Citizen America introduces world's smallest laser quality portable printer.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1994--Portable printers just got a whole lot smaller, as Citizen America Monday announced the PN60, the smallest portable laser quality printer in the world. Weighing only 1 pound, the PN60 is the most portable printer on the market today -- ideal for need-to-print computers-users on-the-go. The PN60 offers laser-quality output and the capability to print color transparencies. The PN60's proprietary technology represents a breakthrough in the portable printer form factor. Its remarkable size is only 1/5 the size of the typical ink jet See inkjet printer. alternative product. "Now anyone, no matter where they travel, can print their documents with laser quality output on a virtually weightless printer," said Dave Ball, director of marketing for Citizen America. The PN60 succeeds Citizen's award-winning PN48 as the world's smallest portable printer. The company also markets the smallest transportable printer, the Notebook Printer II for both portable and desktop laser quality applications. The PN60 measures a mere 10 inch (W) x 1.85 inch (D) x 2 inch (H) and prints up to two pages per minute (single hand-fed sheet feeding) with its thermal fusion technology. Users can print plain paper, envelopes, labels and transparency film. Depending on page density, a 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 cartridge can print up to 30 text pages and up to 18 graphic pages, and three-to-five color transparencies with the optional color cartridge. The PN60 is available in two versions for both PC and Macintosh personal computers, and is compatible with notebooks, laptops and palmtops. It comes with five built-in fonts and supports TrueType and Adobe fonts See PostScript. as well. It's also quiet, operating at a noise level of less than 46 dBA. The printer emulates Citizen, Epson, 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) and Apple StyleWriter I & II -- giving the PN60 the broadest software compatibility in the industry. The PN60 comes standard with an international power adapter An external power supply for laptop computers and just about every portable or semi-portable electronic device on the market. Also called an "AC adapter," it contains a rectifier to convert AC current to DC and a transformer to convert voltage from 120 down to 9, 12, 15 or whatever is and can be powered by an optional rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. or car adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. . Depending on page density, the battery can print 30-50 pages on a single charge. The suggested retail price of the PN60 is $399. It is available nationwide on Nov. 15 through Citizen authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: resellers. The PN60 comes standard with Citizen's ServiceSelect two-year warranty. A 24-hour turn-around service plan is also available. Citizen America is a subsidiary of Citizen Watch Co. Ltd., the world's leading manufacturer of watches and other timepieces. Citizen America is a leading provider of mid-range printers in North, Central and South American markets. Products include laser, ink jet, portable, color-capable dot matrix, and bar code label printers. The company has headquarters at 2450 Broadway, Suite 600, Santa Monica, Calif. 90404-3060. Tele: 310/453-0614. Fax: 310/453-2814. CONTACT: Citizen America Corp., Santa Monica
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