Phaser 300X


Introduction
Available information explains how to install and use the printer drivers and utility software shipped with your Phaser® 300X color printer on both a CD-ROM and on a set of floppy diskettes. This software is designed to help you get the best prints from your printer. For your convenience, this information is also available on the Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM in Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format; see "Using Acrobat Reader" for instructions on installing and using Acrobat Reader.

Using the printer

There are different ways to use the printer's features. Standard drivers are included for Macintosh and Windows applications, and downloadable utility files let you make selections to modify the printer's behavior. Refer to available tables for details on the different ways to use the printer.

For UNIX workstation environments, Tektronix offers the optional PhaserPrint software. PhaserPrint software includes the same printer options as the Macintosh and Windows drivers, and provides fast raster screen copy printing to Tektronix color printers. For VMS workstation environments, use the optional PhaserSym software to print to your Phaser printer. Refer to "Printing from UNIX Workstations" or "Printing from VMS Workstations" for more information.

Standard and extended features configurations

The standard version of the printer has 10 Mbytes of memory and 39 resident fonts. The extended features option adds the following features:

Where to find information

Printed and on-line information

Printer information is also available on the Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM in the Macintosh Manuals folder or in the PC MANUALS directory.

The on-line documents are in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format. Refer to "Using Acrobat Reader" for instructions on installing an Acrobat Reader application from the Phaser 300X printer's CD-ROM to view these documents.

Accessing on-line documents without a CD-ROM

If you want to access on-line information and you do not have a CD-ROM drive, you can get on-line documents in the following ways:

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