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Phaser 440 Color Printer
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Installing the Printer and Drivers
Turning on the printer
The startup page
When you turn on a Phaser 440 printer, it executes a series of self-tests to
determine if there are any problems with the PostScript interface. After running
self-tests, the printer prints a startup page if it has been enabled. After running
self-tests and printing the startup page, the printer is ready for operation. The
factory default condition is to have the startup page disabled. A downloadable
PostScript utility file, found on the Drivers and Utilities diskette, allows you to
enable or disable the startup page.
The startup page provides you with valuable information about the printer:
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Fonts
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Ports (Serial, Parallel, LocalTalk, Ethernet)
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Printer name
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Ethernet protocols
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TekColor corrections and print quality mode
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Pages printed
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RAM installed
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Tektronix version firmware
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Adobe PostScript version software
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Ethernet address
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TCP/IP authorization code
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Type of transfer roll loaded
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SCSI disk attached
If the printer detects a non-fatal error at power-up, the startup page prints with
an error message shown in red. This is true, even if the startup page has been
disabled; the printer will still force a print to report the error.
Message
Description
Serial, Parallel, LocalTalk, EtherTalk, or
SCSI Port failed
The named port is not working. The other
ports can still be used.
DRAM SIMM
x failed
The memory SIMM
x is not working. In this
message,
x indicates the number of the
SIMM that failed (1, 2, 3, or 4). Since the
printer’s base memory is still working, the
printer can still be used, but large images
may not print, special imaging features may
not work and throughput may suffer.