Do offices want a Rolls-Royce of color printers?

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QMS Inc's $12,499 Color Script Laser 1000 is the first desktop color laser printer in the market. While its price will make company managers see red, it nevertheless presents an alternative to the current color lasers that usually cost from $20,000 to $40,000. Analysts say, however, that the QMS printer will have to go below $5,000 to appeal to individual users. Corporate buyers too will not find enough reasons to look beyond the cheaper monochrome laser printers or color ink-jets. The QMS Color Script Laser 1000 is able to produce high-quality color output on plain paper. While it still does not compare to the sharpness of specialized printers used by graphic artists, the QMS printer output cost pennies per page instead of dollars. Its use of a dry toner also gives it an edge over ink-jet printers for documents that are expected to be used for a period of time. Ink-jet printing can suffer from subtle fading and flaking.

Evaluation, Laser printers, Color, Laser Printer, KONICA MINOLTA Printing Solutions USA Inc., AQM, QMS ColorScript Laser 1000 (Color laser printer)

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The vital video adapter links brain and display

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Microcomputers need video adapters to control their monitors. Video adapters are cards that plug into an expansion slot on the microcomputer, adding memory chips and other circuitry to help the microprocessor draw text and graphics on a video monitor. While most systems come with a video adapter already installed, users who wish to upgrade to higher-resolution monitors or display more colors need to purchase and install a new adapter capable of performing these feats, at prices from $500 to $2,000. Older adapters support the VGA 640-by-480-pixel standard, while newer ones support the SVGA 800-by-600-pixel, XVGA 1,025-by-768-pixel or even the 1,240-by-1,024-pixel standard. Higher resolutions only result in tinier displayed text unless a larger monitor is also purchased. VGA and SVGA are 16-color standards, which adapter cards can increase to between 256 and 16.7 million colors, the latter offering photographic quality.

Purchasing, Column, Computer peripherals industry, Video capture boards, Video boards, Hardware Selection, Video Boards/Cards

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