Astro-Med announces expansion, upgrade of short-run digital color printer capabilities.WEST WARWICK West Warwick (wôr`wĭk, –`ĭk), town (1990 pop. 29,268), Kent co., central R.I., on the Pawtuxet River; set off from Warwick and inc. 1913. Textile manufacturing remains a leading industry. West Warwick includes the village of River Point. , R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1997-- Macintosh driver now available for 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. A Macintosh driver for Astro-Med's one-pass four color digital thermal transfer printer, the Color QuickLabel-4 (CQL-4), has been announced by Astro-Med Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ALOT ALOT Allotment ALOT Adaptive Large Optics Technologies ALOT Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking ALOT Maybe you're looking for the two word phrase 'a lot' meaning many? ), West Warwick, R.I. The new driver permits Macintosh owners to download photographic and graphic art images from any Macintosh graphics program including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand See Macromedia FreeHand. , and QuarkXPress directly to the CQL-4, enhancing the possibilities for creating brilliant lithographic lith·o·graph n. A print produced by lithography. tr.v. lith·o·graphed, lith·o·graph·ing, lith·o·graphs To produce by lithography. quality full color labels, banners, bumper stickers, invitations, tickets, business cards, etc. This software was crafted specifically for Mac users, so execution requires no extra conversion steps. The Macintosh driver is also compatible with ColorSync 2.0. The new driver can accommodate international character sets found in international versions of Macintosh programs, providing the CQL-4 with the capability to print in most languages. This feature is particularly advantageous for labeling export products. Astro-Med's Color QuickLabel-4 is especially suited for designing and printing all labels and tags in short print runs, with or without the inclusion of bar codes and text that vary from label to label. The CQL-4 with Macintosh driver is available for $9,995. The Macintosh printer driver for use with the CQL-4 may be purchased alone for $495. Astro-Med Inc. is a leading manufacturer of label printers, thermal transfer ribbons, and labels and tags. More information about Astro-Med's Macintosh driver is available from Eric R. Menke, Sales Manager, Digital Color Printers at Astro-Med Inc., Astro-med Industrial Park, West Warwick, R.I. 02893. Phone toll free 800-343-4039, or e-mail to printers@astro-med.com. CONTACT: Astro-Med Inc. Eric R. Menke, 401/828-4000 |
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