I don't have one, but a colleague does. I'm not ditching my Tektronix
Phaser IISDX for one :). The print quality is definately inferior, in
particular, there is a lot of banding on large stretches of constant
shading (e.g.- black areas on confocal images).
 
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Paul Goodwin
Image Analysis Lab
FHCRC, Seattle, WA
 
On Fri, 18 Nov 1994, Badri Roysam wrote:
 
> This note follows up on some earlier discussions on this mailing list
> regarding image hardcopy devices..
>
> The recent issue of the Advanced Imaging magazine has an ad
> from Fargo Electronics (800-327-4622)
> for a **dye sublimation** cum **wax thermal** 600x300dpi color
> printer that sells for $1549 (educational price)...
>
> Seems rather attractive compared to the printers we have from Kodak ($10 - 40K).
>
> The reason why this printer is so cheap is because it does not have
> any memory or processor.. it relies on the host machine (mac/pc/workstation)
> to do the work... For someone who is not printing images all day (includes
> myself!), it may be ok to wait 9-12 minutes for a printout.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this product?
>
> Badri Roysam
> Assistant Professor
> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180.
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