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Service Guide
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Functional specifications
Characteristic
Specification
Printing process
Solid-ink onto plain paper.
Color medium
Cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink sticks, each shape-
coded. The printer uses the subtractive color system to
produce the colors red, green, and blue.
Addressability
Phaser 840 printer: Selectable 273 x 300, 409 x 409, 491 x
982 or 600 x 1200 dots-per-inch (horizontal and vertical).
Phaser 850 printer: Selectable 177 x 409, 355 x 464, 450 x
818 or 600 x 1200 dots-per-inch (horizontal and vertical).
Engine printing
speed (single-sided)
The time it takes from loading to ejecting per A or A4 print:
Phaser 840
Phaser 850
Fast Color
6 seconds
4.3 seconds
Standard
10.5 seconds
7.6 seconds
Enhanced
18 seconds
15 seconds
Photo
24 seconds
24 seconds
Fast Transparency
12 seconds
9.5 seconds
Standard Transparency
22 seconds
17.6 seconds
Print times do not include image processing time, which
varies, due to image complexity. 25 mm (1 in.) margins
assumed with 35% ink coverage.
Minimum printing
margins
All sides: 5 mm (0.2 in.)
Maximum print area
A-size: 8.1 x 10.6 in.
A4-size: 200 x 283 mm
Usable paper sizes
Tray fed:
A-size and A4-size, auto-duplex
Manual fed:
A-size and A4-size, auto-duplex
Phaser 850 only, single-sided printing only
Executive (7.25 x 10.5 in.)
A5 (148 x 210 mm)
Usable paper
weights
Tray-fed:
16 - 32 lb. Bond (60 - 120 g/m
2
) (Phaser 840)
16 - 40 lb. Bond (60 - 151 g/m
2
) (Phaser 850)
65 lb. (176 g/m
2
) Cover stock (main tray only)
Manual-fed:
16 - 40 lb. Bond (60 - 151 g/m
2
)
50 - 80 lb. Cover (135 - 220 g/m
2
) -single-sided
110 lb (216 g/m
2
) Index stock
Usable envelopes
#10 (U.S.)
DL (Metric)
#6 3/4 (U.S.)
Choukei 3 Gou
C5 (Metric)
Choukei 4 Gou
US Monarch (Phaser 850 printer only)
Do not use envelopes with endflaps, plastic windows or
metal clasps; they can damage the printer.
Label
A/A4 laser quality sheet stock only, Recommended Avery®
white laser labels: Phaser 840 use:U.S.: 5160, 5960 and
Metric: L7162. For Phaser 850 use Tek-branded labels.
Summary of Contents for Phaser 840
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Page 170: ...Service Guide 159 Figure 3 Paper path FRUs 0388 80 2 1 5 11 10 9 12 6 4 3 7 13 8 11a 11b ...
Page 172: ...Service Guide 161 Figure 4 Motor and fan FRUs 0388 14 7 4 3 5 6 2 1 ...
Page 174: ...Service Guide 163 Figure 5 Circuit board FRUs 4 3 5 2 1 9 7 6 8 10 11 13 0388 81 12 7a ...
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