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Phaser 600 Color Printer
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Troubleshooting
PC-based diagnostics
The PC-based diagnostics allow you to interactively test and check the
operations and functionality of the printer. The diagnostics are provided on a
3.5 inch floppy diskette. All of the diagnostic tests are started from the PC.
The PC diagnostics were developed to run on a PC. The following procedure
discusses using the diagnostics with an Apple® PowerBook® running PC
emulation software, as this is the portable computer in use by the field service
organization.
Requirements
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Printer serial cable adapter (level shifter), part number 174-3493-00.
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For PCs use a serial null modem cable, part number 012-1313-00. For
Apple computers, use serial adapter cable part number 012-1498-00.
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Apple® PowerBook® 540c or 5300c/ce running SoftWindows® in
MS-DOS mode. An IBM PC or PC-clone or compatible i86 operating
environment, preferably a 386 or 486; 286-based PCs are intolerably
slow.
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At least 640 kbyte of RAM. About 2 Mbytes of disk space to store the
diagnostic program and its test suite.
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A mouse is optional, but is not supported by the user interface.
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MS-DOS environment, version 3.1 or newer. This may be
SoftWindows® on a Mac, or Windows DOS or MS-DOS on a PC.
By convention, the diagnostic files are installed into a single directory (for ease
of removal and updating):
C:\600DIAGS\<version number>\
is the default.
The following procedure discusses using the diagnostics with an Apple
PowerBook running SoftWindows, as this is the portable computer in use by the
field service organization. SoftWindows should be set to the Preferred size of
10 Mbytes, assuming your PowerBook has enough RAM.