1k1mgm@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (Christopher Gunn) (04/24/91)
Any experience out there pro or con re: Seiko ColorPoint PS color PostScript printers? Reviews in Mac rags suggest that it and Tek Phaser PX are the best at image/continuous-tone graphics among models in the $6K-8K range, and the Tek is about $1.5K more. Another problem with the Tek is absense of black in ribbons. Target environment is diverse--various flavors Unix, VMS, Macs, maybe PCs--and I'd be particularly interested in hearing about interface & driver problems. I'm aware early Seikos had brain-dead LocalTalk interfaces, but I'm hoping that problem has been fixed. Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall 913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
1k1mgm@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (Christopher Gunn) (04/30/91)
In article <9104291524.AA00327@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU>, 1k1mgm@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (Christopher Gunn) writes: > Any experience out there pro or con re: Seiko ColorPoint PS color > PostScript printers? Reviews in Mac rags suggest that it and > Tek Phaser PX are the best at image/continuous-tone graphics among > models in the $6K-8K range, and the Tek is about $1.5K more. > Another problem with the Tek is absense of black in ribbons. Oops. I've learned subsequently that Tek has 3, 4 and 1 color ribbons. Alleged limitation to Y-M-C was a mistake in the Mac magazine from which I got the information. However, a Tek person did tell me that they think you get better black from Y+M+C than from a separate black pass, at least for dense renderings. Sorry for reproducing misinformation. Kit Gunn, Univ. of Ks.
darrellm@pogo.wv.tek.com (Darrell McGinnis) (05/04/91)
Tek does sell ribbons that have black panels for the thermal wax engines. In fact you can get black only ribbons (more copies per ribbon) of you don't want to do color. My understanding is that 4 color ribbons (cyan,magenta,yellow,black) are designed for transperency printing (where composite black doesn't look as good as true black). for: CMYK (4pass) ribbons (275 prints/roll ?) part# 016-0898-00 CMY (3pass) ribbons (365 prints/roll ?) part# 016-0906-00 black only ribbons (1100 prints/roll?) part# 016-0904-00 Supplies Ordering phone number is 800-TEK-6100 (part numbers are from memory so don't hold me liable.)