Tektronix Phaser 350 Printer upgrade

I bought a second-hand Tektronix Phaser 350 printer from an office
clearout sale. At the time I got the impression that it would print at
600x300 dpi, but it turns out that the 600x300 resolution applies only
to the extended features upgrade. The printer I bought has only 17
fonts, therefore it does not have the upgrade.

This upgrade seems to consist mostly of an additional 16mb RAM,
although a new ROM is also fitted which must contain the additional 40
fonts, making a total of 57 fonts in all.

As I don't know where to get the upgrade pack for such an old printer
(and would think the cost of getting an engineer to be
disproportionate to the printer's overall value/longevity) does anyone
happen to know if the 600x300 mode printing can be accessed by merely
adding another 16mb of ram? Does anyone know what type of RAM and/or
how to fit it.

Finally, are the original colour inks still available for the phaser
350 or are there cheap refills available now?

Brian

On 20 Jul 2003 11:22:37 -0700, (Brian W)
wrote:

I bought a second-hand Tektronix Phaser 350 printer from an office
clearout sale. At the time I got the impression that it would print at
600x300 dpi, but it turns out that the 600x300 resolution applies only
to the extended features upgrade. The printer I bought has only 17
fonts, therefore it does not have the upgrade.

This upgrade seems to consist mostly of an additional 16mb RAM,
although a new ROM is also fitted which must contain the additional 40
fonts, making a total of 57 fonts in all.

As I don't know where to get the upgrade pack for such an old printer
(and would think the cost of getting an engineer to be
disproportionate to the printer's overall value/longevity) does anyone
happen to know if the 600x300 mode printing can be accessed by merely
adding another 16mb of ram? Does anyone know what type of RAM and/or
how to fit it.

Finally, are the original colour inks still available for the phaser
350 or are there cheap refills available now?

You will have to check with Zerox for the upgrade parts. Tek was very
good but Zerox..... for toner check www.nextag.com

Gordon