Tektronix Phaser 600 User manual

Phaser
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600Wide-Format Color Printer
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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 shipping blocks 21
Attaching the ink loader 23
Loading the ink 24
Attaching the output bin 26
Attaching the Quick Reference Guide 27
Connecting the printer 28
Printer ports 28
Adjust the leveling legs and lock the wheels 32
Turning on the printer 33
Selecting a language for the front panel 37
Installing the starter paper roll 39
Loading the paper roll 40
Feeding roll paper 43
Software installation 46
Overview for all PC and Macintosh platforms 47

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 Microsoft PostScript driver with Windows
95 101
Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows 95 105
Using the Tektronix printer driver for Windows 3.1 109
Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows
3.1 115
Using the Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 PostScript
driver 118
Using the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver 119
Printing from a Macintosh 124
Print features quick reference: Macintosh printer
drivers 125
Using the Phaser 600 driver 138
Using the Adobe PSPrinter driver 139
Using the Apple LaserWriter 8.x driver 140
Using the Phaser 600 GX driver 141
Printing from a workstation 143
Overview 143
UNIX workstations 145
VMS workstations 147
For more information 148
Printing from specific applications 149
General hints and tips 149

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 languages: PostScript, HP-GL 181
Fonts 182
Resident typefaces (PostScript) 183
Printer’s Extended Features option 184
Downloading fonts 185
Macintosh screen fonts 187
Using fonts with Windows 189
Printing font samplers 190
P RINTING
: B EYOND
THE
B ASICS
193
Working with color 195
Color corrections — making the best selection 197
Deciding which color correction to use 200
Color correction descriptions 201
Special considerations 215
Printing and using the color sampler charts 219
Special printing features 221
Fusing Mode / Media Fusing 222
Advance Media 224
Cut Media 226
Mirror Print 228
Page Centering 229
Page Rotation 230
Image Smoothing 232
Fast Preview 234
Print Preview 235
Color Control Strip 238
Reprint 240
Custom page sizes 241
Phaser Copystation 242
Requirements and suggested memory
configuration 243
Connecting the Copystation 244
Setting the print quantity 245
Scaling images from the Copystation 246
Media size interactions 248
Laminating your Phaser 600 prints 251
Tips on laminating prints 252

PRINTING THE COLOR SAMPLER CHARTS 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 270
Printing the color charts 272
COLOR MATCHING 275
Select your computer type 276
Using ColorSync on a Macintosh 277
Using host color correction in Windows 95 282

USING PANTONE® COLOR FILES 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 the entire chart 309
Printing Pantone Colors from an application 313
Printing Pantone Colors from a Macintosh
application 314
Printing PANTONE Colors from a
PC/Windows application 316
USING THE PHASERPRINT™ PLUG-IN FOR
PHOTOSHOP 318
Overview 319
Compatibility 320
Installing the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop 321
Installing the plug-in for Macintosh 322
Installing the plug-in for Windows 323
Using the plug-in 325
Starting the PhaserPrint plug-in 326
Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box 328

USING THE PHASER 600 GX DRIVER 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
Printing from non-QuickDraw GX applications 388
Viewing printer status 390
Disabling QuickDraw GX 391
PRINTING FROM DOS 393
Setting up ports 395
Setting up the parallel port 396
Setting up optional interface ports 397
Printing from DOS 398
Using color corrections 399
Using a Tektronix driver 400
Using a non-Tektronix driver 401

PRINTING FROM UNIX AND VMS
WORKSTATIONS 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 5 415
Sun running Solaris 2.3 417
Sun running SunOS 4.1.3 420
Extracting files from unix.tar 421
USING PRINTER UTILITIES 424
Installing the utility files 426
Installing the Macintosh utility files
from the printer’s CD-ROM 427
Installing the PC utility files 428
Downloading files from the Tektronix World Wide Web
site 429
Downloading files from the Tektronix ftp server 430
Downloading files to the printer 432
Downloading files from a Macintosh 433
Downloading files from a PC 438
Changing the printer's name 442
Changing the printer’s name from a Macintosh 443
Changing the printer's name from a PC 445
Resetting the printer 447
Resetting the printer from a Macintosh 448
Resetting the printer from a PC 450
Using the color rendering intents 451
Descriptions 451
Selecting 456
Enabling and disabling job pipelining 459
Enable/disable job pipelining from a Macintosh 460
Enable/disable job pipelining from a PC 462
Modifying the Advance Media default 463
Modifying Advance Media from a Macintosh 464
Modifying Advance Media from a PC 466
Setting page offset 467
Setting page offset from a Macintosh 468
Setting page offset from a PC 470
Adding Control-D characters to PC files 471

Configuring a printer’s serial port 473
Other utilities 477
The following utility files are described in other
locations: 479
USING SCSI HARD DISKS 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
Connecting multiple disks 491
Formatting a SCSI hard disk 493
Initializing a formatted SCSI hard disk 497
Enabling and disabling SysStart Job execution 500

USING THE PRINTER’SPARALLEL PORT 505
Overview 506
Disabling timeouts 507
Bi-directional status reporting 508
Parallel port pin signals 510
USING DIFFERENT PRINTER LANGUAGE
MODES 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
Printing HP-GL files 525
Enabling automatic language selection 526
Testing printer language mode changes 527
Testing HP-GL mode 528
Testing PostScript mode 529
Setting default HP-GL pen colors 530

CARING FOR YOUR PRINTER 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 displays Empty Waste Bin 570
Before moving the printer 571
Repacking and moving the printer 573
TROUBLESHOOTING 580
If you need help 581
Downloading files from the Tektronix
Color Printer Information Server 583
Using the automated fax systems 585
Use HAL in the U.S.A. and Canada 586
Use EuroHAL in Europe 588
Front panel messages 592
Symptoms and solutions 596
Diagnostic tools 596
Maintaining print quality 597
Printing hints 618
Improving print speed 620
Relative port speed 621
Fastest print time 622
Printing bitmapped images 624
PostScript printing errors 630
Using a PostScript error handler 632
Fixing timeout problems in Windows 638
Printed colors are not what you expected 642
In general 642
Printing PANTONE Colors 644
Blue colors look too purple 645
Using the Tektronix halftone screens 646
Selecting page sizes in Windows applications 650
Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows 653
Sharing the printer on a network 655
If the LaserWriter Utility does not work
(AppleTalk) 657

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
USING THE FRONT PANEL 681
Front panel 683
Front panel overview 684
Front panel indicators 685
Front panel buttons 686
Two-line display 689
Printer information 690
Front panel menu map 691
Pause menu 693
Help Pages overview 695
Printing the front panel menu map 696
Printing the menu map from the front panel 697
Printing the menu map with PhaserLink software 698
Printing the configuration page 699
Printing the configuration page from the front
panel 700
Printing the configuration page with
a downloadable utility file 701
Printing the configuration page with PhaserLink
software 705
Printing the startup page 706
Printing the startup page from the front panel 707
Printing the startup page with a downloadable utility
file 708
Printing the startup page with PhaserLink
software 712

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
ORDERING INFORMATION 726
Tektronix Printer and Tektronix Supplies:
Made For Each Other® 727
Customizing your printer 728
Ordering printer supplies 729
Ordering Interface cables and adapters 732
Expanding your printing system 734
Upgrade kits 735
Extended Features upgrade 736
Memory upgrade 738
PhaserShare network cards 740
Phaser Copystation 741
PhaserPrint 742
PhaserSym 743
SCSI hard disk 744

REGULATORY INFORMATION 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 safety summary 766
INDEX 769

Phaser®600Wide-Format Color Printer
INTRODUCTION

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Features
The Phaser®600 Wide-Format Color Printer is a Tektronix 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 up to
Architectural E-size (36 x 48 inches), as well as roll-fed media for printing posters,
large banners and signage.
Standard configuration. In its standard configuration, the printer provides
8 Mbytes of memory, a total of 17 fonts, support for PhaserMatch™ custom
color-matching profiler, and PhaserLink™, Tektronix’ online control of printer features
and access to printer information through a standard web browser. Additional
memory (16 Mbytes or 32 Mbytes) for improved performance is optionally available.
Extended Features option. The Extended Features option adds 22 fonts (for a
total of 39) and support for the Phaser Copystation, Print Preview and Reprint
features. Additional memory (16 Mbytes or 32 Mbytes) for improved performance is
optionally available.

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Some of the Phaser 600 printer’s features include:
■Wide format
■Networking
■Internal RIP (Raster Image Processor)
■Tektronix proprietary ColorStix® ink sticks
■Automatic high-capacity ink loader
■Media flexibility and independence
■TekColor™ Dynamic Correction
Tektronix’ exclusive color-control technology makes it easy to print the
colors you want.
■PhaserMatch™ application
For creating custom color profiles.

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■Special printing features that make your job easier:
■Reprint, accessible from the printer’s front panel, allows you to reprint
a previously printed PostScript image at a different scale and copy
count. Available with the Extended Features option.
■Print Preview is a driver-selectable option that lets you preview an
image by printing it at a reduced scale, which takes less time and
media than printing a full-scale image. Available with the Extended
Features option.
■Easy to connect
Bi-directional parallel port with plug-and-play support; PhaserShare™
cards provide optional network interfaces for the following:
■Ethernet (EtherTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP)
■Token Ring (TokenTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP)
■LocalTalk and serial