Tektronix Phaser 840 User manual

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P H A S E R®8 4 0

COLOR PRINTER

User Guide

Contents

Tektronix Supplies and Accessories

Getting the Most From Your Printer

The Front Panel

Print Quality Modes

TekColor

™

Color Corrections

Media Trays

Supported Page Sizes and Print Area

Using the Manual Feed Slot for Single-Sided Printing

Printing on Envelopes

Loading Media Trays

Printing on Labels

Automatic Duplex Printing

Adding Ink

Emptying the Waste Tray

Replacing the Maintenance Kit

Media Jams

Troubleshooting Print Quality

Hints for Moving the Printer

Getting More Information

Getting Help

Symbols

Note

General information

Caution

Use caution or damage to the printer may result.

Hot

Hot surface on or in the printer. Use caution to avoid

personal injury.

Tektronix

Phaser

, PhaserShare

and ColorStix

are registered trademarks

of Tektronix, Inc.

Tektronix Supplies and Accessories

Supplies Ordernumber Description

ColorStix

Ink

016-1604-00 3 Black sticks

016-1605-00 5 Cyan sticks plus 2 Black sticks

016-1606-00 5 Magenta sticks plus 2 Black sticks

016-1607-00 5 Yellow sticks plus 2 Black sticks

016-1582-00 2 Cyan sticks plus 1 Black stick

016-1583-00 2 Magenta sticks plus 1 Black stick

016-1584-00 2 Yellow sticks plus 1 Black stick

Premium Paper

A/Letter (U.S.) 016-1368-00 500 sheets 24 lb. bond, 90 g/m

A4 (Metric Letter) 016-1369-00 500 sheets

PremiumTransparencies

A/Letter (U.S.) 016-1724-00 50 sheets

A4 (Metric Letter) 016-1725-00 50 sheets

StandardTransparencies

A/Letter (U.S.) 016-1720-00 50 sheets

A4 (Metric Letter) 016-1721-00 50 sheets

Maintenance Kit

016-1727-00 Replacement maintenance roller and

counter (life: 30,000 images)

To order supplies and accessories, contact your local dealer or

visit the Tektronix web site:

www.tektronix.com/Color_Printers/supplies

Accessories Order number Description

Standard Paper /

TransparencyTrays

436-0330-00 A/Letter (U.S.)

436-0332-00 A4 (Metric Letter)

High-Capacity

Transparency/Label

Trays

436-0336-00 A/Letter (U.S.)

436-0338-00 A4 (Metric Letter)

Cleaning Kit

016-1595-00 Alcohol wipes and

foam swabs

Printer CD-ROM

063-3166-00 -00 English

-10 French

-20 Italian

-30 German

-40 Spanish

-70 Chinese,

Simpliﬁed

-80 Chinese,

Traditional

-90 Korean

Printer diskettes

063-2627-00

Ordering Information

Getting the Most From Your Printer

Supplies Startup Kit

Z840SS

Option 01 for Metric

■

ColorStix

ink: 5 each CMY, plus 6 Black

■

Tektronix Transparencies (50 sheets)

High-Capacity Paper

Tray Assembly

Z840LTA

Option 01 for Metric

■

Increased paper-printing capacity

■

Increased printing versatility and convenience

■

Up to two stacking trays can be used

Plus Feature Set

Z840FP

■

High Resolution / Photo print-quality mode,

1200 x 600 dpi

■

Adds automatic duplex (two-sided) print

capability

■

Adds SCSI card for connecting an external hard

drive or a scanner

■

Adds 32 Mbytes of memory (64 Mbytes total)

■

Check Print functionality

■

Quick Collate functionality (requires a hard drive)

Printer Station

ZCARTA

■

Ergonomic surface height

■

Provides storage for supplies

Scanner support

Requires Plus Features

■

Use your printer as a color copier

■

For a list of supported scanners, contact your

local Tektronix reseller, or visit the Tektronix

web site

Hard Disk Drives

■

Required for collation

■

Extends font capacity

ZDISK External SCSI Hard Drive (

Requires Plus Feature)

ZDISK3 Internal IDE Hard Drive

PhaserShare

Network Card

■

Easy to install

■

Increases speed and/or shareability

■

High-performance network connectivity

ZNBFE 100Base-T Ethernet

ZNBTR Token Ring

ZNBLT LocalTalk

PhaserLink

™

Software

Requires network

connection via TCP/IP

■

View printer status using any web browser

■

Control printer settings

■

Link to online documentation via the World

Wide Web

■

Receive electronic mail when consumables are

low or other printer maintenance is required

Additional memory

■

Improved performance

■

Up to 128 Mbytes maximum

ZMB32 32 Mbytes

ZMB64 64 Mbytes

Ordering Information

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

, etc.).

■

Alerts you to replace consumables, load media, and clear jams.

Key

Error indicator

Power indicator

Printer model

Display

Navigation arrows. Use the arrows to scroll the front panel

menus.

Select

button. Selects highlighted settings.

Help

button. Press at any time for additional information

on displayed menu options or status messages.

Printer Identification.

Accesses printer setup

menus and printer descriptions

Help Topics

. Describes common printer tasks.

Help

?Select

976

Phaser 840 Plus

READY TO PRINT

Printer Identification

Help Topics

Front Panel

Print Quality Modes

Print-quality modes Maximum speed*

Fast Color

■

Fastest full-color output

10 ppm Paper

5 ppm Transparency

Standard

■

General-purpose mode for

full-color printing

■

Best quality mode for printing

transparencies

6 ppm Paper

3 ppm Transparency

Enhanced

†

■

Superior text resolution and

very smooth light colors

3 ppm Paper

High Resolution/Photo

†

■

Highest-quality color prints

■

Near-photographic detail

■

1200 x 600 dpi

■

Requires Plus Features Set

2 ppm Paper

Approximate number of pages per minute.

†

Transparencies will be printed in Standard mode.

TekColor

™

Color Corrections

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

Monochrome ■Grayscale printing

■Used to print page masters for photocopying in black-and-white

Printing

All About Media

Standard Paper/Transparency Tray

Tray sizes: A/Letter A4

Paper

■200-sheet capacity

■Bond or equivalent, 60 - 120 g/m2, 16 - 32 lb.

■Cover stock up to 176 g/m2, 65 lb., single-sided only

Transparencies

■50-sheet capacity

■Use only Phaser 840 printer transparencies

Labels

■50-sheet capacity

■Recommended Avery™White Laser Labels, for example:

U.S. 5160, 5960

Metric L7162

9102-01

High-Capacity Transparency/Label Tray

Tray sizes: A/Letter A4

Transparencies

■175-sheet capacity

■Use only Phaser 840 printer transparencies

Labels

■100-sheet capacity

■Recommended Avery™White Laser Labels, for example:

U.S. 5160, 5960

Metric L7162

9102-01

Media and Trays

High-Capacity Paper Tray

You can use up to two High-Capacity Paper Tray

Assemblies with your printer.

Tray sizes:

A/Letter A4

Paper only

■500-sheet capacity

■Bond or equivalent, 60 - 120 g/m2, 16 - 32 lb.

9102-02

Manual Feed Slot

Paper

■A/Letter A4

■Bond or equivalent,

60 - 120 g/m2, 16 - 32 lb.

■Cover stock up to 216 g/m2, 80 lb.

Do not use for automatic duplex printing

■Card stock/Index up to 216 g/m2, 110 lb.

Do not use for automatic duplex printing

Transparencies

■A/Letter A4

■Use only Phaser 840 printer

transparencies

Labels

■A/Letter A4

■Recommended Avery™White Laser

Labels, for example:

U.S. 5160, 5960

Metric L7162

Envelopes

■#10 (U.S.)

■#6 3⁄4 (U.S.)

■C5

■DL

■Choukei 3 Gou

■Choukei 4 Gou

9102-03

Media and Trays

Supported page sizes and print area

In a supported driver, select Print. Select Page Size. Choose one of the following

media sizes.

Margins

Media Page size Print area Top/Bottom Sides

1Letter 8.5 x 11 in. 8.112 x 10.612 in. .2 in. .2 in.

2A4 210 x 297 mm 200 x 283 mm 5 mm 5 mm

3Envelopes Top/Sides Bottom

■#10 (U.S.) 4.13 x 9.5 in. 3.2 x 9.24 in. .2 in. .8 in.

■#6 3⁄4 (U.S.) 3.65 x 6.5 in. 3.2 x 6.2 in. .2 in. .28 in.

■C5 162 x 229 mm 80 x 219 mm 5 mm 77 mm

■DL 110 x 220 mm 80 x 210 mm 5 mm 25 mm

■Choukei 3 Gou 120 x 235 mm 80 x 225 mm 5 mm 35 mm

■Choukei 4 Gou 90 x 205 mm 80 x 195 mm 5 mm 5 mm

Never use envelopes with an end ﬂap, or with windows or metal clasps; they will

damage the printer. Only use the recommended envelope sizes. Envelopes must

always be placed with the ﬂap face-up.

9102-04

Using the Manual Feed Slot for Single-Sided Printing

1In a supported printer driver, select Manual Feed Paper or

Manual FeedTransparency.

2To send the job to the printer, click Print.

3Open the manual feed slot.

4Adjust the guides for your media size (Letter or A4).

5When the front panel reads Waiting for Manual Feed,

insert one sheet of media until it stops:

■Top of the page enters

ﬁrst.

■Side to be printed is

face-down

6Wait for the front panel’s prompt before inserting

additional sheets.

Make sure that duplex printing is disabled in the

printer driver.

Refer to page 15 for instructions on loading letterhead for

duplex printing.

9102-07

LETTER

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