Document Outline

• Welcome!
  • Tips on using this guide
• Contents
• Introduction
  • Features
    • Some of the Phaser 600 printer’s features include:...
  • Information roadmap
• Getting Set Up
  • At a glance
  • Setting up the printer
    • What you get with your printer
      • Accessories box contents
      • Optional Phaser Copystation accessory
    • Registering your printer
    • Unpacking instructions
    • Moving the printer to its operating location
    • Removing adhesive tape and cable tie
    • Removing the transit restraint
    • Removing the shipping blocks
    • Attaching the ink loader
    • Loading the ink
    • Attaching the output bin
    • Attaching the Quick Reference Guide
  • Connecting the printer
    • Printer ports
    • Adjust the leveling legs and lock the wheels
    • Turning on the printer
      • What happens at power-up
      • When the printer is ready for operation
  • Selecting a language for the front panel
  • Installing the starter paper roll
    • Loading the paper roll
    • Feeding roll paper
  • Software installation
    • Overview for all PC and Macintosh platforms
  • PC/Windows software
    • Which Windows driver to install?
    • Custom Install or Easy Install?
      • Setting up the drivers for Windows95 (cont'd.)
      • Setting up the drivers for Windows 3.1 (cont'd.)
      • Setting up a PostScript driver for Windows NT 3.5 ...
      • Setting up the printer on a network for Windows NT...
      • Setting up a PostScript driver for Windows NT 4.0 ...
      • Setting up the printer on a network for Windows NT...
  • Macintosh software
    • Which Macintosh driver to install?
    • Custom Install or Easy Install?
      • Installing printer software for Macintosh
      • Setting up the Phaser 600 printer driver
      • Setting up the Adobe PSPrinter driver
      • Setting up the Phaser 600 GX driver
      • Setting up the Apple LaserWriter 8 driver (cont'd....
  • Workstation software
    • Downloadable printer utility files
    • PhaserPrint software for UNIX (demo)
• Printing Basics
  • Printing overview
  • Printing from a PC
    • Print features quick reference: Windows printer dr...
    • Using the Microsoft PostScript driver with Windows...
    • Using the AdobePS 4 driver with Windows 95
    • Using the Tektronix printer driver for Windows 3.1...
    • Using the Adobe PostScript driver for Windows 3.1
    • Using the Windows NT 3.5 and 3.51 PostScript drive...
    • Using the Windows NT 4.0 PostScript driver
      • Selecting printer options within an application: P...
      • Selecting printer options within an application: P...
      • Selecting printer options from the Control Panel
  • Printing from a Macintosh
    • Using Macintosh printer drivers
    • Using the printer’s front panel
    • Print features quick reference: Macintosh printer ...
    • Using the Phaser 600 driver
    • Using the Adobe PSPrinter driver
    • Using the Apple LaserWriter 8.x driver
    • Using the Phaser 600 GX driver
      • Printing with a desktop printer
      • Selecting printing options
  • Printing from a workstation
    • Overview
    • UNIX workstations
    • VMS workstations
    • For more information
  • Printing from specific applications
    • General hints and tips
  • Selecting print features
    • Methods of selection
    • Print quality modes
    • Color corrections
  • All about media
    • Selecting media by size
    • Margins and print area
      • Cut-sheet media
      • Roll media
    • Page size, print area, and margins
      • Roll media sizes
      • Cut-sheet media sizes
      • Margins
      • U.S. Cut sheet media sizes
      • Metric Cut sheet media sizes
    • Media attributes
      • Media types
      • Media thickness range
      • Media stiffness
    • Image orientation
    • Page Rotation
      • Portrait orientation
      • Landscape orientation
      • Hints
    • Manual Feed: using cut-sheet media
  • Image manipulation
  • Printer languages: PostScript, HP-GL
  • Fonts
    • Resident typefaces (PostScript)
    • Printer’s Extended Features option
    • Downloading fonts
    • Macintosh screen fonts
    • Using fonts with Windows
    • Printing font samplers
      • Printing a font sampler from a Macintosh
      • Printing a font sampler from a PC
• Printing: Beyond the Basics
  • Working with color
    • General guidelines
  • Color corrections — making the best selection
    • TekColor corrections
    • PhaserMatch
    • Deciding which color correction to use
    • Color correction descriptions
      • Turning off all color corrections
      • Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue
      • Simulating display screen colors
      • Closely match printing press colors
      • Printing in gray scale
      • Using the printer’s current color defaults
      • Using simple color conversions
      • Using the rendering intents
    • Special considerations
      • If your Phaser 600 printer is shared on a network
      • Application color corrections
      • If you are using an unsupported driver
  • Printing and using the color sampler charts
  • Special printing features
    • Fusing Mode / Media Fusing
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Advance Media
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Cut Media
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Mirror Print
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Page Centering
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Page Rotation
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Image Smoothing
      • Options
      • Hints
    • Fast Preview
      • Hints
    • Print Preview
      • Options
      • Timeout
    • Color Control Strip
      • Options
    • Reprint
      • Options
    • Custom page sizes
  • Phaser Copystation
    • Requirements and suggested memory configuration
    • Connecting the Copystation
    • Setting the print quantity
    • Scaling images from the Copystation
      • Automatic scaling
      • Custom scaling
      • Getting the best results
    • Media size interactions
      • Printing A-size images on A-size media
  • Laminating your Phaser600 prints
    • Tips on laminating prints
• Printing the Color Sampler Charts
  • Available color charts
  • Setting up the printer
    • If you are using manual feed media
    • If you are using roll media
  • Printing from a Macintosh
    • Installing the files
    • Important preparations
      • Printing from a supported driver
      • Printing from a non-supported driver
    • Printing the color charts
  • Printing from a PC
    • Installing the files
    • Important preparations
      • Printing from a supported driver
      • Printing from a non-supported driver
    • Printing the color charts
• Color Matching
  • Select your computer type
  • Using ColorSync on a Macintosh
  • Using host color correction in Windows 95
• Using PANTONE® Color Files
  • Pantone overview
  • Installing Pantone files
    • Installing the Macintosh files
    • Installing the PC files
  • Using the PANTONE Color templates
    • Using the Macintosh templates
      • Adobe Illustrator 3.0 (Macintosh)
      • Adobe Illustrator 5.0 (Macintosh)
      • Aldus FreeHand 4.0 (Macintosh)
      • Aldus PageMaker 5.0 (Macintosh)
      • Adobe PageMaker 6.0 (Macintosh)
    • Using the PC library files
      • Adobe Illustrator 3.0 and 4.02 (PC)
      • Aldus PageMaker 5.0 (PC)
      • CorelDRAW! (PC)
  • Printing the PANTONE Color sampler chart
    • Printing individual pages from Acrobat
      • Printing from Acrobat (Macintosh)
      • Printing from Acrobat (PC)
    • Printing the entire chart
      • Printing the entire chart (Macintosh)
      • Printing the entire chart (PC)
  • Printing Pantone Colors from an application
    • Printing Pantone Colors from a Macintosh applicati...
    • Printing PANTONE Colors from a PC/Windows applicat...
• Using the PhaserPrint™ Plug-in for Photoshop
  • Overview
  • Compatibility
    • Macintosh
    • Windows
  • Installing the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop
    • Installing the plug-in for Macintosh
    • Installing the plug-in for Windows
  • Using the plug-in
    • Starting the PhaserPrint plug-in
    • Selecting options in the PhaserPrint dialog box
      • Number of copies
      • Print using (Macintosh)
      • Print using (Windows)
      • Printer model
      • Media size
      • Color correction
      • Quality
      • Fusing
      • Advance media
      • Cut media
      • Page rotation
      • Rendering intent
      • Compress image data
      • Fast preview
      • Manual feed
      • Print preview
      • Mirror print
      • Center page
      • No margins
      • Image smoothing
      • Color control strip
      • Stylized representation of the page
      • Scaling an image
      • Landscape orientation
      • Center images
      • Replicate images
      • Image size
      • Image separation
      • Number of images
      • Image layout
      • Media size
      • Show color preview of image
• Using the Phaser600 GX Driver
  • System requirements
  • Installing the Phaser 600 GX printer driver
  • Creating a desktop printer
  • Setting up unique desktop printers
  • Printing with a desktop printer
    • Using the Printing menu
      • Control printing
      • Designating a default desktop printer
      • Using printing extensions
      • Selecting printing options
      • Downloading printer utilities
      • Printer utilities
      • Download PostScript files
  • Setting up a shared printer
    • Using a shared printer
  • Printing from QuickDraw GX applications
    • Using the Page Setup dialog box
    • Using the Print dialog box
    • Using the TekColor printing extension
  • Printing from non-QuickDraw GX applications
    • Changing a desktop printer’s default selections
  • Viewing printer status
  • Disabling QuickDraw GX
• Printing From DOS
  • Setting up ports
    • Setting up the parallel port
    • Setting up optional interface ports
  • Printing from DOS
    • Using color corrections
    • Using a Tektronix driver
    • Using a non-Tektronix driver
• Printing from UNIX and VMS Workstations
  • Overview
  • Printing from UNIX workstations
  • Printing from VMS workstations
  • Using the printer’s software
  • Obtaining the PC utility files
    • Using the Phaser600 printer’s CD-ROM
  • Using the utility files
  • Mounting the PC/DOS diskette on a workstation
    • SGI IRIX versions 4.0.x and 5
      • msdosd
      • mediad
    • Sun running Solaris 2.3
      • Automatic diskette mounting instructions
      • Manual diskette mounting instructions
    • Sun running SunOS 4.1.3
    • Extracting files from unix.tar
      • Listing the contents of unix.tar
      • Extracting the files
• Using Printer Utilities
  • Installing the utility files
    • Installing the Macintosh utility files from the pr...
    • Installing the PC utility files
    • Downloading files from the Tektronix World Wide We...
    • Downloading files from the Tektronix ftp server
  • Downloading files to the printer
    • Downloading files from a Macintosh
      • Using the LaserWriter Utility to download files
      • Using the LaserWriter Utility to perform other tas...
      • Downloading files from the Phaser 600 GX driver
    • Downloading files from a PC
      • Downloading files from Windows 3.1
      • Downloading files from Windows 95
      • Downloading files from DOS
  • Changing the printer's name
    • Changing the printer’s name from a Macintosh
    • Changing the printer's name from a PC
  • Resetting the printer
    • Resetting the printer from a Macintosh
    • Resetting the printer from a PC
  • Using the color rendering intents
    • Descriptions
      • Rendering Intent Absolute
      • Rendering Intent Relative
      • Rendering Intent Saturation
      • Rendering Intent Perceptual
    • Selecting
      • From the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop
      • From a downloadable utility file
  • Enabling and disabling job pipelining
    • Enable/disable job pipelining from a Macintosh
    • Enable/disable job pipelining from a PC
  • Modifying the Advance Media default
    • Modifying Advance Media from a Macintosh
    • Modifying Advance Media from a PC
  • Setting page offset
    • Setting page offset from a Macintosh
    • Setting page offset from a PC
  • Adding Control-D characters to PC files
    • ADDCTRLD.BAT
    • CTRLD.PS
  • Configuring a printer’s serial port
    • Parameter values
  • Other utilities
    • The following utility files are described in other...
• Using SCSI Hard Disks
  • SCSI peripheral devices
  • Selecting a SCSI hard disk
    • For font storage
  • Ordering information
  • Connecting a SCSI hard disk
    • Required items
    • Important guidelines
    • Connecting one disk
    • Connecting multiple disks
  • Formatting a SCSI hard disk
    • Macintosh users
    • PC and workstation users
  • Initializing a formatted SCSI hard disk
    • Macintosh users
    • PC and workstation users
  • Enabling and disabling SysStart Job execution
    • Macintosh users
    • PC and workstation users
    • Front panel
• Using the Printer’s Parallel Port
  • Overview
  • Disabling timeouts
  • Bi-directional status reporting
  • Parallel port pin signals
• Using Different Printer Language Modes
  • The printer recognizes the following printer or pa...
  • Installing the files
  • Setting PostScript and HP-GL job and wait timeouts...
  • Changing the printer’s language mode
    • Printing PostScript files
    • Printing HP-GL files
    • Enabling automatic language selection
  • Testing printer language mode changes
    • Testing HP-GL mode
    • Testing PostScript mode
  • Setting default HP-GL pen colors
• Caring for Your Printer
  • Overview
  • Cleaning hints
  • Quick cleaning
    • Feed rollers and paper guides
    • Transport rollers
      • Removing the mediaroll
      • Cleaning the transport rollers
    • Drum
  • Occasional cleaning
    • Back tension blade and paper clamp
      • Removing the mediaroll
      • Setting the front panel for cleaning access
      • Cleaning the back tension blade
      • Cleaning the paper clamp
    • Clamp rollers
    • Fuser shuttle and exit rollers
      • Setting the front panel
      • Exposing the fuser shuttle
      • Removing the fuser components
      • Cleaning the fuser shuttle
      • Cleaning the exit rollers
      • Inserting the fuser components
    • Ink loader
    • Cleaning the printhead
  • Emptying the waste bin
    • Front panel displays Empty Waste Bin
    • Before moving the printer
  • Repacking and moving the printer
    • Before you begin
    • Cables and media
    • Ink loader
    • Clean-up
    • Repack the printer
• Troubleshooting
  • If you need help
    • Downloading files from the Tektronix ColorPrinter...
  • Using the automated fax systems
    • Use HAL in the U.S.A. and Canada
    • Use EuroHAL in Europe
  • Front panel messages
  • Symptoms and solutions
    • Diagnostic tools
    • Maintaining print quality
  • Printing hints
    • Application hints
    • Tektronix supplies and software
    • Getting the largest printed picture
  • Improving print speed
    • Relative port speed
    • Fastest print time
    • Printing bitmapped images
      • All users
      • Macintosh users
      • Windows 3.1 users (using the Tektronix driver)
      • Windows 95 users
      • UNIX workstation users
  • PostScript printing errors
    • Using a PostScript error handler
      • Using the error handler from the front panel
      • Using the Macintosh error handler utility file
      • Using the PC and workstation error handler utility...
    • Fixing timeout problems in Windows
      • From Windows 3.1
      • From Windows 95
      • From DOS (and Windows 3.1)
  • Printed colors are not what you expected
    • In general
    • Printing PANTONE Colors
    • Blue colors look too purple
    • Using the Tektronix halftone screens
      • Using the Macintosh Setscreen utility file
      • Using the PC/workstation Setscreen utility file
  • Selecting page sizes in Windows applications
    • Windows 3.1
    • Windows 95
  • Fonts printing incorrectly from Windows
    • Getting printer configuration information
  • Sharing the printer on a network
    • Driver, utility files, and front panel interaction...
    • If the LaserWriter Utility does not work (AppleTal...
  • Media hints and tips
    • Cutting roll media
      • Using a 2-inch core media roll: removing the core ...
      • Hint
      • Replacing the core adapter
    • Startup page prints even though it is disabled
  • Clearing a media jam
    • At a glance
    • Overview
      • Hints
    • Clearing a media jam
  • Clearing an ink jam
    • If an ink stick falls over in the loader
    • If an ink stick doesn’t drop completely
    • Removing the ink loader
• Using the Front Panel
  • Front panel
    • Front panel overview
    • Front panel indicators
    • Front panel buttons
    • Two-line display
    • Printer information
    • Front panel menu map
    • Pause menu
      • Reprint
  • Help Pages overview
  • Printing the front panel menu map
    • Printing the menu map from the front panel
    • Printing the menu map with PhaserLink software
  • Printing the configuration page
    • Printing the configuration page from the front pan...
    • Printing the configuration page with a downloadabl...
      • Macintosh utility file: Configuration Page
      • PC utility file: PRNTCNFG.PS
    • Printing the configuration page with PhaserLink so...
  • Printing the startup page
    • Printing the startup page from the front panel
    • Printing the startup page with a downloadable util...
      • Macintosh utility file: Print Start Page
      • PC utility file: PRNTSTPG.PS
    • Printing the startup page with PhaserLink software...
  • Enabling and disabling the startup page
    • Enabling and disabling the startup page from the f...
    • Enabling and disabling the startup page with a dow...
      • Macintosh utility file: LaserWriter Utility
      • PC utility file: STARTPG.PS/NOSTRTPG.PS
    • Enabling and disabling the startup page with Phase...
  • Enabling and disabling front panel menus
    • Macintosh utility file: Menu Short /Menu Long
    • PC utility file: MENUSHRT.PS/MENULONG.PS
• Ordering Information
  • Tektronix Printer and Tektronix Supplies: Made For...
    • Customizing your printer
  • Ordering printer supplies
  • Ordering Interface cables and adapters
  • Expanding your printing system
    • Upgrade kits
    • Extended Features upgrade
    • Memory upgrade
      • Advantages of adding memory
    • PhaserShare network cards
      • Benefits of networking the printer
    • Phaser Copystation
    • PhaserPrint
    • PhaserSym
    • SCSI hard disk
• Regulatory Information
  • Overview
  • Canadian EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) regul...
  • Declaration of conformity (for 220-230 VAC equipme...
  • FCC Class B device (for 100-120 VAC equipment)
  • Material Safety Data Sheets
    • MSDS for ink
  • Specifications
  • Copyrights/Trademarks
  • Phaser® 600 Warranty
  • Users safety summary
• Index