Oce TCS300 User manual

Océ TCS300
Océ User manual
User manual

Edition 2006-04 GB
Océ-Technologies B.V.
Océ-Technologies B.V.
Copyright
2006, Océ-Technologies B.V. Venlo, The Netherlands.
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, copied, adapted, or
transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from Océ.
Océ-Technologies B.V. makes no representation or warranties with respect to the
contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
Further, Océ-Technologies B.V. reserves the right to revise this publication and to
make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation to notify
any person of such revision or changes.

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Trademarks
Trademarks
Océ, Océ TCS300, Océ TCS300 printer, Océ Doc Exec®, Océ Image Logic®, Océ
Scan Logic®, Océ Power Logic®, Océ Print Exec®and Océ Remote Logic®are
registered trademarks of Océ-Technologies B.V.
Adobe®and PostScript®3are registered trademarks of Adobe®Systems
Incorporated.
Macintosh®is a registered trademark of Apple®Computer, Inc.
Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows NT®, Windows 95/98®, Windows 2000®,
Windows XP®and Internet Explorer®are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Microsoft® Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
AutoCAD®is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc.
Novell®is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.
Netscape Navigator®is a registered trademark of Netscape Corp.
Pentium®is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Energy STAR®is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
Products in this publication are referred to by their general trade names. In most, if
not all cases, these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective companies.

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Trademarks

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Contents
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Notes for the reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Available documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Océ TCS300 users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 2
Get to know the Océ TCS300 colour printing system hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The Océ TCS300 colour printing system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Océ Power Logic® controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Océ TCS300 printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The printer operator panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
The on-line mode and the off-line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The finishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The optional copy receiving rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 3
Prepare the Océ TCS300 for use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turn on and off the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Turn on and off the Océ TCS300 printer and the Océ Power Logic® con-
troller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Set the timers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The energy save mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The sleep mode timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Define the display language of the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Set another language for the Océ TCS300 Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configure the regional settings of the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Configure the network settings of the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4
Use the Océ Settings Editor to control your workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Purpose of the Océ TCS300 Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
User roles and authorisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Log in as an authorised user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
View the settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Check your licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Define the media sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configure the 'Media request time-out' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Manage the media profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Download a media profile from the Océ web site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Update a media profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Set up unattended / overnight printing optimisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 5
Print jobs to the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
What you need to know before you send your print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Send print jobs to the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Use the printer drivers to send jobs to the Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . 72
Use FTP to send jobs to the Océ TCS300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Stop or delete an active job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Handle the media for the print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Define the correct media for your jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Change the default drying time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Cut the output and clean cut a roll of media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 6
Ensure the best output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Introduction how to ensure the best output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Define the output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
The quality modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Output type, output quality and print speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Recommended media types and quality modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Colour Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Define the colour settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
'Colour feel'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
'Enhanced colours: RGB input data'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
'Enhanced colours: CMYK input data' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
'Enhanced colours: Rendering intent'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
'Colour Management' in the Océ Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Check the output quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Output quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
'Quality check' print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
'Tone scale area check' print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
'Demo print' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Optimise the output quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Optimise the output quality on the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Use the Optimise print quality wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Chapter 7
License management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Introduction to managing licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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The 'Licenses' tab in the Settings Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
The basic workflow of license activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The structure of license files and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Check your licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Get a new license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Save the currently active licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 8
Maintain the Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Replace the media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Replace the ink tanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Replace a defective printhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Replace the maintenance cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 9
System messages and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Required media not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
End of roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Cover or door opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Remove jammed media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Temperature or humidity out of range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Carriage away from home position too long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Clear the set memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Correct system errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Deal with permanent errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Appendix A
Specifications of the Océ TCS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Specifications Océ Power Logic® controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Specifications Océ TCS300 printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Preferred media types and sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Typical drying times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Specifications drivers and job submission software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Appendix B
Reader's comment sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Reader's comment sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Appendix C
Addresses of local Océ organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Addresses of local Océ organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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Contents

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Chapter 1
Introduction

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Notes for the reader
Notes for the reader
Introduction
This manual helps you to use the Océ TCS300. The manual contains a description
of the Océ TCS300 and guidelines to use and operate the Océ TCS300. There are
also tips to increase your knowledge of the Océ TCS300 and to help you manage the
workflow even better.
Definition
Attention Getters
Parts of this manual require your special attention. These parts provide important,
additional information or are about the prevention of damage to your properties.
Note, Attention and Caution
The words Note, Attention and Caution indicate these important parts.
■The word Note comes before additional information about the correct operation
of the Océ TCS300 or a tip.
■A part marked with Attention contains information to prevent damage to items,
for example the Océ TCS300, an original or a file.
■A part marked with Caution contains information to prevent personal injury.
Caution is found only in manuals that describe physical products.
Safety information
The safety information for this product is included in a separate manual with the title
Safety manual. This manual is part of the documentation set that you received with
your product.

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How to use this manual
How to use this manual
Introduction
You can access a topic quickly through the following methods.
■Refer to the alphabetical index at the end of the manual.
■Refer to the table of contents at the beginning of this manual.
Before you turn to the complete table of contents, you can also use the following
table to find a topic quickly.
The sections of this manual
The following table gives an overview of how the chapters are arranged logically.
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Chapters Section Topics
1 Introduction ■Explanation regarding the manual and how to
use it.
■Overview of available documentation
■Overview of the users of the printer.
2 Get to know the system ■General system description
■Controller
■Printer
■Finishing options
3 Prepare the system for use ■Turn the system on and off
■Define the time-outs
■Set the system language
■Configure the network settings
4 Use the web based
application to control your
workflow
Océ Settings Editor
5 Use the system Print jobs
6 Ensure the best quality
output
■Define the output quality
■Check the output quality
■Optimise the output quality
7 License Management Manage the 'Licenses'
8 Maintain the system Maintenance actions on the printer
9 System messages and
solutions
■System messages
■Printer messages
Appendix A Specifications ■System specifications
■Supported media types and sizes

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How to use this manual
Appendix B General information Reader's comment sheet
Appendix C General information Addresses of local Océ organisations
Chapters Section Topics

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Available documentation
Available documentation
Introduction
This manual is part of a complete documentation set. The following table shows a
complete overview of the available documentation.
Available documentation
[2]
Note: Visit Océ on the internet at www.oce.com for the latest information.
[2] Available documentation
Product Documentation Medium
Océ TCS300 Océ TCS300 User
manual
CD-ROM, as a PDF file in
multiple languages.
Océ TCS300 Safety
Manual
Hardcopy manual
(multilingual), also
available as a PDF file.
Océ Power Logic®
controller
Océ TDS-TCS
connectivity manual
CD-ROM, as a PDF file in
English only.
On-line Help Océ
TCS300®Settings Editor
application
Embedded in the
application, as an on-line
help file in multiple
languages.
Océ Windows®Printer
Driver
Océ Windows®Printer
Driver User Manual
CD-ROM, as a PDF file in
multiple languages on Océ
Driver Pack CD-ROM.
Océ Windows®Printer
Driver On-line Help
Embedded in the driver
application as on-line help
file in multiple languages.
Océ PostScript®3 driver Océ PostScript®3 driver
Getting Started
CD-ROM, as a PDF file in
multiple languages on Océ
Driver Pack CD-ROM.
Océ PostScript®3 driver
Getting Started
Embedded in the driver
application as on-line help
file in multiple languages.

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The Océ TCS300 users
The Océ TCS300 users
Introduction
The Océ TCS300 has the following types of users.
■Common user
■Key operator
■System administrator
■Power user.
You can logon on as one of the above mentioned users to work in the Océ TCS300
Settings Editor. Each user has different rights in the application.
Note: (see ‘User roles and authorisations’ on page 56) for more information about
the user modes and how to log on as a specific type of user.
Common user
The common user is a person who uses the system for print jobs. The common user
has no permission to change the system settings. Therefore, the common user is also
referred to as an anonymous user.
Note: You do not need a password if you are a common user.
Key operator
The key operator is responsible for the user maintenance and the system settings of
the Océ TCS300.
The key operator has the permission to define the key operator settings in the Océ
Settings Editor.
[3]
Note: The default password for the key operator is KeyOp.
Key operator settings
Mode Settings to change
Key operator ■System settings
■Printer settings
■Job settings for print jobs.

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The Océ TCS300 users
System administrator
The system administrator is responsible for the installation and the configuration of
the Océ TCS300 in the network environment.
The system administrator has the permission to define the system administrator
settings in the Océ Settings Editor.
[4]
Note: The default password for the system administrator is SysAdm.
Power user
When one person is responsible for all tasks on the Océ TCS300 it is advised to work
with the system as a power user. The power user has the combined rights of the key
operator and the system administrator.
[5]
Note: The default password for the power user is PowUsr.
System administrator settings
Mode Settings to change
System administrator ■System settings
■Security settings
■Connectivity settings
■Printer PDL settings
■Printer pen settings.
Power user settings
Mode Settings to change
Power user Key operator settings
■System settings
■Printer settings
■Job settings for print jobs.
System settings
■System settings
■Security settings
■Connectivity settings
■Printer PDL settings
■Printer pen settings.

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The Océ TCS300 users

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Chapter 2
Get to know the Océ TCS300
colour printing system
hardware

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The Océ TCS300 colour printing system
The Océ TCS300 colour printing system
Introduction
The Océ TCS300 is a modular wide-format colour printing system.
The Océ TCS300 offers a wide range of print functionality. The Océ TCS300 uses
the CMYK colour model. The printer contains printheads for cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black (CMYK) and is based on thermal inkjet technology.
The Océ Settings Editor application that manages and configures the colour printing
system runs on an embedded web server on the Océ Power Logic®controller.
Therefore, you do not need a monitor, mouse and keyboard attached to the controller.
You can access the homepage of the controller application from any networked
workstation.
The Océ TCS300 colour printing system consists of the following modules.
■The Océ Power Logic®controller.
■The printer.
The Océ TCS300 main components
Your configuration is a very lean configuration that consists of a printer and a
controller only. Thanks to the web based access to the Océ Settings Editor you do
not need a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse to connect to the controller. The Océ
Power Logic®controller is placed inside the controller cabinet of the printer. This
adds to the compactness of the system and renders a small footprint.
[1]
[1] The Océ TCS300 colour printing system
Note: The Océ Power Logic®controller is not visible in the illustration. The
controller is placed inside the controller cabinet on the right hand side of the printer
(without a monitor, a keyboard and a mouse attached).

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The Océ Power Logic® controller
The Océ Power Logic®controller
Introduction
The Océ Power Logic®controller is based on a PC platform running Windows®XP
Embedded.
Use the Océ Power Logic®controller to do the following.
■define the default system settings
■receive jobs over the network
■process the print jobs
■manage licenses
The location of the Océ Power Logic®controller
[6]
[6] The location of the Océ Power Logic®controller
Location of the
controller
Illustration
Integrated in the
right-hand side of the
Océ TCS300 printer.
[2]
[2] The Océ Power Logic®controller (printer)

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The Océ Power Logic® controller
The web application that runs on the Océ Power Logic®controller
The Settings Editor is a web application that runs on the embedded Océ TCS300 web
server. You can use an internet browser (Microsoft®Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 and
6.0 and Mozilla®Firefox®1.0 and 1.5) to open the home page of the Settings Editor.
This application gives you access to the settings to manage the configuration and
preferences of the Océ TCS300. The settings related to the system configuration
need to be configured only once. The settings that are more related to workflow
preferences or an optimal tuning of the print job processing can be changed when
necessary. To be able to edit settings in the Settings Editor you must log in using one
of three predefined user roles because the settings are all password protected.
[7]
[7] Océ web application that runs on the Océ Power Logic®controller
Application Description
Océ Settings Editor With the Océ Settings Editor you can view or edit the
default settings of the system.
All users can view the default settings.
To edit the settings you need a password.
There are two types of settings.
■Key Operator settings
To edit the key operator settings you need to log on
with the key operator password.
■System Administrator settings
To edit the system administrator settings you need
to log on with the system administrator password.
Note: If you log on as a Power user, you
can edit all the settings.