Increase the power and capability of your printer with upgrade kits. Upgrade kits make your printer faster, more networkable and more productive. To order an upgrade kit, contact your local Tektronix dealer. To locate your local dealer, press the "Local Contacts" button at the bottom of any Phaser printer web page.
The following upgrade kits are available:
4685F16 16-Mbyte SIMM:
Z480F32 32-Mbyte SIMM:
The total amount of memory installed in the printer is reported on the printer's startup page and on its configuration page. In general, more memory improves data throughput, reduces the level of compression used during image processing, provides more storage for downloadable fonts, and allows printing of the most complex images. Additional memory can also reduce print file offload time from the host by increasing the size of input buffers for the I/O ports.
| Memory |
Total Memory |
Performance/Benefit |
| Standard |
8 Mbytes |
Base configuration. Supports Fast Color, Standard, and Presentation print modes. |
| Add one 16-Mbyte SIMM |
24 Mbytes |
Increases frame buffer size, I/O buffers, and virtual memory. Improves throughput. Full frame buffer for Standard mode.
Minimum requirement for Enhanced and Premium mode printing; full-size printing on Legal-size media; Letter-size copies on the Phaser CopyStation.
Needed to support Check mode, and print collation if upgrade kit Z550FX is installed. |
| Add one 32-Mbyte SIMM |
40 Mbytes |
Increases frame buffer size, I/O buffers and virtual memory (two full frame buffers for Standard mode, one full frame buffer for Enhanced mode). |
Add one 16-Mbyte SIMM
and one 32-Mbyte SIMM |
56 Mbytes |
Increases the size of caches, buffers and virtual memory to reduce the amount of time required to transfer large images from the host and to process multiple print jobs. |
| Add two 32-Mbyte SIMMs |
72 Mbytes
(maximum) |
1200 x 1200 dot-per-inch printing without compression during image processing; guarantees the fastest throughput and best image quality. |
Z550FX Extended Features SIMM:
This is known as the printer's Option FX; it adds 22 built-in fonts to the printer. It also provides support (if the printer has 24 Mbytes RAM installed) for Check Print, print collation, job pipelining, and Enhanced and Premium print modes.
4676FP1 Ethernet Network Card:
This is referred to as the printer's Option P1. This kit includes a card with 10baseT and 10base2 connectors supporting TCP/IP, EtherTalk, Novell NetWare and HTTP protocols. Software and manuals are also included.
4676FP3 LocalTalk Network Card:
This is the printer's Option P3. This kit includes a card with a circular DIN-8 connector supporting the LocalTalk protocol and an RS-232 (serial) port.
4676FP4 Token Ring Network Card:
This is the printer's Option P4. It includes a card with a 10baseT and a twisted pair DB-9 connector supporting TCP/IP, TokenTalk, Novell NetWare and HTTP protocols. Software and manuals are also included.
4690F20 PhaserPrint TM:
For printing in UNIX and VMS environments, Tektronix offers PhaserPrint software. PhaserPrint provides fast raster screen copy printing to Tektronix color printers. PhaserPrint also provides a graphical user interface for push-button control of Tektronix printer features. PhaserPrint works with the workstation¹s native spooling system to print PostScript files and raster files in these formats: Sun Raster Format (SRF), xwd, and SGI RGB.
4690F41 PhaserSym TM:
For printing in VMS environments, Tektronix offers PhaserSym software. PhaserSym is a VMS print symbiont for DEC OpenVMS, VAX, and DEC OpenVMS AXP computers.
4676FTA Lower Tray Assembly:
The Lower Tray Assembly adds a two-tray media feeder to your printer, each tray with a 250-sheet capacity. This transforms the printer into a high-volume printing solution for networked environments. Triple-tray printing capability is especially useful if you commonly print on both paper and transparency or Letter- and Legal-sized media. The Lower Tray Assembly includes one paper tray and one transparency tray. For metric trays, order 4676FTA Option 01.
Add a hard disk for font storage:
With the Phaser 550 printer, you can connect one or more Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) external hard disks to the printer and use them for additional font storage. Once you download a font to the external disk, the font remains there until you remove it.
The Phaser 550 printer can use most SCSI hard disks that support the full SCSI command set. Also, most SCSI hard disks that work with an Apple LaserWriter will work with the Phaser 550 printer. Contact your computer or printer dealer for information.
To connect an external disk, you need these items:
A SCSI peripheral cable for each disk. The printer uses a SCSI-2, 50-pin connector.
One SCSI cable terminator, unless your disk has an internal terminator.
The printer supports up to seven external disks connected at one time.
