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Article Abstract:
A slide recorder is a convenience and an economical investment for people who make large numbers of slides or make them under tight deadlines. Tests of 11 slide recorders priced under $12,000 indicate that among $5,000 to $6,500 machines image clarity is good at distances required for audiences up to about 40 people but images become fuzzy at distances required for larger audiences. Tests involved producing a text and a bar-graph slide and comparing each with commercially produced duplicates at projected widths of three, seven and 15 feet across. Recommended systems based on these tests are the $2,999 Polaroid Palette Plus for small audiences and budgets, the $6,495 Matrix Procolor for the Mac for mid-size budgets and audiences, and the $11,795 Matrix Slidewriter for the Mac for guaranteed legibility and large audiences. Purchasers are advised to view their own test slides from the audiences distance rather than rely on technical data such as resolution figures.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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Matrix Procolor
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The $5,995 Matrix Procolor offers the best image quality of the IBM PC recorders tested; however, the product earns only two stars in a five-star rating system. The software and documentation are so difficult that a purchase is not recommended until they are improved. Installation is difficult, requiring fitting several jumper wires onto the Procolor adapter board that fits into the PC. The number of possible connections is baffling. Procolor MVP software displays status and error messages in decimal and hexadecimal code. Matrix promises a much simpler, Microsoft Windows-based program by mid-1989. The only way to process a group of slides is through a cumbersome batch file-text editor process. The hardware, the same as the more highly recommended Apple Macintosh version of the same product, provides outstanding color and image clarity. IBM PC, XT, AT or compatible is required.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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Lasergraphics Mac-LFR
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The $9,750 Lasergraphics Mac-LFR slide printer for Apple Macintosh systems earns only two stars on a five-star rating system. Its slide quality is not on a par with similarly priced equipment. While legibility is good from a midrange distance, the same slide quality can be obtained from the less expensive Montage and Procolor recorders. Lasergraphics-produced test slides had distortions in some of the graphics and type details. For example, a fine black shadow around the legend box was not reproduced; some of the lettering appeared white where it should have been yellow; and letterspacing was too tight. Slides must be saved first in a slide program as PICT, Scrapbook or 24-bit TIFF files. The recorder comes with Compugraphic Script Triumvirate and Times outline fonts. An Apple Macintosh Plus, SE, II or IIx is required.
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Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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