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From: darrellm@pogo.wv.tek.com (Darrell McGinnis)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Seiko vs. Tek Phaser color printers?
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Date: 3 May 91 23:13:24 GMT
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	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.)