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Tektronix 560 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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User Manual

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Using a PostScript error handler

The error handling utility, enabled in the

Printer Defaults

menu of the

printer’s front panel, is useful for diagnosing problems when a job doesn’t
print. It provides a PostScript error-handling function to help determine the
cause of some PostScript printing problems. PostScript errors are printed on a
page with other status information when an error occurs. This utility can be
useful to programmers and technical support for debugging PostScript code.

To turn the error handler on, follow these steps:

1.

In the printer’s front panel, press the

Menu

button.

2.

Press the right or left arrow button until the front panel displays
this message:

3.

Press

Menu

.

4.

Press the left arrow button; this message appears:

5.

Press

Menu

. This message appears:

The

*

indicates the current selection;

disabled

is the factory default.

6.

Press an arrow button. The front panel displays this message;

7.

Press

Select

.

8.

Press the

button until the front panel reads

Ready

.

After turning on the error handler, resend the print job; the printer produces
an error page.

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Exit

Printer Defaults
<---- -----> Menu

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Exit

Error Handler
<---- -----> Menu

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Exit

Error Handler: disabled*
<---- -----> Select

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Exit

Error Handler: enabled
<---- -----> Select

Exit