® ink stick sampler pack 6. Media sampler 7. Cleanin[...]

Getting Set Up 4 Phaser 840 Color Printer An illustrated guide to y our printer 1 High-Capacity T ransparency/Label T ra y (optional) 2 Standard P aper/T ransparency tra y 3 Manual-f eed tra y 4 F ront P anel 5 T op Cover release 6 T op Cover 7 High-Capacity P aper T ra y Assembly (optional) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0389-01[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 5 1 F ront cov er release 6 Exit cov er 2 F ront cov er (open) 7 Ink loading bins 3 Maintenance dra wer 8 Ink sticks 4 W aste tra y 9 T op cover (open) 5 Exit cov er release 0389-02 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 1[...]

Getting Set Up 6 Phaser 840 Color Printer Printer’ s back panel 1 Inter nal hard drive slot 2 PhaserShare network card slot 3 Interf ace por ts panel 4 P ow er cord plug 5 On/Off s witch 0389-03 5 4 1 2 3[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 7 Set up the printer Select a location 1. Select a location for the printer: ■ On a strong, level surface, capable of supporting 36 kg (79 lbs.). Do not tilt more than 3 degr ees (2 cm/.75 in.) in any direction. ■ On the optional cart. ■ On the optional High-Capacity Paper T ray Assembly . If you have purchased the [...]

Getting Set Up 8 Phaser 840 Color Printer 2. Allow at least 10 cm (4 in.) clearance on the right and rear sides of the printer for proper ventilation and to pr event the printer from overheating. C A U T I O N If the printer isn’t adequately ventilated, some of the printer’ s internal par ts may be damaged or the printer may not operate properl[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 9 Connect the printer The printer can be connected to networks, single workstations, and optional peripheral devices (scanners, hard drives). Printer ports The printer is shipped with three interface ports on the printer ’s r ear panel. Optionally , it supports a SCSI port and one of three optional PhaserShar e network [...]

Getting Set Up 10 Phaser 840 Color Printer Connecting to the parallel port C A U T I O N The maximum length f or the parallel cable is 3 meters (10 ft.). ■ Use a high-density , bi-directional, parallel cable or a T ektronix 36-pin high-density printer-to-25-pin DSUB PC cable (or der number 012-1468-00). Otherwise, use a 36-pin to 36-pin parallel [...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 11 Connect to a Macintosh: Ethernet-direct connection Requirements ■ T wo RJ-45 twisted-pair 10Base-T cables ■ An Ethernet-port hub 1. T urn of f your computer and the printer . 2. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on your Macintosh computer . Connect the other end to the hub. 3. Connect the ot[...]

Getting Set Up 12 Phaser 840 Color Printer Connecting a SCSI peripheral device N O T E The Plus and Extended configurations include a SCSI por t. The Standard configuration requires the Plus F eature Set (option Z840FP) for SCSI support. The printer ’s SCSI ID number is 7 and the optional IDE internal hard drive is 6 ; available SCSI ID numbers[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 13 Connecting to the USB port N O T E F or Plug and Play instructions, ref er to the README.TXT file located on the printer’ s CD-ROM. ■ Use a series A to B, full speed USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable. ■ Connect a USB cable to your computer and to the printer ’s USB port. ■ When installing the printer driver ,[...]

Getting Set Up 14 Phaser 840 Color Printer T urn on the printer C A U T I O N T o protect your printer from a power surge , make sure that the printer’ s power s witch is in the off position bef ore plugging in the cord. F ailure to do so may damage the printer . 1. Plug the power cord into the printer and into a gr ounded outlet. 2. T urn on the[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 15 ■ The Startup Page prints. Y ou can use the information on the Startup Page when installing the printer software. N O T E Y ou can set the pr inter so that it does not print the Star tup Page e very time it is turned on. Refer to “Enabling and disabling the Startup Page” on the pr inter’ s CD-ROM or w eb site. [...]

Getting Set Up 16 Phaser 840 Color Printer Add ink stic ks Y our printer is shipped with a sampler pack containing one each of the ColorStix ink sticks (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow). Load the ink sticks before you begin printing. C A U T I O N Use only Phaser 840 printer ColorStix ® ink; other Phaser ColorStix ink will not fit this printer a[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 17 Load media Y our printer is shipped with a single media tray (letter- or A4-size) that accepts common office paper , letterhead, transparencies, and labels. Set the media indicator switch, located on the front, right corner of the paper tray , to match the media type (paper or transparency) selected in the printer dri[...]

Getting Set Up 18 Phaser 840 Color Printer Loading paper N O T E Use 60-120 g/m 2 , 16-32 lb . bond or equivalent paper f or printing. 1. Fan the paper . 2. Place the paper in the tray . Use the label on the inside of the tray as a refer ence for loading the proper amount of paper . 3. Set the media indicator on the front of the media tray to paper[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 19 Loading Phaser 840 printer transparencies C A U T I O N Handle transparencies b y the edges and with both hands to avoid fingerprints and creases, which can result in poor print quality . 1. Fan the transparencies. 2. Place the transparencies in the tray . Use the label on the inside of the tray as a refer ence for lo[...]

Getting Set Up 20 Phaser 840 Color Printer a. Set the media indicator on the front of the media tray to transparency . T o change the indicator , slide the blue switch on the right side of the tray . 4. Insert the loaded media tray into the printer . 1 T ransparency Paper 0389-17[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 21 Loading the optional High-Capacity P aper T rays Each High-Capacity Paper T ray holds up to 500 sheets (appr oximately one ream) of 60-120 g/m 2 (16-32 lb.) bond paper . A label on the inside of the tray provides a fill line to indicate the tray’s maximum paper capacity . C A U T I O N The High-Capacity P aper T ray[...]

Getting Set Up 22 Phaser 840 Color Printer 4. Place one stack of paper snugly against the slanted back wall of the tray . 5. Fan the second stack of paper to create a slanted edge and place it against the slanted back wall of the tray . 6. Insert the tray into the printer ’s High-Capacity Paper T ray Assembly . N O T E When printing from your app[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 23 Select a fr ont panel language N O T E If the front panel already displa ys the language y ou want, turn to the ne xt topic , “Print the Menu Map” on page 24. 1. On the printer ’s front panel, hold down the Right arr ow and press Select at the same time; you are taken to the Language menu. 2. Using the up or down[...]

Getting Set Up 24 Phaser 840 Color Printer Print the Menu Map 1. On the printer ’s front panel, scr oll to Menu . Press Select . 2. Scroll to Print Menu Map ; pr ess Select . The Menu Map will print. N O T E If a scanner/copier is attached to the printer , a second page will pr int, showing a map of the copier functions. Menu Map Print Configurat[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 25 Locate the User Guide Find the User Guide in the “Getting Started” box. 1. Place the User Guide in a convenient location, such as the right panel of the printer . 2. T o attach the User Guide to the right panel of the printer , use the adhesive strip on the back cover of the guide. Do not cover the vent. 0389-42 1 [...]

Getting Set Up 26 Phaser 840 Color Printer Install printer software PC/Windows software C A U T I O N As with all Windows applications, close all other prog rams bef ore beginning this installation, including Microsoft Office, toolbars , and vir us check ers. F ailure to do so could result in computer errors. Before y ou begin Make a note of the f[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 27 Install 1. Insert the printer ’s CD-ROM. 2. Start the Installer . Use one of the following procedur es: ■ If the W indows autorun featur e is enabled, the Installer starts automatically . ■ If the W indows autorun featur e is disabled, double-click My Computer , then double-click the CD-ROM icon to launch the CD-[...]

Getting Set Up 28 Phaser 840 Color Printer 3. V iew the license agreements, and click Ye s to Accept and continue. 4. Choose an installation option: Easy Install to install a printer driver and support files. Custom Install to specify which files to install. 5. Follow the on-screen pr ompts to complete the installation and electronic r egistratio[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 29 Configuring the driver After the printer driver software installation is complete, the printer driver needs to be configured for your printer ’s installed options. N O T E If the printer dr iv er is not configured proper ly , some printer options will not be recognized. Windows 95 , Windows 98 , Windows NT4 1. Fro[...]

Getting Set Up 30 Phaser 840 Color Printer Macintosh software Before y ou begin Make a note of the following information and refer to it during the on-scr een installation procedur e. ■ What is your printer ’s configuration? Look on the printer ’s Startup Page under Feature Set : Feature Set Select this driver: Standard T ektronix Phaser 840[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 31 Install 1. Insert the printer ’s CD-ROM. 2. Double-click Start Me First . V iew the brief introductory information, then click Install Drivers to launch the installer .[...]

Getting Set Up 32 Phaser 840 Color Printer 3. Click Continue . 4. V iew the license agreements and click Accept to continue. 5. From the pull-down menu, select Easy Install or Custom Install . Easy Install to install a printer driver and support files. a. Click Read Me for details on each item to be installed. b. Click Install . Custom Install to [...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 33 Set up the driver 1. From the Apple menu, select Chooser . 2. Click the icon of the printer driver (LaserW riter 8) on the left side of the window . 3. Click the Zone for your printer , if applicable. 4. From the list of printers on the right side of the window , select your printer . If it is not in the list, check th[...]

Getting Set Up 34 Phaser 840 Color Printer Register y our printer By registering your printer with T ektronix, you ar e validating the product warranty and ensuring that you will be sent information about upgrades, service, and accessories as they become available. During the software installation, the online r egistration screen appears. Follow th[...]

Getting Set Up Setup Guide 35 Where to go fr om here T ask / Information needed Resource Where Set up your printer on a network PhaserShare Networking Setup Guide ■ Printer’ s box Network services ■ Using a network ■ Printer management PhaserShare Networking Manual ■ Printer’ s CD-ROM ■ Printer’ s web site ■ F or a pr inted copy ,[...]