Fuji prints on photographic paper | 20 June |
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. has started shipping a 24-bit RGB (red-green-blue) printer that can print images on photographic paper that were captured from digital or video cameras as well as from television sets or a PC. Fuji said the 5.5 pound NP-2 Print-it unit, which measures 10-inches by 12-inches by three-inches, will sell for under $700. It is available at Computer City, Incredible Universe, the Wiz, and Kits Cameras West, as well as other retailers. The printer uses a thermal technique that requires no inks, toners, or ribbons, and comes with Adobe's Photo Deluxe image editing software. The paper tray holds up to 20 sheets of paper. Fuji rates the NP-2's print resolution at 448 by 640 dots-per-inch (dpi) from a video source and 480 by 728 dpi from a digital source. You can get full size prints from video images of 78 by 112 millimeters (mm) and 84mm by 128mm from a digital source. Half-size prints from either source come out 84mm by 49mm. You can control brightness, contrast, color calibration, and color density on the NP-2. Print options include multi-image prints, continuous shot multi-screen prints, titled prints, hybrid prints or composite video/digital sources, printing preset messages and image rotation. The printer-to-PC interface includes a video input pin jack, composite video, S-video mini DIN 4-pin input jack, amphenol parallel jacks, a Centronix standard interface, and a video output pin jack. The NP-2 takes about two minutes to produce one print. It comes with a video cable, an S-video cable, a Windows 3.1 printer driver, and instruction manual. A Fuji public relations representative told Newsbytes an optional Macintosh driver kit will be available by the end of the year. He said the price for the kit has not been set yet. (Jim Mallory/19960620/Press contact: Pete Schuddekopf, Edelman Public Relations for Fuji, 212-768-0550; Public contact: Fuji, 800-378-3854 or Fuji's forum on Compuserve at GO FUJI/PRINTIT960620/PHOTO) |
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From the NEWSBYTES news service, 20 June |