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Fast colour
Fast colour A four-colour dot-matrix printer/ plotter, with separate cartridge ribbons and print heads for each primary colour plus black, has been announced by Ramtek. The unit produces full colour or black and white hardcopy graphics on plain paper and complements Ramtek's colour graphics and display system product lines. The Model 4100 is Z80 microprocessor controlled, can be switched quickly between graphics and alphanumerics and operates at approximately three times the speed of present colour impact printer/plotters, printing all colours in ~ single pass. The 4100 prints in a subtractive process, light colours first, from a raster refresh graphics system. Current maximum resolution is 60 dots/ linear in, horizontal or vertical. Plotting speed in the full colour graphics mode averages 3min/page for 11 in forms. Characters are printed in a
5 x 7 dot matrix at a rate of 60 lines/ min. The 4100 will cost $12,000 in the USA and deliveries will begin in August with production quantities available in November. OEM discounts are available.
(Ramtek Corporation, 2211 Lawson Lane, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Tel: (408) 988-221 I. Twx: 910-3399379)
It is half the size and weight of its forerunner, has much simpler paper and toning loading, is quieter and requires no calibration or adjustment. It is also a lot less expensive to buy. At £4750, including one year's full warranty, the V-80 is about 35% cheaper than the Model 1200A it replaces. Discounts, even in small OEM quantities, can be substantial and represent a 60% OEM price reduction from earlier Versatec models. (Versatec,
Fastest plotter
27/35 London Road, Newbury, Berlts, UK. Tel: (0635) 42421. Tx: 847259)
The Versatec V-80, an electrostatic printer/plotter claimed to be the world's fastest mid-priced printer, prints 1000 132-column lines/min, more than three times faster than comparably priced impact printers. It can plot an 11 in x 8½1n area with 200 dot/in resolution in 7s. With optional controller, it can produce a hardcopy from CRT or video source in 20s or less. The V-80 is the result of a threeyear Versatec/Xerox development project begun in mid-1977.
Pipe stress program WHESSOE PSA5, Release 4, covers all the major British and American pipework codes including BS806 with comprehensive facilities for static and dynamic analysis. (UCC (Great Britain)
Limited, 143 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham B5 6RH, UK. Tel: 021622 1041)
-|l--I am!lpa the new international journal covering the study, research and techniques of all design
Coverage includes: • Design as a discipline • Studies of designer behaviour • Computer-aided design • M a n a g e m e n t of design • Developments in design methods • Design in general education • Participation in design • Appraisal of designed objects and systems
Annual subscription(four issues) £48 (reduced rate of £12 for members of the Design ResearchSociety) Furtherdetails from: Christine Muffins, IPC Science end Technology Press Ltd. PO Box 63, Weetbury House, Bury Street, Gulldford, Surrey GU2 5BH, England Telephone: 0483 31261 Telex: 859556 SCITEC G
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5 x 7 dot matrix at a rate of 60 lines/ min. The 4100 will cost $12,000 in the USA and deliveries will begin in August with production quantities available in November. OEM discounts are available.
(Ramtek Corporation, 2211 Lawson Lane, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Tel: (408) 988-221 I. Twx: 910-3399379)
It is half the size and weight of its forerunner, has much simpler paper and toning loading, is quieter and requires no calibration or adjustment. It is also a lot less expensive to buy. At £4750, including one year's full warranty, the V-80 is about 35% cheaper than the Model 1200A it replaces. Discounts, even in small OEM quantities, can be substantial and represent a 60% OEM price reduction from earlier Versatec models. (Versatec,
Fastest plotter
27/35 London Road, Newbury, Berlts, UK. Tel: (0635) 42421. Tx: 847259)
The Versatec V-80, an electrostatic printer/plotter claimed to be the world's fastest mid-priced printer, prints 1000 132-column lines/min, more than three times faster than comparably priced impact printers. It can plot an 11 in x 8½1n area with 200 dot/in resolution in 7s. With optional controller, it can produce a hardcopy from CRT or video source in 20s or less. The V-80 is the result of a threeyear Versatec/Xerox development project begun in mid-1977.
Pipe stress program WHESSOE PSA5, Release 4, covers all the major British and American pipework codes including BS806 with comprehensive facilities for static and dynamic analysis. (UCC (Great Britain)
Limited, 143 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham B5 6RH, UK. Tel: 021622 1041)
-|l--I am!lpa the new international journal covering the study, research and techniques of all design
Coverage includes: • Design as a discipline • Studies of designer behaviour • Computer-aided design • M a n a g e m e n t of design • Developments in design methods • Design in general education • Participation in design • Appraisal of designed objects and systems
Annual subscription(four issues) £48 (reduced rate of £12 for members of the Design ResearchSociety) Furtherdetails from: Christine Muffins, IPC Science end Technology Press Ltd. PO Box 63, Weetbury House, Bury Street, Gulldford, Surrey GU2 5BH, England Telephone: 0483 31261 Telex: 859556 SCITEC G
volume 12 number 5 september 1980
275