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Front panel, Front panel 7-2 – Tektronix Phaser 300X User Manual

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Front and Rear Panels

7-2

Phaser 300X Color Printer

Front panel

1.

INK LEVEL:

Three icons that show how much ink is in the printer.

Refer to the illustration of the front panel on the next page: the
front panel displays one icon for each of the printer’s four ink
wells. The three icons have the following meaning:

a.

Empty

b.

Half-full

c.

Full

2.

PRINTER STATUS:

Messages about the printer and actions

required, if any.

3.

UTILITIES:

Press this button to access the Utilities mode, which is

used to see how many prints the printer has made, to clean the
printer, to clean the fuser, to adjust head convergence, or to empty
the waste bin.

4.

CLEAN PRINT HEAD:

Press this button to clean the printhead.

Refer to “Print quality problems” on page 6-13 for details on using
this button. When in the Utilities mode, this button makes a
selection of a specific function or changes a setting.

5.

TEST PRINT:

Press this button to print a basic test pattern, which

consists of a color bar and vertical lines. The bars represent the
seven basic colors: red, green, blue, black, cyan, magenta, and
yellow. The vertical lines let you know that the ink-jet nozzles on
the printhead are functioning properly. Refer to “Test print
example” on page 6-8 for mor
e details. When in the Utilities
mode, this button allows you to scroll through a series of options.