NEC Introduces the New SuperScript 4400 Series of Premium Color Laser Printers; Offers Leading Price Performance and Internet Printing Capabilities.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1998--NEC Technologies, Inc. today unveiled at the Seybold conference in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden the new SuperScript Any letter, digit or symbol that appears above the line. For example, 10 to the 9th power is written with the 9 in superscript (109). Contrast with subscript. (TM) 4400 series of premium color laser printers. Outperforming their nearest competitors with 25 to 50 percent faster(1) output, the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. SuperScript 4400 and its network-ready counterpart, the SuperScript 4400N, are two high-resolution, feature-rich desktop color laser printers with an estimated street price starting at $3,499. The new SuperScript 4400N is one of the industry's first Adobe(R) WebReady printers, enabling Internet- and intranet-savvy users to take immediate advantage of the Web to increase productivity and profitability. Performance and High Resolution Targeted at corporate users and graphic designers in medium to large workgroups, the SuperScript 4400/4400N are equipped with all of the characteristic features of premium color laser printers, including four pages per minute (PPM) performance for 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). and 16 PPM for monochrome printing. This superior performance, combined with patented TrueRes(R) technology for 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution (with additional industry-standard DRAM; 600 x 600 dpi without), swiftly delivers photographic-quality output for business documents and professional graphics printing. Adobe(R) PostScript(R) 3(TM) printing technology further enhances the SuperScript 4400/4400N printers' output and is ideal for documents that mix various color and monochrome elements. The SuperScript 4400/4400N feature NEC's "PrintAgent," which integrates Adobe WebReady with HDE HDE Hauptverband des Deutschen Einzelhandels (Central Association of German Retail Trade) HDE Humanitarian Device Exemption HDE Heavy-Duty Engine HDE Holdrege, Nebraska (airport code) redipS(TM) technology to implement Internet Printing. The Printer Engine For approximately $500 less than the nearest competitive printer, the SuperScript 4400/4400N feature a second generation print engine, which offers better imaging quality and reduced noise level, while allowing for a footprint that is more compact than other color lasers on the market. The SuperScript 4400/4400N come standard with a 2.1 GB hard disk drive, a 100 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology 4700 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. premium CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and 32 Mbytes of memory, expandable to 128 Mbytes. The built-in hard drive enables greater storage for fonts and forms. "Based on extensive focus group research, we are providing the end user with a feature-rich color laser printer right out of the box," said Stephen Fletcher, vice president and general manager of NEC Technologies Imaging Division. "Users indicated that ease of use, price, performance, web-based printing, 1200 dpi resolution and network connectivity were some of the key features they wanted in a color laser printer. With the introduction of the NEC SuperScript 4400 and SuperScript 4400N premium color laser printers, we are delivering on those requests. Expanding the NEC printer family of products to offer premium color laser printers is a logical extension to our award-winning monochrome laser printers and inkjet printers." Fewer Consumables With just eight long-lasting and easy-to-use consumables, the SuperScript 4400/4400N reduce user intervention, paper jams and the cost per page. Printing costs range from three cents per page for color (5 percent coverage) and two cents per page for monochrome (5 percent coverage). Adobe WebReady and HDE redipS technology The SuperScript 4400N is one of the industry's first printers with enhanced Internet Printing capabilities, thanks to NEC's new PrintAgent feature. PrintAgent incorporates Adobe WebReady printing technology and HDE's redipS technology to enable users to print to remote printers via the Web. By integrating these unique technologies, the SuperScript 4400N provides: -- Real-time Status - enables users to view the status of a print job (printer ready, paper out, paper jam, projects in the queue, consumable levels) for a remote SuperScript 4400N. This advanced status feature can be available as a window in the Client's standard application software and to remote managers through browser software. -- Pull Printing - utilizing a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , the Client can send a document's URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. or file descriptor (programming, operating system) file descriptor - An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. to a remote SuperScript 4400N. The printer accesses the document via a secondary server and prints it while providing real-time status to the Client. Document formats supported by the SuperScript 4400N include PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Power Point, Excel and any other application that provides plug-ins for the Client's standard browser. Utilizing Adobe WebReady pull printing and HDE redipS technologies, the NEC Print Agent eliminates the need to have the document's application or the printer driver reside on the Client PC, saving cycles, increasing user productivity and enabling new generations of "Thin" Client PC to fully access the printer. This feature provides an exciting new standard for "Mobile Computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings ." It also provides flexibility and fast return to applications that make it ideal in a company that has long or complex documents that are accessible on a network. -- Remote Printing - enables users to print to a remote SuperScript 4400N as easily as printing to their local and directly-attached printers. For example, a company document that needs to be reviewed at several offices can be printed directly to a SuperScript 4400N at each one. Remote printing eliminates the extra steps and uncertainties occur when printing a file that arrives attached to an email message. Compared to a faxed document, the output is clear 600 x 1200 dpi, with monochrome or color output. Architected for Growing Business Needs To meet the needs of growing companies, the SuperScript 4400 can be upgraded at any time with an optional network interface card priced at $499. The SuperScript 4400N, which includes a built-in Ethernet network interface, is priced at $3,999. To facilitate fast printing of large, graphic-intensive files, the SuperScript 4400N have a standard bi-directional IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1284 interface and a built-in SCSI interface SCSI interface - SCSI adaptor . Available in the fourth quarter of 1998, the SCSI interface will provide Iomega ZIP Drive The Zip drive is a medium-capacity removable disk storage system, introduced by Iomega in late 1994. Originally it had a capacity of 100 MB, but later versions increased this to first 250 MB and then 750 MB. compatibility and a port where a scanner can be attached to create a functional color copy station. Designed for flexibility and compatibility in mixed network environments, the SuperScript 4400N also support 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. 5e with automatic emulation switching between Adobe PostScript 3 and PCL. The printers are equipped with three times as many fonts as the leading competitor -- 136 Adobe PostScript fonts A scalable font technology from Adobe that renders fonts for both the printer and the screen. PostScript fonts come in Type 1 and Type 3 formats. Type 1 fonts use a simple, efficient command language and are widely used, but Type 3 are not. and 45 PCL 5e fonts -- providing compatibility and reliable printing of legacy PCL documents. The printers also support several paper sizes and styles and offer an optional paper input tray, which accommodates an additional 250 sheets. NEC offers a variety of special color laser papers to support premium-quality output; sample packages of paper will be included with the new units. A complete list of the SuperScript 4400/4400N printers' key features and benefits is attached. Product Warranty and Support NEC Technologies provides a standard one-year on-site limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. with the SuperScript 4400/4400N, which includes free technical phone support for the length of the warranty. NEC also offers an extended warranty The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. program called ServiceXpress, which offers an extension of the standard on-site warranty for one, two or three additional years. A toll-free customer service and technical support phone number, 1-800-NEC-INFO (632-4636), along with a support knowledge base on the NEC web site at www.nec.com, are available to handle general questions from the customer. Availability The new NEC SuperScript 4400 and SuperScript 4400N premium color laser printers will be available from the following distributors: Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. , Merisel, Tech Data, and Pinacor (formerly MicroAge). NEC Imaging Division The SuperScript 4400/4400N are products of NEC Technologies' Imaging Division, which is located in 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. In just two years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time division has established NEC Technologies as a leading supplier of high-quality, innovative printing and imaging solutions for homes and businesses. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. International Data Corporation, NEC now holds the #2 position in the overall laser printer marketplace. NEC Technologies, Inc. Headquartered in Itasca, Ill., NEC Technologies, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of computer peripherals and other technology products for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market. Award-winning product lines include MultiSync(R) desktop and presentation monitors, MultiSync portable LCD projectors and fixed-installation CRT projectors, SuperScript(TM) printers, MultiSpin(R) CD-ROM readers and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS Aerodrome Flight Information Service AFIS Armed Forces Radio and Television Service AFIS Airborne Flight Information System AFIS Automated Fingerprinting Identification System (Pakistan) ). The company also develops and markets a wide range of optical storage products, and various technology products for the automotive market, including airbag sensoring systems and flat-panel display flat-pan·el display n. A thin lightweight video display used in laptop and notebook computers and employing liquid crystals, electroluminescence, or a similar alternative to cathode-ray tubes. Also called flat screen. monitors. NEC Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of NEC Corporation. Information on the company and its products can be obtained by calling 1-800-NEC-INFO or visiting the NEC web site at www.nec.com. (1) Based on printing from standard configured models via 1284 port using Adobe PageMaker PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation[1], initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language. , Adobe PhotoShop See Photoshop. , and Microsoft PowerPoint. Contact NEC for more information. TrueRes is a registered trademark of DP-Tek, Inc., redipS is a trademark of HDE, Inc., and Adobe, WebReady and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 8/98 Editor Note: A complete list of the SuperScript 4400/4400N key features and benefits is attached. Color slides are available upon request. -0-
NEC Technologies SuperScript(TM) 4400 and SuperScript(TM) 4400N
Key Features and Benefits
Features Benefits
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- Adobe PostScript 3 - Uncompromised reliability so you
Printing Technology can focus on your job, not on
your printer
- Standard for color printing
worldwide
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- NEC PrintAgent and - Leverages the Web to provide
Adobe WebReady real-time print-job status,
Printing remote and pull-printing
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- PCL 5e support - Compatible with legacy documents
- More flexibility in mixed
environments
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- Second-generation Print - Better Imaging Quality
Engine - Compact Design Takes up Less
Space
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- 4 PPM Color - 25 to 50 percent faster output
than the competition
- 16 PPM Monochrome - Can handle the demands of medium
to large workgroups
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- IDT 4700 MIPS premium - Processes complex documents
CPU faster
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- TrueRes(R) Technology - Premium quality output
- 1200x1200 DPI - Photographic-quality output for
resolution business documents and
professional graphics printing
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- Single component toner - Convenient Module Design - No
modules Mess
- Increased Capacity for Office Use
- Effortless Installation
- Eight consumables with - Fewer components
longer lives - Less user intervention
- Lower cost of ownership
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- Network Interface Card - "Latest Generation," high-speed
with Fast Ethernet Ethernet connection provides
10/100 Base-T faster data transfer
- Handles large color files
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- Second Paper Feeder - Doubles page capacity
- Paper & transparencies are ready
to print
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- Standard 2.1 GB - 136 PS Fonts, 45 PCL Fonts --
HardDrive more fonts for faster rendering
- Holds more forms; forms can be
printed without downloading
- Additional fonts can be loaded to
printer for faster printing
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Pricing
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- SuperScript 4400 ESP $ 3,499
- SuperScript 4400N $ 3,999
- Optional Network Card (for 4400) 499
- Second 250-Sheet Letter Tray 449
- Legal Tray 129
CONTACT: NEC Technologies, Inc
Ditra Abad, 408/433-1369
dabad@nectech.com
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