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DECcolorwriter 1000
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General Information
DECcolorwriter 1000
DECcolorwriter 1000 is an Adobe PostScript Level 2, two page-per-minute, color
thermal-wax transfer printer. Besides PostScript, it also supports the Hewlett
Packard-Graphics Language (HP-GL) printer language. DECcolorwriter 1000 prints at
an addressability of 300 dots-per-inch. The printer features a single paper tray with an
optional lower tray assembly which gives the printer a dual tray capability. (The Lower
Tray Assembly is sometimes referred to as the second feeder.) The printer prints images
on A- and A4-size paper and transparency film with 5 mm (0.2 in.) margins.
DECcolorwriter 1000’s image processor is powered by a 16-MHz RISC processor and
features 8 Mbytes of RAM . The printer provides 17 standard printer fonts which can be
expanded to 39 fonts with the installation of an optional font module. In addition, the
DECcolorwriter 1000 supports a high-resolution 300 x 600 dots-per-inch printing mode.
For host image input, the controller also features a standard parallel port, an RS-232
serial port and a LocalTalk port.
Plain-paper printing
The DECcolorwriter 1000 prints on a specially coated paper with a very smooth, even
surface, optimized for wax-transfer printing. The printers can also print on ordinary
Bond paper, using a special 4-pass plain-paper transfer roll. During printing, a special
primer coating is applied to the paper in its first pass past the thermal head. The coating
is applied only to the portions of the paper where yellow, magenta and cyan wax will be
applied in the following passes. The coating supplies a smooth, flat surface for the wax
to adhere to. Because of the extra pass required for printing on plain-paper and the fact
that the drum moves in a slower, half-step mode while placing the precoat on the paper,
plain-paper printing times are slightly longer than printing on coated paper with the
3-pass, 3-Color Transfer Roll.
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Страница 56: ...2 24 DECcolorwriter 1000 2 Installing the Printer and Drivers...
Страница 64: ...3 8 DECcolorwriter 1000 3 Verifying the Printer and Host Connections...
Страница 70: ...4 6 DECcolorwriter 1000 4 Key Operator Training...
Страница 170: ...8 46 DECcolorwriter 1000 8 FRU Disassembly Assembly...
Страница 190: ...9 20 DECcolorwriter 1000 9 Checks and Adjustments...
Страница 193: ...Service Manual A 3 Field Replaceable Units List A Figure A 1 The printer exterior FRUs 8699 76A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...
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Страница 198: ...A 8 DECcolorwriter 1000 A Field Replaceable Units List...
Страница 204: ...C 6 DECcolorwriter 1000 C Wiring Diagrams...
Страница 208: ...D 4 DECcolorwriter 1000 D Test Pattern Generator...