User manual TEKTRONIX PHASER 600

WELCOME! 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. Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer Tips on using this guide s Use the navigation buttons in Acrobat Reader to move through the document: 1 23 4 56 1 and 4 are the First Page and Last Page buttons. These buttons move to the first or last page of a document. 2 and 3 are the Previous Page and Next Page buttons. These buttons move the document backward or forward one page at a time. 5 and 6 are the Go Back and Go Forward buttons. These buttons let you retrace your steps through a document, moving to each page or view in the order visited. s For best results, use the Adobe Acrobat Reader version 2.1 to read this guide. Version 2.1 of the Acrobat Reader is supplied on your printer's CD-ROM. Click on the page numbers in the Contents on the following pages to open the topics you want to read. You can click on the page numbers following keywords in the Index to open topics of interest. You can also use the Bookmarks provided by the Acrobat Reader to navigate through this guide. If the Bookmarks are not already displayed at the left of the window, select Bookmarks and Page from the View menu. If you have difficultly reading any small type or seeing the details in any of the illustrations, you can use the Acrobat Reader's Magnification feature. Select a Magnification value from the Magnification field in the Status bar at the bottom of the window. Words or phrases in this manual in blue underlined type are hypertext links; click on the link to go immediately to information on that topic. s s s s s CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 7 GETTING SET UP 9 Features 2 Information roadmap 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 PRINTING BASICS 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 PRINTING: BEYOND THE BASICS 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 COLOR MATCHING 275 Available color charts 256 Setting up the printer 257 If you are using manual feed media 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 272 258 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 PHASERPRINTTM PLUG-IN PHOTOSHOP 318 FOR 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 PRINTING FROM DOS 393 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 Setting up ports 395 Setting up the parallel port 396 Setting up optional interface ports Printing from DOS 398 Using color corrections 399 Using a Tektronix driver 400 Using a non-Tektronix driver 401 397 PRINTING FROM UNIX WORKSTATIONS 402 AND VMS USING PRINTER UTILITIES 424 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 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'S PARALLEL PORT 505 Overview 506 Disabling timeouts 507 Bi-directional status reporting 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 530 508 CARING FOR YOUR PRINTER 535 TROUBLESHOOTING 580 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 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 Clearing a media jam 670 At a glance 670 Overview 671 Clearing a media jam 673 Clearing an ink jam 676 USING 669 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 INDEX 769 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) Material Safety Data Sheets 752 MSDS for ink 753 Specifications 759 Copyrights/Trademarks 762 Phaser® 600 Warranty 765 Users safety summary 766 750 INTRODUCTION Phaser ® 600 Wide-Format Color Printer 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 PhaserMatchTM custom color-matching profiler, and PhaserLinkTM, 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. 2 Some of the Phaser 600 printer's features include: s s s s s s s Wide format Networking Internal RIP (Raster Image Processor) Tektronix proprietary ColorStix® ink sticks Automatic high-capacity ink loader Media flexibility and independence TekColorTM Dynamic Correction Tektronix' exclusive color-control technology makes it easy to print the colors you want. PhaserMatchTM application For creating custom color profiles. s 3 s Special printing features that make your job easier: s 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. s s Easy to connect Bi-directional parallel port with plug-and-play support; PhaserShareTM cards provide optional network interfaces for the following: s Ethernet Token Ring (EtherTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP) (TokenTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP) s s LocalTalk and serial 4