Brother Steps-up Office and Commercial Printer Line with New 30PPM Workgroup Laser Printers.Business & Technology Editors BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2002 New HL-7050 and HL-7050N Built Around Demands for Speed and Performance While Also Delivering Quality Brother International Corporation today introduced the HL-7050 and the network-ready HL-7050N commercial-class office laser printers. These latest additions to Brother's award-winning printer line make excellent choices for growing businesses or connected workgroups looking to increase productivity and reduce processing time. First customer shipments are slated to begin in late December 2002. These printers feature print speeds of up to 30 pages per minute, 1200x1200 dpi print quality and come standard with 32MB of memory. They also feature a wide array of expansion options and productivity enhancements. The HL-7050 and HL-7050N have estimated street prices of $999 and $1,099, respectively. "The HL-7050 Series printers represent the latest additions to our product line of high-speed, high-performance monochrome Also called "mono." Refers to display screens that use one foreground and one background color; for example, black on white, white on black or green on black. The first terminals connected to mainframes and minicomputers were monochrome, and monochrome screens were widely used on early laser printers," said Don Cummins, Vice President of Marketing. "Ideal for high-volume connected workgroups and commercial applications, these expandable models make excellent choices for users who require fast, feature-rich laser printers with low operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales ." The introduction of Brother's HL-7050 and HL-7050N represents the company's continued expansion into business, corporate and commercial markets. The products' powerful business functions and sleek commercial design - which include a two-line, 3-color backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. display and intuitive user control panel along with a wide range of expansion options - make these printers competitive in the commercial business market. Comprehensive Standard Features In addition to their up to 30ppm (Pages Per Minute) The measurement of printer speed. See gppm. PPM - Portable Pixmap print speed, the HL-7050 and HL-7050N continue the Brother tradition of delivering both the value-added features and ease of use that consumers have come to expect from Brother products. "We are very pleased to add the HL-7050 Series printers to our line-up," said Jeff Sandler, Senior Product Manager for Printers. "It continues Brother's evolution farther up-market beyond our traditional home office and small business customer base. At the same time it allows us to address the needs of corporate and commercial users who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. quality, expandable, high-volume laser printers with a very competitive cost per page." The HL-7050 Series printers offer 1200x1200 dpi print quality, 32MB of memory, 600 sheets of input paper capacity and 500 sheets of output paper capacity. The HL-7050 and HL-7050N include CompactFlash(R) storage capability and N-Up, poster and watermark watermark: see paper. See digital watermark. print modes. The printers have low running costs running costs npl [of business] → gastos mpl corrientes [of car] → gastos mpl de mantenimiento running costs npl [of business with individual, easy to replace toner An electrically charged ink used in copy machines and laser printers. It adheres to an invisible image that has been charged with the opposite polarity onto a plate or drum or onto the paper itself. cartridge and drum units; the cost per page is estimated to be 1.2 cents (at suggested retail price of supplies). In addition, the HL-7050 and HL-7050N offer toner save and power save modes. A two line, 3-color backlit LCD display with an enhanced control panel makes setting up and configuring the printers a breeze. The 3-color LCD enables users to instantly view the status of the printer using green, yellow and red colors to communicate its status. Moreover, the LCD display is incorporated into an intuitive user control panel with convenient features such as one-button job reprint reprint An individually bound copy of an article in a journal or science communication , job cancel, secure print and a scrolling (chat, games) scrolling - To flood a chat room or Internet game with text or macros in an attempt to annoy the occupants. This can often cause the chat room to be "uninhabitable" due to the "noise" created by the scroller. Compare spam. menu. The HL-7050N offers robust networking tools including: BR-Admin Professional Network Management, Brother Web-based Management and Web BR-Admin Network Management. Powerful Business Features Both units also are packed with productivity features that help users keep pace even in the most demanding office. These include: -- Up to 30 page per minute laser print speeds -- 32MB of standard memory, expandable to 288MB(a) -- Crisp text and graphics output quality via 1200x1200 dpi print quality -- Built-in two line, 3-color backlit LCD display -- Parallel and USB interfaces standard(b) -- 10/100 BaseT Ethernet print server (optional on HL-7050, standard on HL-7050N) -- 600-sheet paper input capacity standard -- 500-sheet lower paper tray -- 100-sheet multi-purpose tray -- Low running costs with easy to replace, individual toner cartridge and drum unit -- 12,000 page toner cartridge (at 5% page coverage) -- 40,000 page drum unit Total Compatibility and Connectivity The HL-7050 and HL-7050N deliver comprehensive compatibility in either stand-alone or network environments. They come with parallel and 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. connectivity standard and include drivers for Windows(R) 95/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP and Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2, OS X 10.1, 10.2.1. PostScript The de facto standard page description language (PDL) in the graphics arts industry as well as in commercial printing. Developed by Adobe, many printers and most imagesetters support PostScript by having a built-in PostScript interpreter. (R) Level 3 compatibility (via BR-Script3) is also standard for both PC and Mac platforms. The HL-7050 Series printers include automatic emulation switching between PCL (Printer Command Language) The page description language for HP LaserJet printers. It has become a de facto standard used in many printers and typesetters. PCL Level 5, introduced with the LaserJet III in 1990, also supports Compugraphic's Intellifont scalable fonts. 6, BR-Script3 (PostScript(R)3 language emulation), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Proprinter XL, Epson FX and HP-GL HP-GL - Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language . Optional Features The printers offer an array of expansion options(a) including a 10/100 BaseT Ethernet print server (standard on the HL-7050N), a hard disk drive for enhanced job spooling (Simultaneous Peripheral Operations OnLine) The overlapping of low-speed operations with normal processing. Spooling originated with mainframes in order to optimize slow operations such as reading cards and printing. and job storage, and a duplex (communications) duplex - Used to describe a communications channel that can carry signals in both directions, in contrast to a simplex channel which only ever carries a signal in one direction. unit (for two-sided printing). In addition, users can increase the input paper capacity up to 2,100 sheets by adding up to three, 500-sheet lower paper trays(a). The HL-7050 Series printers also feature an expandable output capacity up to 1,900 sheets via a 10-bin mailbox/sorter.(a) Other accessories include an IrDA interface for wireless printing, 136 PostScript(R) 3 font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. upgrade package, and a bar code upgrade kit.(a) About Brother Bridgewater, New Jersey is the corporate headquarters for Brother International Corporation in the Americas, from Canada to South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . It has fully integrated sales, marketing services, manufacturing, research and development capabilities located in the U.S. In addition to its headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Brother has facilities in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Texas as well as subsidiaries in Ohio, Canada, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Additional information may be obtained from the Brother fax-back system toll-free at (800) 521-2846 or by visiting their web site at www.brother.com. (a) Available for additional purchase (b) Cables not included NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective companies. EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Photography available upon request.
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PARTS, ACCESSORIES, PRICING
HL-7050/HL-7050N Monochrome Laser Printer
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Description Part Number Estimated Street
Price
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30ppm Laser Printer HL-7050 999.99
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30ppm Network-Ready Laser Printer HL-7050N 1,099.99
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HL-7050/HL-7050N Key Parts and Accessories
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Description Part Number Suggested Retail
Price
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Toner Cartridge - up to 12,000 pages @ 5% TN-700 109.99
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Drum Unit - up to DR-700 119.99
40,000 pages
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Duplex Unit DX-7000 399.99
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10-bin Mailbox/Sorter Unit MX-7010 1,299.99
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Hard Disk Drive ((greater than)6GB) HD-EX 549.99
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10/100 BaseT Ethernet Print Server(c) NC-4100h 199.99
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IrDA Wireless Interface IR-1000 164.99
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PostScript(R)3 Font Upgrade Package BS-3000 63.99
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Bar Code Upgrade Kit BT-1000 69.99
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Lower Paper Tray Unit LT-7000 329.99
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Stabilizer Unit SB-4000 399.99
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(c) Included as standard on HL-7050N
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