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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  Hardcopy from 4D
Message-ID: <9010011038.AA06767@aero4.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 1 Oct 90 11:38:29 GMT
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   The best copies I have seen came from a hard copy unit from Kodak.
The paper prints looked almost like photo's and the transparencies looked
good and durable.  It has a digital interface and I think the price is
around $10k, but I am not sure.  I would give you more information, but
what I have isn't readily accessable.
   We have a Tektronix 4693D thermal hard copy device.  I has 8 basic
colors and dithers to get 16M.  We like it, it does its job, and we haven't
had any major problems with it.  The only thing we don't like about it is
if you have a very dark background on a transparency, it tends to melt
quickly.
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	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov