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Main Features and Specifications

Main Features | Color Printing Technology | Media Types and Sizes | Controller | Connectivity and Networking | Languages | Printer Drivers | Color Standards | Conservation | Duty Cycle | Phaser 560 Warranty/Support | Dimensions | Office Smart Features | Printing Capacities | Phaser Copystation

Main Features

Configuration Base Extended Features
Print Resolution 600 dpi 600/1200 dpi
Memory (RAM) 20 MCT1 (8 MB) 72 MCT1 (40 MB)
Resident Fonts 17 39
Legal-Size Printing Optional Standard
Check Print Preview Optional Standard
Pipeline Printing Optional Standard
Collation Printing Optional Standard
Copystation Support Optional Optional
PhaserShareTM Network Cards Optional Optional

Print Speeds (Pages per Minute)
Print Mode Dots-per-Inch Color Monochrome
Fast Color2 600 x 600 4.7 ppm NA
Standard 600 x 600 3.5 ppm 14 ppm
Premium 1200 x 1200 1.8 ppm 7 ppm
Transparency 600 x 600 1.8 ppm 7 ppm
1 Effective memory based on real time Memory Compression Technology (MCT), compressing and decompressing image memory in real time.
2 Fast Color prints full-color images with Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow toners.

Color Printing Technology

Color laser printer with user-selectable 600 x 600 or 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution (1200 dpi capability optional).

Media

Media Types
Laser Paper
Letterhead
Recycled Paper		   Copier Paper
Labels		   Tektronix Glossy paper
Tektronix Transparencies
Tektronix Fabric Transfer media
Media Sizes
Letter-size: 8.5 x 11 in.
A4-size: 210 x 297 mm		   Legal-size: 8.5 x 14 in.*
*Requires 24MB memory for full image area.

Controller

33-MHz AMD RISC processor.

Connectivity and Networking

Workgroup Connectivity:
Windows/DOS, NT, OS/2 PCs; Macintoshes, and UNIX workstations.

Networking Interfaces:

  • Standard: Bi-directional Parallel port; SCSI port for external SCSI hard disk and/or Phaser Copystation.
  • Optional PhaserShareTM Network Cards: Ethernet interface with support for Novell® NetWare®, EtherTalk®, and TCP/IP protocols; Token Ring with support for Novell NetWare, TCP/IP, and TokenTalk protocols; or LocalTalk and Serial.

PhaserShare network cards include printer management software for Windows user on Novell NetWare networks.

All ports and protocols are simultaneously active.

Languages

Genuine Adobe® PostScript® HP-GLTM, and PCL® 5 (monochrome) emulation.
Automatic sensing and switching.

Printer Drivers

Standard: Windows and Macintosh, PhaserPrintTM direct download from Adobe PhotoshopTM
Optional: Workstations - SUN, SGI, HP, IBM, and DEC.

Color Standards

  • PANTONE®*-approved solid color simulations
  • Adobe PostScript Level 2 device-independent color
  • CIE international color standards, and
  • Support for ICC and Apple ColorSync color management systems.
*Pantone Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction materials.

Conservation

EPA Energy Star standby mode.

Duty Cycle

  • Monochrome: 100,000 prints/month
  • Color: 25,000 prints/month

Warranty/Support

One year on-site warranty, toll free telephone support, online technical support via the World Wide Web, on-demand fax reference library, and a user newsletter.

Dimensions

Height: 18.2 in. (463 mm)
Depth: 19.4 in. (492 mm)
Width (with output tray): 30.8 in. (782 mm)
Weight: 105 lbs. (48 kg)

Office Smart Features

  • Color Rendering TekColor Automatic Color Correction adjusts the color quality for the best reproduction and print speed object by object, page by page. Plus Simulate Display, Commercial Press, Vivid Color, Euroscale Press, or SWOP.
  • Front Panel LCD provides printer status information. Cancel button provides ability to cancel current print job at the printer.
  • Toner Level "Gas Gauges" Check consumable levels from the front panel or your desktop.
  • PhaserLink Software Tektronix PhaserLink software provides printer status, configuration, toner levels, Intranet support, and Tektronix' support via standard web browsers.
  • Duplex Printing Support for semi-automated two-sided printing via the multipurpose input tray.
  • Check Print Preview* A single print preview of multiple-print projects. After review, continue or cancel printing.
  • Print Collation* provides collated copies of multiple-page documents, printed in page order.
  • Color Density Control Adjust toner density, dark or light.
  • Job Pipelining* overlaps print processing several pages ahead of printing, for optimum throughput.
    *Requires Extended Features option.

Printing Capacities

Input Tray Capacities:
Standard Paper Tray (250 sheets) Paper 16 to 28 lb. (61 to 105 g/m2)
Multipurpose Tray (100 sheets) Paper 20 to 44 lb. (75 to 165 g/m2), Transparencies, labels, duplex printing, fabric transfer, and card stock.
Optional Lower Tray Assembly (2 Trays 250 sheets each) Paper

Toner Capacities (based on 5% coverage)
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow 10,000 pages each
Black 12,000 pages

Phaser Copystation*

Original Input Letter-, Legal-, or A4-size color copies from originals up to 8.5 x 14 in. (210 x 356 mm). Flexible hinge accommodates extra-thick originals.
Scaling 25% to 200%.
Color Control Fine-tune individual colors.
Copy Modes Color (24-bit), gray scale (8-bit), or monochrome (1-bit).
*Printer requires 24 MB of memory for letter-size copies, 40 MB for legal-size copies.


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