Low-cost color printers

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Representative models of low-cost color printers priced between $3,000 and $6,000 are tested. The printers use three different printing technologies. The thermal wax printers use wax ribbons and a heated printhead that melts the wax onto the paper. Inkjet technology printers spread ink of different colors through tiny holes onto the paper. Printers based on bubble-jet technology squirt tiny bubbles of ink onto the paper. Such low-priced printers make tradeoffs with regard to speed, memory, networking capability and Postscript capability. Each type of printer produces output of a different quality. Wax transfer output is preferred by most users, since the colors are deep, rich and glossy. The cost per page is high for wax transfer printers. Inkjet and bubble-jet printers use only the amount of ink they need per page, but their output is typically more dull than that of wax transfer printers.

Computer peripherals industry, Comparison, Performance/Cost Relationship, Hardware Selection, Low Cost, Non-Impact Printers

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PostScript for pennies; six low-cost printers perform with the greatest of ease

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Six low-cost, easy-to-use PostScript laser printers are evaluated. Hardware That Fits' $1,995 RealTech Laser printer received the highest rating - four and a half stars - of the printers evaluated. The efficiency of RealTech's design matched its high performance. It was the fastest of printers tested and the output it delivered was impeccable. Microtek Lab Inc's $1,995 TrueLaser MTP-306, four stars, boasts 'almost frightening' speed and performed well across in all tests. Its image quality was very good, though a bit dark, and full-page halftone and PostScript illustrations were nearly as smooth as RealTech's. The Printer Works' $1,295 LX-29000, four stars, is the cheapest printer of the bunch but prints the cleanest text and sharp, smooth graphics. Other printers evaluated include Abaton/Everex Systems' $1,995 LaserScript, Okidata's $1,999 OL830 PS and GCC Technologies' $1,599 BLP Elite.

Computer and software stores, Computer storage devices, Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Laser printers, Laser Printer, Okidata Group, Everex Systems Inc. Abaton Div., Microtek Lab Inc., GCC Technologies Inc., EVRX, Hardware That Fits, Printer Works Inc., Hardware That Fits RealTech Laser (Laser printer), Microtek Lab TrueLaser (Computer printer), Printer Works LX-29000 (Computer printer), Abaton LaserScript LX (Computer printer), Okidata OkiLaser 830 PS (Computer printer), GCC Technologies BLP Elite (Laser printer)

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