QMS announces magicolor Plus; newest addition to color laser product line.MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1995--QMS Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AQM AQM Active Queue Management AQM Air Quality Management AQM Acquisition Management AQM Assistant Quartermaster (Civil War) AQM Additive Quark Model AQM Analog Quadrature Modulator AQM Acenaphthenequinone Monoxime ), a pioneer in color laser printing technology, Wednesday announced a new member of its color laser product line, the QMS (1) (Minolta-QMS, Inc., Mobile, AL) A manufacturer of laser printers founded in 1977 by Jim Busby. Initially involved with controllers for printing bar codes and labels, it entered the laser printer business in the mid-1980s and set numerous records. magicolor Plus Laser Printer. The QMS magicolor Plus Laser Printer offers users unmatched color laser output quality and performance with 600 by 600 dot per inch (dpi) resolution, 3 to 12 page per minute (ppm) engine speeds, and extensive network support capabilities which make it a very affordable, sharable desktop color laser printing solution. Capable of printing both black and white and color on plain paper, the QMS magicolor Plus Laser Printer is ideal for mainstream business users and desktop publishers' output requirements. The magicolor Plus offers many capabilities not available with other desktop color technologies (ink jet See inkjet printer. , thermal wax) including advanced color control technology, plain paper printing, durable output, high resolution, fast document processing Processing text documents, which includes indexing methods for text retrieval based on content. See document imaging. , volume output capacity, and sophisticated network connectivity and support. The magicolor Plus is the first QMS color product to incorporate QCOLOR automatic color control technology. This innovative technology provides extensive color matching support, enhanced color screening, automatic color optimization for novice or professional color users, and a color customization capability for advanced users. Enhanced color screening eliminates rosettes, moire Pronounced "mor-ray" and spelled "moiré." In computer graphics, a visible distortion. It results from a variety of conditions; for example, when scanning halftones at a resolution not consistent with the eventual printed resolution or when superimposing curved patterns on one patterns and banding while providing 95 line screens with over 160 gray levels for the highest quality color output. QCOLOR is available for most Macintosh and Windows applications A program that is written to run under Microsoft's Windows operating system. Such applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows, but earlier applications might also run under the 16-bit versions (Windows 3.x) as well. See Windows. through QMS supplied level 2 drivers. The magicolor Plus is based on QMS Crown Technology and CrownNet network printing technologies which provide users the benefits of fast document printing throughput, software loadable upgradability, and seamless connectivity to virtually any network environment. The QMS Color Laser Product Line QMS offers a comprehensive color laser product line which now includes the QMS ColorScript Laser 1000 Print System, the QMS magicolor Laser Print System, and the QMS magicolor Plus Laser Print System. Pricing and Availability The QMS magicolor Plus Laser Printer is available in two configurations. The 12MB RAM model provides 600 dpi b&w/300 dpi color and is QMS reference priced at $8,999 (U.S.). The 24MB RAM model provides 600 dpi b&w/600 dpi color and is QMS reference priced at $9,699 (U.S.). Each model is also available with Energy Star at a nomimal cost. The magicolor Laser Printer also is available in two configurations. The 12MB RAM model provides 600 dpi b&w/300 dpi color and is QMS reference priced at $7,999 (U.S.). The 28MB RAM model provides 600 dpi b&w/600 dpi color and is QMS reference priced at $8,999 (U.S.). The 300 dpi ColorScript Laser 1000 is QMS reference priced at $6,999 (U.S.). A QCOLOR upgrade option is available to current owners of QMS magicolor printers. QMS Inc. QMS Inc. is a leading producer of 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 and color network capable print systems and a pioneer in the emerging integrated office system market. The company's print systems fit seamlessly into a wide variety of computer networks, and include color and monochrome laser and color thermal transfer See thermal wax transfer printer and direct thermal printer. printers used for electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. , graphic design, office automation, advanced imaging and automatic identification applications. The company's integrated office systems greatly enhance user productivity by combining functions in a desktop environment. -0- Note to Editors: QMS, the QMS logo, Crown, ColorScript, magicolor, CrownNet and QCOLOR are trademarks or registered trademarks of QMS Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. If your publication prints direct reader contact information, please use the following: QMS Inc. One Magnum Pass Mobile, Al 36618 800/523-2696 or 205/633-4300 CONTACT: QMS Inc. Hal Morrow, 205/639-4464 A&R Partners Jennifer Polanski, 415/363-0982 |
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