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Main Features and Specifications

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Main Features

Color Printing Technology

Color laser printer with user-selectable 600 x 600 or 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution (1200 dpi capability optional).

Color Systems

TekColor Dynamic Correction makes it easy to print the colors you want. Just select the color matching you'd like from the print dialog box.
  • Vivid Color provides bright colors and smooth blends for business presentations, charts, and graphs.
  • Simulate Display matches the colors you see on your computer monitor.
  • For graphics applications, SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications), Commercial, or Euroscale simulate the output of printing presses.
Color Standards
  • PANTONE®-approved solid color simulations
  • Adobe PostScript Level 2 device independent color
  • CIE international color standards, and
  • Support for Windows '95 ICM and Apple ColorSync color management systems.

Memory

8 Mbytes standard, expandable to 72 Mbytes, in 16- or 32-Mbyte increments.
Note: Only two expansion slots available in addition to 8MB onboard memory.

Workgroups and Networking

Workgroup Connectivity:
Windows/DOS, OS/2 PCs, Macintosh, and UNIX workstations.

Interfaces:

  • Standard: Bi-directional Parallel with Plug & Play support
  • Optional: PhaserShare Network Cards (one slot)

All ports are simultaneously active with automatic print queue management.

Network Cards:

  • Ethernet interface with support for EtherTalk, Novell NetWare, and TCP/IP protocols
  • Token Ring with support for Novell NetWare, TokenTalk, and TCP/IP protocols
  • LocalTalk and Serial
  • PhaserLink Software: the PhaserLink Server provides printer status, configuration adjustment, and instantly accessible documentation via a standard web browser.

Image Processing, Language, and Fonts

Image Processing:
Controller 32-MHz AMD 29040 RISC processor.

Language:
Genuine Adobe PostScript Level 2, with HP-GL(TM), and PCL® 5 (optional) emulation to ensure compatibility with leading software programs and file formats of embedded graphics and scanned images. Automatic language sensing and switching.

Fonts:
17 resident fonts standard, 22 optional
Additional fonts may be downloaded in memory
Built-in support for PostScript Type 1, Type 3, and TrueType(TM) fonts
SCSI port for Phaser Copystation or external hard-disk storage of additional fonts.

Media

Types:
Cost-efficient, plain-paper printing on common laser papers or Tektronix transparencies.

Input tray capacity:
Plain Paper: 250 sheets each, support for a total of three trays is available with the optional Lower Tray Assembly
Transparency tray: 100 sheets.
Single sheet manual feed for heavier paper.

Paper size and image area 

      Letter:               8.5 x 11 in.    8.2 x 10.6 in. full color image area                     

      A4:                   210 x 297 mm    200 x 287 mm full color image area

      Legal-size Paper:     8.5 x 14 in.    8.2 x 13.5 in. full color image area

Toner Supply:
Conveniently integrated into individual high-capacity cartridges that are clean and easy to handle. Average yield at 5% per color: 8,000 pages CMY (color), 10,000 pages K (black-and-white).

Manual Duplex Printing

Manual Duplex Printing Support for two-sided prints, similar to manual duplex printing on a monochrome laser printer.

Speeds

Print types and pages per minute
      Color:           4.7 ppm Paper     1.5 ppm Transparency Film

      B&W:             14 ppm Paper

Phaser Copystation

Image Input

Single-pass, flatbed desktop color scanner.

Resolution

Continuous-tone, 300 x 300 dpi resolution.

Original Input

Make Letter, Legal, or A4-size copies from any original up to 8.5 x 14 in. (210 x 356 mm). Scale output by 25-200%.
The flexible hinge of the Copystation's cover accommodates extra-thick originals.

Copy Types

Color (24-bit)
Grayscale (8-bit)
Monochrome (1-bit)

Copystation Warranty

One year return-to-depot warranty.

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Specifications

Dimensions

Phaser 550:
      Height:           18.0 in.          (46 cm)

      Depth:            19.5 in.          (50 cm)

      Width:            27.4 in.          (70 cm)

      Weight:           117  lb.          (53 kg)

Phaser Copystation:

      Height:           4.5  in.          (11.5 cm)

      Depth:            24.4 in.          (62 cm)

      Width:            13.8 in.          (35 cm)

      Weight:           20   lb.          (9  kg)

Phaser 550 Front Panel Controls:
24-character LCD panel for printer status information and configuration.

Environment

Temperature:
      Operating:       50° to 90.5° F  (10° to 32.5° C)
      Non-operating:   32° to 104° F  (-0° to 40° C)
      Storage:  (without media)          
                        -4° to 113° F  (-20° to 45° C)

Relative Humidity: (non-condensing)
      Operating:       10 to 80% 
      Non-operating:   10 to 90%

Altitude:
      Operating:       0 to 8,000 ft.    (2,500 m)
      Non-operating:   0 to 50,000 ft.   (15,240 m)

Input Power

Voltage:
      87 to 128 VAC, 110 VAC nominal

      187 to 250 VAC, 220/240 VAC nominal

Conservation:
EPA Energy Star standby mode for low power consumption.

Safety and Emissions

Phaser 550:
UL 1950; CDRH Class 1;
CSA C22.2 #950; C22.2 #601.1-M90;
IEC 950 Licensed; IEC 601;
FCC Class B;
EN60950; CISPR 22 Class B;
EN55022

Phaser Copystation:
UL 1950;
CSA-C22.2 #950-m89;
GS Licensed/IEC 950 EN 60950;
EN55022; FCC Class B;
CISPR 22 Class B

Warranty

One year return-to-depot warranty.
90-day, return-to-depot warranty on customer replaceable components.

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