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Elite XL 1208/1208S Supplement

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of a GCC Technologies

®

 Elite

 XL 1208 or

1208 SuperSize laser printer. The advanced hardware of the Elite XL 1208 and
1208S incorporates a number of new features not detailed in the Elite XL User’s
Manual.
 The Elite XL 1208 and 1208S include the following features:

• Higher output resolution
• Smoothing
• TonerMiser

• Output calibration
• Support for Super B paper size
• Support for 12 x 20 inch paper size (XL 1208S only)

This supplement provides details of these features; please keep it with your
Elite XL User’s Manual.

Setting up the Elite XL 1208/1208S

Follow the instructions in Chapter 1 of the Elite XL User’s Manual to set up the
printer.

Software installation

Follow the instructions in Chapter 3 of the Elite XL User’s Manual to install the
software onto a Macintosh.

Follow the instructions in Chapter 4 of the Elite XL User’s Manual to install the
software onto a PC running Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.

Follow the instructions in the Elite XL Networking Guide to install the software
onto a PC running Windows NT.

User interface changes

Because of the additional features of the Elite XL 1208 and 1208S, some
changes have been made to the printer’s front panel menu system as well as to
the Macintosh

®

 and Windows

 printer driver interfaces.

Summary of Contents for Elite XL-1208

Page 1: ...XL 1208 1208S 2 Software installation 2 User interface changes 2 Elite XL 1208 and 1208S features 3 TonerMiser 3 Smoothing 4 Using TonerMiser and Smoothing 5 Calibration 5 The calibration procedure 6...

Page 2: ...th your Elite XL User s Manual Setting up the Elite XL 1208 1208S Follow the instructions in Chapter 1 of the Elite XL User s Manual to set up the printer Software installation Follow the instructions...

Page 3: ...drop down menu in the Print Setup dialog box for Windows For the Elite XL 1208S 12 x 20 has been added as a paper size to the Paper pop up menu in the Page Setup dialog box for Macintosh and to the P...

Page 4: ...in the Print Control menu Smoothing option settings are Enabled and Disabled Disabled is the default Macintosh software interface Smoothing can be switched on and off overrid ing the printer s front...

Page 5: ...ters are designed to provide near imagesetter print quality at a resolution of 1200 dpi dots per inch However the following factors can affect print quality Individual printer engine variations Toner...

Page 6: ...setting you must first print out the 5 calibration pages for evaluation To print the 5 calibration pages 1 Turn the Print density dial to the normal position The Print Density dial is located on the b...

Page 7: ...ow it should look under ideal circumstances Most printers will not be able to print a page in which all the elements are perfect However with guidance from the text you should be able to select the pa...

Page 8: ...as first performed with the dial in normal position and either all the calibration pages were too light or all were too dark If this was the case move the dial either to the 2 00 position calibration...

Page 9: ...arks and page labels The paper capacity of the manual feed slot when stacking 12 x 20 paper is reduced from the specifications listed in the Elite XL User s Manual The maximum amount of 12 x 20 20lb p...

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