Tektronix Phaser 840, Service Manual

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Service Guide 25
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.