PEPKE%FSU.MFENET@NMFECC.ARPA (03/04/88)
My recent request for personal experience with color printers for the IRIS elicited 5 responses. A summary follows, but first, some disclaimers: This was not a scientifically performed survey. Five responses is not large enough to draw statistical conclusions. All the information herein is second hand or worse. I have no connection with anyone except as a customer or potential customer. Mongo only little cog in big machine of Institute. We don't really know what reality is exists except through our senses. Blah blah blah. There were three recommendations of the Seiko printer, which boiled down to it works well, it does reasonable shading, and it is easy to install, as it connects to the RGB output of the IRIS. There was one recommendation for a printer manufactured by Shinko and distributed by Mitsubishi, which I guess was either the CHC-635 or the CHC-335. Mitsubishi also distributes a box which allows the printer to connect to the RGB output. Their printer seems to do good shading as well. As far as I can tell, both printers would be good choices. 16 of one, 10 hex of another. There were two caveats about the Tektronix ink jet printer. One told of a demo unit that never worked properly in spite of claims from Tektronix and Silicon Graphics that their individual pieces worked perfectly. The other told of a Textronix printer that another department obtained that was cumbersome to use and install. The Tektronix printer, apparently, requires a board to be installed in the IRIS. Maybe the problems have been fixed. Maybe Tektronix has come out with a wonderful new printer that works perfectly. Maybe a Democrat will be elected President. I don't know. You get to determine what you believe. There was one recommendation of the Dunn Instruments camera, which is somewhat beyond the scope of this discussion. Hope this helps anybody in a similar bind... Eric Pepke pepke%fsu.mfenet@nmfecc.arpa Supercomputer Computations pepke%scri.hepnet@lbl-csa2.arpa Research Institute pepke%fsu.bitnet@wiscvm.wisc.edu Florida State University "The black paper between a mirror Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 breaks my heart that I can't go." Disclaimer: My employers seldom even LISTEN to my opinions. Meta-disclaimer: Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.