Olympus Image Systems Enhances High Volume Printer Family With Addition of Deltis PagePlex 18 Plus; 18 Page-Per-Minute Printer Now Offers 600 dpi Resolution to Multi-User Environments.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1995--Olympus Image Systems Inc. today announced an enhancement to the Deltis family of non-impact network printers. Known as the PagePlex 18 Plus, this high-volume power printer offers 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) resolution. Designed for multi-user workgroup environments, the PagePlex 18 Plus produces 18 pages per minute (ppm) and offers superior paper handling capabilities. The PagePlex 18 Plus will be on display at the Association for Information and Image Management The Association for Information and Image Management or AIIM (pronounced aim) is an international industry association focused on enterprise content management (ECM). (AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. ) show here 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 , April 11-13, at Booth No. 5253. "With a high-volume output of 50,000 pages per month, the PagePlex 18 Plus offers one of the lowest cost-of-ownership printing solutions in its class," said Bill Boles, vice president of sales and marketing. "Taking into account the total running cost per page of 0.7 cents, the PagePlex 18 Plus is ideal for desktop printing applications, small offices and workgroups." "The PagePlex 18 Plus has many differentiating features that will be attractive to network printer users," commented Angele Boyd, printer research director for marketing research firm, International Data Corporation (IDC), located in Framingham, MA. "The PagePlex 18 Plus supports not only 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. and PostScript, but line printer emulations, has 42 bar codes including POSTNET POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique POSTNET Postal Network , boasts a very low cost-of-ownership and has comprehensive paper handling options." Product Highlights The PagePlex 18 Plus employs a fixed, self-cleaning, long-lasting print drum that comes standard with a disposable, user-replaceable toner/drum cartridge. Using embedded ceramic particles, the tone continuously cleans, polishes and reconditions the print drum while providing high-quality output. Featuring LED-based image enhancement See image editing. technology, the new 600 x 600 dpi resolution results in sharp, clean output. In addition, the PagePlex 18 Plus can produce sophisticated text and graphics, as well as 42 different types of bar codes including POSTNET for various direct mail applications. With its high-speed bi-directional parallel port and 25 megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. (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. ) processor, the PagePlex 18 Plus delivers fast first page output. The 45 scalable and 79 bit-mapped built-in fonts offer flexibility and compatibility to create enhanced documentation. The PagePlex 18 Plus also has 2 megabytes (MB) of RAM expandable to 66 MB; HP LaserJet PCL 5e, HP-GL/2, Diablo 630, 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, Epson LQ 850 and Line Printer emulations; and Centronics parallel/RS-232 serial interfaces. A PostScript-compatible interpreter providing 47 outline fonts is available as an option. Network operating system An operating system that is designed for network use. Normally, it is a complete operating system with file, task and job management; however, with some earlier products, it was a separate component that ran under the OS; for example, LAN Server required OS/2, and LANtastic required DOS. connectivity options include Novell NetWare, AppleTalk, Banyan VINES, DEC LAT, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. and DLC/LLC. "Olympus' connectivity solution is one of the most complete in the industry -- allowing for up to 12 operating systems to simultaneously be supported," added Boles. For paper handling, the PagePlex 18 Plus printer has a standard multi-purpose cassette which holds 250 sheets of letter, legal, A5 or A4 paper. Two 500-sheet feeders providing a total input capacity of 1,250 sheets and a power envelope feeder are optional. Standard output is a 250-sheet face-down tray and a 250-sheet face-up tray. Other paper handling options on the PagePlex 18 Plus include an intelligent 15-bin sorter/stacker/mailbox for sorting and collating, as well as receiving "mail" into personalized bins, and a duplex printing unit for two-sided print applications. The energy-conscious PagePlex 18 Plus is designed to comply with the energy requirements established by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) Energy Star Program, which means additional savings to the end-user. Offering one of the smallest footprints in the industry, the PagePlex 18 Plus is nearly the size of a folded newspaper, measuring 13.6 inches (W) x 13.8 inches (D) x 9.7 inches (H), making it ideal for any high-volume desktop user environment. In addition, the unit weighs only 23 pounds. Price, Availability and Warranty The PagePlex 18 Plus is list priced at $3,495 and carries a one-year, on-site service warranty for parts and labor. Shipment of the PagePlex 18 Plus begins in the second quarter of 1995. Olympus Image Systems, Inc. Olympus Image Systems, Inc. was formed by Olympus Optical Company, Ltd., of Japan in 1985. One of the top three optical disk manufacturers worldwide, Olympus Image Systems, Inc. provides non-impact printers and other computer peripherals including optical disk drives and subsystems for a range of needs, including removable data security, secondary storage and archiving. Headquartered in Tokyo, Olympus Optical Company Ltd and its affiliates are engaged in the manufacture and sale of opto-electronic systems, cameras, video camcorders, microscopes, endoscopes, micro-cassette tape recorders, clinical analyzers, as well as environmentally-friendly cleaning chemicals and systems. The company has achieved worldwide recognition for its computer technology products, including ion and electron imaging printers, laser-optical pick-up systems and magneto-optical disk systems. In March 1994, Olympus Optical announced the Deltis brand name for its fast growing family of imaging and computer peripherals. The branding strategy was developed in part to help associate the Deltis name and the Olympus Optical Company name with the highly recognized Olympus identity as the company moves into the information technology market. In December of 1994, the company was awarded a "Hot Product of 1994" from Electronic Publishing for its innovative and user-friendly storage solutions, the only storage products to win this prestigious award. Olympus Image Systems Inc. is located at 145 Crossways Park, Woodbury, New York Woodbury is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:
-0- Note to Editors: B/W B/W Black and White B/W Between B/W be with B/W Bundled With B/W Backed With (recording industry) B/W backwash B/W B-Wing (Star Wars) B/W Back of Walk and color photographs available upon request. Please call Sheryl Smith, 714/863-3238. Brand names and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Olympus Image Systems Inc. Bill Boles or Andy Schaeffer, 800/347-4027 or Shafer 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 Camerone A. Welch or Lisa Zwick, 800/503-1177 |
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