ALPS Adds USB Compatibility and Upgrade Options to New Photo-Quality Color Printer for Home and Office Users.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1999-- New USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Interface Kit and Dye-Sublimation Upgrade Kit for the MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop(tm) Supports iMac Users In a move that further increases product value and support for users of Macintosh systems, ALPS Alps, great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean Sea, along the borders of N Italy and adjacent regions of SE France, Switzerland, SW Germany, and Electric (USA), Inc., today announced the availability of the USB Interface Kit and the Dye-Sublimation Upgrade Kit for its MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop. The MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop, announced in October of last year, is a 2400 dots per inch (dpi) photo-quality color printer A printer that prints in color using three (CMY) or four (CMYK) colors of ink, toner or dye. Four color ribbons have been used in dot matrix printers, but these are rare today. See color laser printer and printer. that delivers brilliant, fade-proof, smear-proof output on ordinary bond paper. Adding the ALPS MD-5000 to an iMac System 8.1 turns the system into a powerful, one-stop desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, resource. The new USB option provides the connectivity for this combination. It is also the only USB adapter Refers to some type of network or communications controller that plugs into the computer via the USB port. It may refer to an Ethernet adapter, Bluetooth adapter or serial or parallel port adapter. on the market to be bi-directional. The new Dye-Sublimation Upgrade Kit for the MD-5000 enables a dye-sublimation feature enhancement that can further increase the 2400 DPI photo-quality capabilities by producing even deeper detail in the color printer's photographic output. "ALPS wanted to bring the best desktop printer to all Apple users, addressing their needs for graphics-intensive computing capabilities such as digital imaging, desktop publishing, and for simply printing off the internet," said Dennis Steele, Senior Product Marketing Manager for the ALPS printer line. "Now with the new USB Interface Kit and Dye-Sublimation Upgrade Kit, the MD-5000, coupled with the iMac, makes for the perfect combination for full-color, graphics-intensive computing." "The new USB Interface Kit provides this functionality not only for iMac, but also to PC users who now want to take advantage of what USB has to offer," continued Mr. Steele. "ALPS also has a SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. module available for those users with Macintosh OS V 8.01 or later." The Dye-Sublimation Upgrade Kit provides MD-5000 users with a module that enables the printing of continuous-tone, lab-quality photographic output that Dye-Sublimation technology is known to deliver. The MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop Based on ALPS' patented Micro Dry(tm) printer inks, the MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop brings a new level of high-performance color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). to the home and office. It offers a range of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color graphic outputs unavailable in any laser or inkjet printer A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. on the market today, and can handle the demanding color-graphics output requirements of any consumer, business or professional application at resolutions as high as 2400 dots per inch (dpi). At 2400 dpi, the MD-5000 can produce photo-quality images on virtually any printable surface including transparencies, cardstock, T-shirt transfers, overhead transparencies and embossed em·boss tr.v. em·bossed, em·boss·ing, em·boss·es 1. To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin. 2. foil surfaces. In addition, Alps' "primer" ribbon cartridge can be used to prepare many papers for printing, even standard off-the-shelf photocopy paper. Key to the high-resolution output attained by the MD-5000, according to Steele, is the ALPS patented printer inks that guarantee sharp, waterproof images that can be handled immediately by the user. "The crisp, high-quality output from the MD-5000 has to be seen to be believed," Steele said. "Unlike inkjet output, tones look more continuous and blended. Long-lasting colors won't fade, streak, smear or smudge." "ALPS' Micro Dry process defines the way color graphics are produced from now on," Steele said. "Now we are seeing widespread use of digital cameras and the software needed to bring color images off the Internet. The ALPS Micro Dry printer is the very best way that these images can be reproduced in their original form." Price and Availability The ALPS USB Interface Kit, Dye Sublimation sublimation, in chemistry sublimation (sŭblĭmā`shən), change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first passing through the liquid state. upgrade kit, and the MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop are now available at retailers such as CompUSA, Micro Center, Fry's Electronics, and at other key retailers. The USB Interface Kit and the Dye Sublimation upgrade kit each have a suggested retail price of $99. The MD-5000 Desk Top Print Shop has a suggested retail price of $649 for Macintosh, and $599 for PC. The printer comes with four standard ink cartridges, primer and a finish cartridge, and ALPS new VPhoto print film. The MD-5000 is available with either a bi-directional parallel port for Windows-based systems or a SCSI module for Macintosh OS V 8.01 or later. Adobe PostScript 3 with Pantone Color Matching for Macintosh will also be available in March. The printer requires Mac Systems 7.0 or later, or Windows 3.1 or later. About ALPS Electric (USA), Inc. ALPS Electric (USA), Inc., located in San Jose, Calif., manufactures and markets peripherals, including color printers, floppy drives, keyboards and other input devices. The company also manufactures precision electronic components for the computer market through reseller, government, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and direct channels. ALPS Electric (USA), Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ALPS Electric Co., Ltd. is a more than $4 billion Fortune International 500 company. For more information, contact ALPS Electric (USA), Inc. at (800) 825-2577, or see ALPS' home page at www.alpsusa.com. Note to Editors: ALPS, Micro Dry, and Desk Top Print Shop are registered trademarks of ALPS Electric Co., LTD. Other names are registered trademarks of their respective companies. See us at Mac World January 6th, 7th and 8th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Booth No. 410 |
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