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Phaser 480 Color Printer
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General Information
Table 1-5. Functional specifications
Characteristic
Specification
Printing process
Sequential sublimation dye transfer printing.
Transfer rolls
Dye-impregnated transfer rolls. The printer automatically
senses the transfer roll type by the coding on the leading edge
of the yellow band.
A3/B-size 3-Color Transfer Roll features sequential bands of
yellow, cyan, and magenta; 215 prints per roll.
A3/B-size 4-Color Transfer Roll features sequential bands of
black, yellow, magenta and cyan; 160 prints per roll.
A4/A-size 4-Color Transfer Roll features sequential bands of
black, yellow, magenta and cyan; 210 prints per roll.
Black Transfer Roll features all black panels; 650 A, A4, B, A3,
or WB prints per roll.
Addressability
300 dots-per-inch (11.8 dots-per-mm) — horizontal and
vertical.
Color addressability
8 bits per pixel, 256 levels per color
Media sizes
A, A4, B, A3, WB (320 x 465 mm)
Engine printing speed
Time from paper load to paper eject:
Full-size A3/B-size image with 3-Color Transfer Roll: about
180 seconds per print.
Full-size A3/B-size image with 4-Color Transfer Roll: about
220 seconds per print.
Full-size A4/A-size image with 4-Color Transfer Roll: about
150 seconds per print.
Print times do not include image processing time by the
image processor which varies due to image complexity.
Minimum printing
margins (
±
3 mm,
0.12 in.)
B-size A3-size A-size A4-size WB
Top
0.71 in. 18 mm 0.71 in. 18 mm 18 mm
Bottom 0.24 in
5.7 mm 0.24 in. 6.0 mm 10.8 mm
Left/right 0.14 in. 3.6 mm 0.14 in. 3.4 mm 8.6 mm
