DEClaser 5100 Printer Documentation Addendum

This document is a revised addendum to the DEClaser 5100 Printer's Installation and Setup Guide and User's Guide, providing additional information, corrections, and details on software compatibility issues for printer firmware versions 1.33 and later.

Key information includes:

• Installation & Service Tips: A critical step for removing packing material (pushing fusing assembly levers) to prevent toner issues, how to locate the printer's firmware version, and steps to disable the automatic Startup Test Page.
• General Printer Use: Explanation of the "WAITING" message and how test page appearances may differ from the manual.
• PostScript & PCL Information: Details on interrupting print jobs, enhancements to error pages, and managing fonts (including a list of supported symbol sets not in the main manual).

• Operating System Compatibility:

  • Microsoft Windows: Discusses the included PCL and PostScript drivers. Crucially warns against using the "Format device..." feature with the PostScript driver on the optional hard disk, as it can render the disk inoperable (though firmware 2.50+ mitigates this, a "Error initializing device" message may still appear). Provides steps to modify PostScript driver settings to avoid automatic language sensing issues on networks.
  • Macintosh: Covers the use and limitations of LaserWriter Font Utility, LaserWriter Utility, and Adobe Downloader for font management. Explains network naming differences and recurring printer fault messages over EtherTalk.
  • OpenVMS: Specifies the required DECprint Supervisor version (1.0C+) and the utility for downloading PostScript fonts.

• Printer Options: Instructions for reselecting the default feeder after removing the envelope feeder, details on RAM SIMM upgrades (no placement/size limitations up to 32MB per slot).

• Resolution/Graphics Enhancement Option: Explains its benefits (edge enhancement, resolution doubling to 1200x600 and 1200x1200 dpi), firmware and RAM requirements, and provides corrected memory requirements for high-resolution printing. Highlights a key incompatibility: DECimage Plus is incompatible with high-resolution settings and should be disabled. Also explains how to turn off the Ethernet Card Startup Page.