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From: blbates@AERO36.LARC.NASA.GOV (Brent Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB)
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Subject: Re: Color thermal wax printers
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Date: 4 Jun 91 20:00:34 GMT
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   Our Tektronix 4693D cost about $10k.  We bought the unit with 4 ports,
and 8Mb memory.  It is like anything else you buy, they list a price for a
stripped down machine, but by the time you get everything you need to make
it useful, it cost more.  You're lucky, I just found that information on
the Kodak unit.  It is a Kodak XL 7700 Digital Continuous Tone Printer.

   Printing method:      Thermal dye sublimation transfer
   Output options:       Prints, transparencies
   Output Size:          8.5"x11", 11"x11" (w/half" borders)
   Max. Image Areas:
      8.5"x11":          7.56"x10.08"
      11"x11":           10.08"x10.08"
   Resolution:           200 ppi, 8 ppmm (8-bit input/color plane)
   Density Range:        0.07-2.5 (prints), 0.05-2.7 (transparencies)
   Digital data size:
      8.5"x11":          1536x2048 pixels
      11"x11":           2048x2048 pixels
   Print times (8.5x11):
      Color:             3.5 minutes
      Black & White:     1.6 minutes
   Prints/cartridge:
      Color:             100
      Black & White:     300
   Prints/tray:          100
   Interfaces:           IEEE 488 and SCSI

   Phone numbers for more information:
   In U.S.:                800-445-6325, Ext. 110
   In Canada:              800-465-6325, Dept. 345
   Outside U.S. & Canada:  716-726-4749 (FAX: 716-726-6750)

   B&W unit ~$19k, color ~$25k

   This information was sent to me in January of this year.
The sample hard copy looks like a photo.

P.S. I am posting this because others asked about the Kodak printer.

  Brent L. Bates				Phone:(804) 864-2854
  NASA-Langley Research Center			  FAX:(804) 864-6792
  M.S. 361
  Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
  E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero8.larc.nasa.gov