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I can confirm this - we had a Tektronix 850, and upgraded to the 860.
The ink blocks are different, and the prints from the 860 are more
resistant to scratching etc...

We are very happy with the 860 as a general lab. printer for printing
confocal files, PDFs of papers (it prints on both sides of the paper)
and for quick transparencies.

Steve

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>Our neighbors bought a Tektronix 860 and have had great success with
>it.  The output is superior to any laser printer I have seen.  The cost of
>operation is supposed to be less (you also get free black ink with any
>color ink orders - worth noting when you are printing a lot of fluorescence
>images with lots of black).  I believe the 860 uses a new type of wax that
>is more resistant to scratching (you really have to dig at it with your
>fingernail to get it to scratch) and is more thermostable.  Don't expect
>dye sub results - but for quick one-off prints to run down the hall with,
>it's great.
>
>We don't generally print our images since most journals use electronic
>submissions now.  So printing is on the decline.  For posters we usually
>use large format inkjet poster printers - which again negate the need for a
>stand alone colour printer.
>
>Regards,
>
>At 11:29 AM 4/4/02 +0100, Stamatis Pagakis wrote:
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>>Hello everyone
>>
>>I started looking around for a new colour printer and I came across the
>>SOLID INK Phaser 860 by Tektronix-Xerox. This technology is new to me.
>>Does anyone have any experience with those printers?
>>
>>We need, of course, to use them for every day printing of colour
>>microscopy images.
>>We do have other facilities for publication quality printing, so if we
>>could do it on our new printer, that would be a bonus. I am aware of the
>>previous discussions in the list on ink jet vs lasers.  Here I would
>>like to know how these Solid Ink printers compare to colour laser
>>printers and which of the two you would recommend for a medium sized
>>facility (50 pages per day).
>
>Derek Schulze
>Flow Cytometry and Confocal Microscopy Facility Manager
>Cancer Research Labs
>Queen's University
>Kingston, ON
>Canada
>http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/crl/flow/


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