CLARIFICATION of BW1086, CANDELA/FARGO.BURNSVILLE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1996-- Candela candela (kăndĕ`lə), in weights and measures: see candle. A unit of measurement of the intensity of light. Part of the SI system of measurement, one candela (cd) is the monochromatic radiation of 540THz with a radiant intensity (R) Ltd. has announced that its precision digital color technology is now included, as an option, in the world's fastest ID card printer, the Persona(TM) Cheetah(TM), from FARGO Electronics. Result: the Persona Cheetah delivers truly lifelike color ID photos. Persona ID card printers utilize dye-sublimation print technology to print photorealistic Having the image quality of a photograph. images directly on to a PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. card. As more and more organizations rely on photo ID cards for security, it becomes increasingly important to provide photos that are realistic and easy to recognize. Until now, however, printers that output ID cards have lacked reliable color control. This lack of control makes it difficult to accurately render eye and hair color, and flesh tones have been all but impossible to reproduce correctly. Candela, a leader in licensing color correction Altering the colors in an image in order to print or display it properly or for special effects. Depending on the application, color correction can be a significant problem if the resulting image must be approved or a purchase is made because of color choice. , provided the technical expertise to bring color management into the growing photo ID market. In fact, FARGO(R) has become the market's first vendor to offer color management for each image printed by the Persona Cheetah. Candela has licensed its color technology to several other leading companies, including Silicon Graphics, Corel Corp. and ScanView. The Persona Cheetah offers accurate photographic color and blazing speed. It prints full-color ID cards in only 25 seconds. The Persona Cheetah uses 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of display and printing systems. A typical CRT screen provides 96 dpi, which provides 9,216 dots per square inch (96x96). Flat panel displays from 110 to 200 dpi have also been developed. dye-sublimation/resin thermaltransfer printing technology. Priced at $5,495 (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ), the Cheetah produces high-quality ID cards at a cost substantially less than that of competing products. Features that support this high-speed, high-volume card production include: -- Dual-Sided Printing - thanks to a built-in mechanism that automatically flips a card for printing on the reverse side; -- Network Operation - with optional Ethernet support; -- Fast 32-bit Print Spooler Software that manages sending jobs to the printer. When an application prints a document, the formatted output is stored on disk, and the print spooler feeds the print images to the printer in the background at slower printing speeds. - supports Windows 95 and is ECP-compatible; -- SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. standard resident memory with expandable 2MB memory option. This means the Persona Cheetah can store ID card information, freeing up the PC. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn., FARGO Electronics Inc. is a leading developer and manufacturer of dye-sublimation and wax thermal transfer See thermal wax transfer printer. color printers. FARGO does business in more than 80 countries and maintains one of the largest reseller networks in the color printer industry. Candela Ltd., a licensor of digital color technology since 1990, provides highly precise color management to clients in the color and photographic software, desktop publishing and printing industries. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Candela licenses its technology to companies that are leaders in these industries, including Silicon Graphics, C4 Imaging and FARGO Electronics. The company also publishes ColorSynergy(R), an award-winning software application for end users requiring system-wide color management on the desktop. To learn more about Candela or ColorSynergy(R), the company can be reached at 1-888-MNCOLOR (662-6567) or 612/894-8890. In addition, users can e-mail the company at candela@candelacolor.com or visit their Web site at http://www.candelacolor.com. EDITORS NOTE: There is a double slash following "http:" in the World Wide Web address referenced in this release; also, there is an "at" symbol between "candela" and "candelacolor.com" and again between "76225.2253" and "compuserve.com" in the E-mail addresses. These symbols may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: S&S Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Inc. Lauren Finkelman, 415/773-5359 Fx: 415/773-5369 76225.2253@compuserve.com or Candela Ltd. Andrew Kubiak, 612/894-8890 Fx: 612/894-8840 |
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