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From: geof@aurora.com (Geoffrey H. Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Color Postscript
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.000202.5470@aurora.com>
Date: 15 Jun 91 00:02:02 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.141616.1@mee.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: geof@aurora.UUCP (Geoffrey H. Cooper)
Organization: The Aurora Group, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <1991Jun12.141616.1@mee.tcd.ie> richard@mee.tcd.ie writes:
>I've seen output from colour photocopiers, the quality seems to fit our
>needs exactly, but my question is is it possible to get printers that
>come this close to photographic quality ???

There is a Mitsubishi printer (more of a marking engine) that prints
24 bit color at 150 dpi using a sublimation process.  This might be
more in line with what you want; It is the kind of printer that would
make a poor choice for an existing color PostScript device, since I've
not seen a PS that will do anti-aliasing on graphics instructions (and
without it 150 dpi output is very jagged).

It is the kind of device that expects reams of data under strict
timing constraints, but I believe that it takes the data over a
centronics (almost) compatible port, so you might be able to drive it
with a 3/486 box.

- Geof
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