Tektronix Phaser 850 User manual

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Contents
Contents 1
Tektronix supplies and accessories 9
The front panel 14
Key 15
Printing a Menu Map 15
Print quality modes 16
TekColor™ color corrections 17
Paper tips 18
Supported page sizes and print area 19
Manual-feed printing 21
Supported media 21
Using the manual-feed slot for single-sided
printing 22
Manual-feed
special
ity media overview 24
Printing on envelopes 26
Guidelines for envelope printing 27
Printing envelopes from a Macintosh 27
Printing envelopes from Windows 30
Loading the Standard Paper/ Transparency Tray 31
Supported media 31
Loading the tray 32
Loading the High-Capacity Paper Tray Assembly 33
Supported media 33
Loading the tray 33
Loading the optional High-Capacity
Transparency/Label Tray 35
Supported media 35
Loading the tray 36
Printing on High Resolution Photo Paper 37
Printing on labels 38
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Guidelines for printing on labels 39
Automatic two-sided printing 40
Binding preference 41
Loading letterhead paper for two-sided printing 42
Adding ink 44
Emptying the waste tray 46
Replacing the Maintenance Kit 48
Removing paper jams 50
Media Jam — Open Exit Cover to Clear 50
Media Jam — Open front cover to clear 53
Media Jam — Retry manual feed
54
Media Jam — Remove media (or upper) tray
to clear 55
Media Jam — Remove middle tray to clear 56
Media Jam — Remove lower tray to clear 56
Troubleshooting print quality 57
Light stripes or missing colors 57
Oil or ink smears 59
Ink streaks 60
Ink smears 62
Moving the printer 63
All moves 63
Preparing the printer for shipment 64
Getting help 65
Printer CD-ROM 65
Windows driver help system 65
Color Connection 66
Printer’s front panel 66
Internal printer pages 66
PhaserLink™ Software 67
Tektronix web site 67
TekSMART™ Knowledge Base 67
Other online services 68

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Customer Support Centers 68
Printer Management 69
PhaserLink Printer Management software 69
Job Accounting 69
TekSMART™ Knowledge Base 69
Usage Profile 70
Fonts 71
Resident typefaces (PostScript) 71
Resident typefaces (PCL5C) 71
Downloading fonts 72
Downloading fonts from a Macintosh 73
Printing a list of resident fonts 74
From a Macintosh 74
From a PC or workstation 74
Image Smoothing 75
Quick Collate 76
Requirements 76
Separation Pages 77
PANTONE Colors 78
Methods of printing PANTONE Colors 78
PANTONE Colors from color selection books 78
Printer-specific PANTONE Colors 78
Installing the PANTONE Color files 79
From the Web 79
Printing the PANTONE Color Chart 80
Macintosh 80
PC 81
PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop 82

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Installing the plug-in: Macintosh 82
Installing the plug-in: Windows 83
Using the plug-in 84
Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box 85
Number of copies 85
Print using (Macintosh) 85
Print using (Windows) 86
Printer model 86
Media size (selection) 86
Color Correction 86
Media 87
Quality 87
Rendering Intent 87
Compress Image Data 87
Fast preview 87
1st Page Preview 88
Image Smoothing 88
Stylized representation of the page 88
Scaling an image 89
Landscape orientation 89
Center images 89
Replicate images 89
Image size 89
Image separation 90
Number of images 90
Image layout 90
Media size (display) 90
Show color preview of image 90
Printer Utilities 91
Locating the files on the printer’s CD-ROM 92
Installing the utility files for Macintosh 92
Installing the files for PC 92
Locating files on the Tektronix World Wide Web site
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Locating files on the Tektronix FTP server 94
Downloading files to the printer from a Macintosh 95
Using the Apple Printer Utility to download files
95
Using the Apple Printer Utility to perform other
tasks 96
Downloading files to the printer from a PC 97
Downloading files from Windows 3.1 97
Downloading files from Windows 95 / Windows
98 97
Downloading files from Windows NT 97
Downloading files if your printer is connected to a
Novell Netware network 98
Downloading files if your printer is connected
through PhaserPort 99
Downloading files if your printer is connected to
Windows NT 99
Advanced Printing Features for Phaser 850 Printers 100
Previewing with 1st Page Preview 100
Requirements 100
Use 1st Page Preview 100
Reset the timeout 101
Automatic tray switching 102
Front Panel Intensity 102
Intelligent Ready mode 102
Color Sampler Charts for Phaser 850 Printers 103
Overview 103
Color charts 104
Printing a color sampler chart from the Phaser 850
printer’s front panel 105
Printing the desired colors from an application 105
Printing the color sampler charts with utility files 106
From a Macintosh 106

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From a PC or workstation 106
Troubleshooting Phaser 850 Printers 107
Useful tools 107
Printer CD-ROM 107
Windows driver help system 107
Color Connection 107
Printer’s front panel 107
Internal printer pages 108
PhaserLink™ Software 108
Tektronix web site 108
TekSMART™ Knowledge Base 108
Other online services 108
Front panel messages 109
Problems with automatic two-sided printing 113
Problems printing on labels 114
Labels are printed on the wrong side 114
Printing labels from Microsoft Word 114
Print Quality Problems 115
Printing problems 117
Preventing media jams 118
Turning the Startup Page on or off 119
From the printer’s front panel 119
From PhaserLink Printer Management software
119
From utility files 119
Protected mode for the front panel menu 120
Turning Sys/Start Job execution on or off 121
Using the front panel 121
Using utility files 121
Cleaning Phaser 850 Printers 122
Selecting the source for cleaning pages 122
Cleaning supplies 122
Light stripes on prints 123

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Cleaning for oily streaks 126
Cleaning for ink smears: internal paper path 127
Cleaning for ink smears: paper-feed rollers 129
Cleaning for ink smears: paper-exit path 133
Cleaning for media tray jams 136
Cleaning the media-pick roller 136
Cleaning the separator pad 138
Cleaning for lower tray jams: paper-feed rollers 139
Regulatory Information for Phaser 850 Printers 141
Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)
regulatory standards 141
Declaration of conformity 142
FCC Class B device 143
Phaser 850 Printer Material Safety Data Sheets 144
MSDS for Silicone Oil 145
MSDS for Ink Sticks 147
MSDS for CleanTex® Alcopad 149
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Specifications for Phaser 850 Printers 152
Index 155

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User Guide
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Tektronix supplies and accessories
To order supplies and accessories, contact your local dealer or visit the
Tektronix web site:
www.tek.com/Color_Printers/products/supplies.html
ColorStix Ink
Item Part Number
3 Free Black sticks 016-1831-00
5 Cyan sticks plus 2 Free Black sticks 016-1825-00
5 Magenta sticks plus 2 Free Black sticks 016-1826-00
5 Yellow sticks plus 2 Free Black sticks 016-1827-00
2 Cyan sticks plus 1 Free Black stick 016-1828-00
2 Magenta sticks plus 1 Free Black stick 016-1829-00
2 Yellow sticks plus 1 Free Black stick 016-1830-00
Tektronix Paper
Item Size Description Part Number
Premium Color
Printing Paper
A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
500 sheets
24-lb. bond, 90 g/m
2
016-1368-00
Premium Color
Printing Paper
A4 (Metric)
210 x 297 mm
500 sheets
24-lb. bond, 90 g/m
2
016-1369-00
High Resolution
Photo Paper
A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
25 sheets
170 g/m
2
016-1808-00
High Resolution
Photo Paper
A4 (Metric)
210 x 297 mm
25 sheets
170 g/m
2
016-1809-00
Premium Cover A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
100 sheets
60-lb. cover, 160 g/m
2
016-1823-00
Premium Cover A4 (Metric)
210 x 297 mm
100 sheets
60-lb. cover, 160 g/m
2
016-1824-00
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Transparencies
Item Size Description Part Number
Premium A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
50 sheets 016-1724-00
Premium A4 (Metric Letter)
210 x 297 mm
50 sheets 016-1725-00
Standard A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
50 sheets 016-1720-00
Standard A4 (Metric Letter)
210 x 297 mm
50 sheets 016-1721-00
Color Printing Labels
Size Description Part Number
A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
100 sheets / 30 labels per sheet
(each 1 x 2-5/8 in.)
016-1812-00
A/Letter (U. S.)
8.5 x 11 in.
100 sheets / 6 labels per sheet
(each 3-1/3 x 4 in.)
016-1813-00
A4 (Metric Letter)
210 x 297 mm
100 sheets / 14 labels per sheet
(each 38.1 x 99.1 mm)
016-1814-00
A4 (Metric Letter)
210 x 297 mm
100 sheets / 8 labels per sheet
(each 67.1 x 99.1 mm)
016-1815-00
Maintenance Kit
Item Part Number
Extended replacement maintenance roller and counter
(Life: up to 45,000 images or two years, which ever comes
first.)
016-1834-00
Standard replacement maintenance roller and counter
(Life: up to 10,000 images or two years, which ever comes
first.)
016-1822-00
Supplies

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Replacement items
Item Part Number
Maintenance Waste Tray (replacement) 436-0370-01
Maintenance Drawer (replacement) 436-0383-00
Rapid Release Guide 650-4153-00
Additional memory
Features Part Numbers
■
Improved performance
■
Up to 256 Mbytes maximum
■
64 Mbytes: ZMB64
■
128 Mbytes: ZMB128
The printer has two memory slots. When adding memory, you can use
64-Mbyte and 128-Mbyte DIMMs in combination.
Trays
Size Description Part Number
Standard Paper/Transparency Tray A/Letter (U. S.) 436-0330-00
Standard Paper/Transparency Tray A4 (Metric Letter) 436-0332-00
High-Capacity Transparency/
Label Tray
A/Letter (U. S.) 436-0336-00
High-Capacity Transparency/Label
Tray
A4 (Metric Letter) 436-0338-00
Cleaning Kit
Item Part Number
Package of 5 alcohol wipes 016-1845-00

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High-Capacity Paper Tray Assembly
Features Part Numbers
■
Increased paper-printing capacity
■ Increased printing versatility and
convenience
■
Up to two High-Capacity Paper Tray
Assemblies can be used
■
U. S.: Z840LTA
■ Metric: Z840LTA Option 01
Printer Station
Features Part Number
■
Ergonomic surface height
■
Provides storage for supplies
ZCARTA
Internal IDE Hard Drive
Features Part Number
■ Required for collation
■
Extends font capacity
Z850HD
DP Feature Set
Features Part Number
■
High Resolution / Photo print-quality
mode, 1200 x 600 dpi
■
Automatic two-sided printing
capability
■ Adds 32 Mbytes of memory (64 Mbytes
total)
■
1st Page Preview functionality
■ Quick Collate functionality (requires a
hard drive)
■
Page Pipelining
Z850FP

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PhaserShare® Network Card
Features Part Number
■
Easy to install
■ Increases shareability
■ High-performance network connectivity
Token Ring: ZNBTR

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The front panel
■
Provides access to printer settings (tray, print-quality mode,
network settings, etc.).
■
Displays the printer’s operating status (Ready to Print, Printing).
■
Alerts you to replace consumables, load paper, and clear jams.
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Help Select
Phaser 850 DX
READY TO PRINT
Menu
About my Printer
Help
Printer Demo
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Key
1. Error indicator
2. Power indicator
3. Printer model and current status
4. Display
■
Menu: Accesses printer setup menus
■
About My Printer: Displays current printer settings and
information
■
Help: Accesses information and tools for solving printer
problems
■
Printer Demo: Prints sample images and color charts
5. Navigation arrows. Use the arrows to scroll the front panel menus.
6. Select button. Selects highlighted settings.
7. Help button. Press at any time for additional information on
displayed menu options or status messages.
Printing a Menu Map
The Menu Map shows you where features such as the help pages, are
located in the front panel’s menu structure.
1. Scroll to Menu, press Select.
2. Scroll to Print Menu Map, press Select.
Front Panel

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Print quality modes
*Approximate number of pages per minute; does not include image
processing time. Based on prints with margins of .5 in. or greater.
**Transparencies are printed in Standard mode.
Print quality modes selectable from a
printer driver or the front panel
Maximum speed*
Fast Color
■Fastest full-color output.
■Useful for many images and previewing
work.
■Produces good peer-level documents.
■Useful for rush jobs when saturated
colors are not necessary.
14 ppm Paper
6.5 ppm Transparency
Standard
■General-purpose mode for
full-color printing.
■Best quality mode for printing
transparencies.
■Suitable for most office uses.
■Produces vibrant, saturated prints with
smooth color transitions.
8 ppm Paper
3.5 ppm Transparency
Enhanced**
■Superior text resolution and
very smooth light colors.
■Balance of high quality and fast speed.
■Smoothest and brightest large-area fills.
■Useful for printing paper copies of
overhead presentations.
4 ppm Paper
High Resolution/Photo**
■Highest-quality color prints.
■Near-photographic detail.
■1200 x 600 dpi.
■Requires DP or DX Feature Set.
2 ppm Paper
Features

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TekColor™color corrections
Color corrections
selectable from a
printer driver or the
front panel
Description
Automatic ■Automatically applies the best color correction
mode to each element on the page
None ■No color correction made to colors
■Used with the PANTONE®Color Chart for
PANTONE®Color matching
Vivid Color ■Produces the brightest possible colors and makes
blues appear less purple
sRGB Display ■Closely approximates the colors on a standard
display screen
SWOP Press ■Specification for Web Offset Publications. Used
to match U. S. press standards
Euroscale Press ■Used to match equivalent Imation Matchprint®
proofs
Commercial Press ■Used to match commercial Imation Matchprint®
proofs
SNAP Press ■Specifications for Non-Heat Advertising Printing
■Used to match standards for printing on uncoated
and newsprint papers
DIC ■Used to match Dai Nippon printing inks on
coated paper
Toyo ■Used to match commercial Toyo printing inks on
coated paper
FujiProof ■Used to match the Fuji Color Art System for
commercial North American proofs
Black and White ■Grayscale printing
■Used to print page masters for photocopying in
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Paper tips
■Print the Paper Tips Page from the printer’s front panel for a
detailed list of paper types and sizes.
■When you select a tray by location (Upper, Middle, Lower) from a
printer driver, the printer feeds from that tray.
■Always keep stored paper, transparencies, and labels, in sealed
packages to avoid the effects of moisture which can affect feed
reliability.
■Always use the manual-feed slot for heavy paper and envelopes.
■Handle transparencies by the edges and with both hands to avoid
fingerprints and creases, which can result in poor print quality.
■Do not use three-hole punched paper, perforated paper, or an
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Supported page sizes and print area
The image area of a print is a bit smaller than the paper size. You may
need to adjust the page margins in your application software to match
the print area.
To print from a supported driver, select Print. Select Page Size.
Choose one of the following sizes.
*Transparencies available in Letter- and A4-sizes only.
Paper* Page size Print area Top/
Bottom
margins
Left/
Right
margins
1. Letter 8.5 x 11 in. 8.112 x 10.612 in. .2 in. .2 in.
2. Executive 7.25 x 10.5 in. 6.85 x 9.95 in. .275 in. .2 in.
3. A4 210 x 297 mm 200 x 287 mm 5 mm 5 mm
4. A5 148 x 210 mm 138 x 196 mm 7 mm 5 mm
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Caution
Never use envelopes with windows or metal clasps; they will
damage the printer. Use only the recommended envelope
sizes. Envelopes must always be placed with the flap
face-up.
For better results, use light-weight, laser-quality envelopes.
Envelopes Page size Print area Top/
Bottom
margins
(A/B)
Left/
Right
margins
(C/D)
#10 (U. S.) 4.13 x 9.5 in. 3.73 x 8.95 in. .2 in. .275 in.
#6 3⁄4 (U. S.) 3.65 x 6.5 in. 3.25 x 5.95 in. .2 in. .275 in.
Monarch (U.
S.)
3.875 x 7.5 in. 3.475 x 6.95 in. .2 in. .275 in.
C5 162 x 229 mm 152 x 197 mm 5 mm 7 mm
25 mm
DL 110 x 220 mm 100 x 206 mm 5 mm 7 mm
Choukei 3 Gou 120 x 235 mm 110 x 221 mm 5 mm 7 mm
Choukei 4 Gou 90 x 205 mm 80 x 191 mm 5 mm 7 mm
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CD
A
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