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From: johnk@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (John Knippers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New HP Inkjet Mac Color Printer?
Summary: Tektronix ColorQuick Printer
Message-ID: <8863@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 90 17:15:15 GMT
References: <1990Apr6.201131.11256@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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We've remained silent long enough!

Everybody seems to be talking about the HP Paintjet XL printer
(except our friend from Dartmouth, Ken Hancock), but some facts
about the Tektronix ColorQuick would be relevant to the discussion.

			HP Paintjet XL		Tektronix ColorQuick

List Price	   	   $2495			$2495
Resolution(DPI)             180				 216 (3x Mac screen)
Cost/copy (8 1/2 x11) 	   $.70	(reported here)		$.22
Ink Cost		     ?				$12/6cc
Paper Cost		     ?				$38/500 shts
Interfaces		Appletalk,?		SCSI, Centronics (parallel)
Background Printing	    yes				  no
Time / print		     ?				50 secs
Media Type		Paper,transparency	Paper,transparency
Auto Sheet Feed		    yes				 yes
Media Size		A, legal, B		A, legal, B
						also roll media & tractor feed

The ColorQuick comes with a Macintosh driver, cables and the TekColor
application which can match printer output color to the colors on
your monitor - a Tek exclusive.
  The ColorQuick is also being featured at MacWorld in San Francisco.
Check out the print quality and the color brilliance and compare it
with the Paintjet XL.  Then make your decision.

The ColorQuick team at Tektronix.