[BusMac] Colour laser printer

[Randy B. Singer]

Doug Hinschberger said:

>Several months ago, someone mentioned on the list a free color laser 
>printer from Xerox. Does anyone on the list have experience with the 
>program?


It is sort of a scam.  You are obligated to regularly purchase very 
expensive consumables.  Basically the offer gets you to pay for the 
printer in installments (and possibly beyond the ordinary price for this 
type of printer) in the guise being a "free" offer.

By the way, these color printers aren't laser printers and they aren't 
continuous-tone printers.  They are "hot-wax" otherwise known as "crayon" 
printers.  These printers heat up wax crayons and spray the hot wax onto 
the page.  This type of printer is terrible for printing photographs 
because they must use a dither pattern to approximate shades of colors, 
though they are very nice for printing business graphics, such as graphs, 
and anything that has lots of solid color areas.

They are only so-so for printing black text, but not particularly 
economical for doing so. 

These are the old Tektronix Phaser printers, which Xerox bought the 
rights to and has re-branded.

http://www.freecolorprinters.com/


Randy B. Singer
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