Tektronix Phaser 450

Dye-Sublimation Color Printer

Building 36, Room 2A03

Introduction

The Phaser 450 produces photographic-quality glossy prints of continuous tone images for posters and publications but at a much greater cost (about $2.50/page) compared to the Phaser 340.

Macintosh Users: Installing the Dyesub2 Printer

Copy the Phaser 450 printer description, available from Joe Public:Extensions:Printer Descriptions:tkp450p1.ppd, into Your Hard Drive:System Folder:Extensions:Printer Descriptions.
From the Chooser, select LaserWriter 8, AppleTalk Zone "NINDS 36", and printer "RSB 2A03 Dyesub2", then "Setup" or "Create".
Remember to "un-select" the Phaser 450 after you print your job.

Windows 95 and NT Users: Installing the Dyesub2 Printer

Use the Add Printer wizard to install a network printer at \\Rsbnt\Dyesub2. Do not print the test page!

Important Printing Tips

Don't us the Dyesub2 printer for charts, graphs, and text. Use the Phaser 340 instead.
Print draft copies on a laser printer or the Phaser 340 color printer.
The maximum image size (in inches) is 8.1 x 10.8.
A Photoshop plug-in is available for faster printing.

For more information: see Steve Ono (36/2A03, phone 5-4530).

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