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Technical Notes

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Phaser 300X Color Printer

Serial port signals

The following table shows the printer’s serial port pinout.

Serial port signal descriptions

Signal name Pin # Printer I/O Description

DCD 1 In Data carrier detect

RxData 2 In Received data

TxData 3 Out Transmitted data

DTR 4 Out Data terminal ready

Gnd 5 — Signal ground

DSR 6 In Data set ready

RTS 7 Out Request to send

CTS 8 In Clear to send

RI 9 Out Ring indicator

1 2 ... 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 ... 174 175

First printing August 1996 1
070-8873-01 1
Users safety summary 3
300X Warranty 4
Contents 5
4 Caring for Your Printer 7
5 Supplies and Accessories 8
6 Troubleshooting 8
Introduction 11
Getting Set Up 15
Checking the inventory 16
Setting up the printer 17
Loading paper 18
Installing the output tray 19
Setting the media switch 20
Connecting the printer 21
LocalTalk connection 22
LocalTalk® 23
Ethernet connection 24
Parallel connection 25
Serial connection 26
Turning on the printer 27
ERROR light goes out 28
■ Press one time = German 29
■ Press two times = French 29
■ Press three times = Italian 29
■ Press four times = Spanish 29
■ Press ﬁve times = Japanese 29
Making a test print 30
Setting up PC ports (DOS) 32
Serial port setup 33
Printing 34
Using Windows printer drivers 35
Printing from DOS 43
Printing from a Macintosh 44
Using the Phaser 300X driver 47
Selecting printing options 48
Printing from a workstation 49
UNIX workstations 50
VMS workstations 51
For more information 51
Windows applications 52
General hints and tips 52
Macintosh applications 53
Selecting print features 54
Color correction 55
Color Control Strip feature 56
All about media 57
Paper size and input method 58
Weight and thickness 59
8344-12A 60
Margins and image area 61
Image area for Tabloid Extra 62
Image area for color prints 62
Image orientation 63
Media handling 64
Using the paper trays 65
Loading letterhead 66
Loading three-holed paper 66
Using manual feed 67
Address this side 68
1234 Main Street 68
Anytown, XX 56789 68
Making transparencies 69
Helvetica Narrow Oblique 70
Resident typefaces (PCL5) 71
Default printer port settings 73
Switching printer languages 74
Printing with PCL5 75
Printing with HP-GL 75
Printing PostScript 75
Adding ink 78
Changing the fuser wiper 80
Emptying the waste bin 81
UTILITIES 83
PRINTHEAD 83
Cleaning the printer 84
Reorder cleaning kit supplies 85
Using isopropyl alcohol 86
30849-23A 87
Cleaning the feed rollers 88
30849-24A 90
30849-25 91
30849-26 92
30849-27 93
Cleaning the head wiper 96
Cleaning the fuser rollers 98
Procedure A 100
Procedure B 101
Caring for Your Printer 102
Phaser 300X Color Printer 102
User Manual 103
CLEAN PRINT HEAD button 105
TEST PRINT button to 105
Supplies and Accessories 106
Upgrade kits 108
Troubleshooting 110
Clearing paper jams 114
Removing jammed paper 115
8344-32A 116
Setting head convergence 117
8344RN-4 119
8344RN-5 120
General cleaning guide 121
Problems, solutions, hints 122
Letterhead 125
Streaks appear on the paper 126
PRINT HEAD 127
Missing ink 128
Network problems 129
Operation hints 130
Printer standby modes 132
Printing and installation 133
TEST PRINT button or reset 136
Front and Rear Panels 138
Front panel 139
6. ERROR: 140
7. POWER: 140
8. INK COVER: 140
9. INK LOAD LEVER: 140
Utilities mode menu structure 141
Rear panel 142
Rear-panel LED indicator 143
Technical Notes 144
Print count 146
Printer ports 147
Parallel port 148
Serial port 149
MODE statement: 150
Serial port signals 151
Speciﬁcations 152
Safety and emissions 153
Expanding Your 154
Printing System 154
Upgrades kits 155
Advantages of adding memory 156
PhaserPrint 157
PhaserSym 157
Initialization 158
Connecting one disk 160
Connecting multiple disks 161
Moving Your Printer 162
Changing line voltage 165
Regulatory Information 166
regulatory standards 167
Material Safety Data Sheets 168

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