Seiko Instruments Ships World's First Specialty Printer that Transfers Continuous-Tone, Photo-Realistic Images onto Cotton and Cotton-Blend Fabrics; Specialty ColorPoint 820 Offers Three-in-One Output Technology to Transfer High-Quality Color Graphics onto Fabrics, Metal, Ceramics, Paper and Transparencies.LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 1997--Seiko Instruments USA Inc. today introduced the world's first desktop color printer A printer that prints in color using three (CMY) or four (CMYK) colors of ink, toner or dye. Four color ribbons have been used in dot matrix printers, but these are rare today. See color laser printer and printer. using its new exclusive ColorWear media that enables users to transfer photo-realistic color images onto cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The new printer is specifically designed to offer specialty printers and small business owners a cost-effective transfer printing solution for three key specialty item market segments: the advertising, novelty and specialty market; the screen and textile printing market; and the sign industry. 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. recent figures published by the Screenprinting Graphics Imaging Association (SGIA SGIA Screenprinting & Graphic Imaging Association (trade association for screenprinting industry) SGIA Specialty Graphic Imaging Association SGIA Safe Games Illinois Act SGIA Screen Printing and Graphic Imaging Association ), collectively these market segments represent over $70 billion in annual sales. The Specialty ColorPoint Colorpoint in cats, a light-colored body with darker pigmentation on the ears, face, legs and tail (points), as seen in Siamese cats from which this was genetically derived. It has been developed in shorthair and longhair varieties. 820's unique, three-in-one output and photo-realistic fabric transfer capabilities are a result of Seiko Instruments' new exclusive ColorWear media. ColorWear gives the Specialty ColorPoint 820 the ability to produce photo-realistic images using a dye diffusion See dye sublimation printer. transfer process to allow continuous- tone images to be transferred onto cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. The significance to the specialty imprinting imprinting, acquisition of behavior in many animal species, in which, at a critical period early in life, the animals form strong and lasting attachments. Imprinting is important for normal social development. market is users can now cost-effectively transfer photo-realistic art and other high- quality graphic images onto fabric which has never before been possible. The new printer also supports two additional transfer printing processes to make it the first desktop printer to offer three-in-one output capabilities. Both processes use the printer's thermal wax transfer mode which overlaps the three primary colors those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, - red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. See under Color. See also: Color Primary (cyan, magenta and yellow) in a dithering Simulating more colors and shades in a palette. In a monochrome system that displays or prints only black and white, shades of grays can be simulated by creating varying patterns of black dots. This is how halftones are created in a monochrome printer. pattern to create the full spectrum of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color . Seiko Instruments Seiko Instruments Inc. (セイコーインスツル株式会社 offers HyColor specialty media for metal and ceramics needs, and Chromatrans specialty media for a variety of fabric needs. The Specialty ColorPoint 820 features 32MB RAM, a SCSI interface SCSI interface - SCSI adaptor , a Windows 95 print driver and color correction software for matching screen colors when printing on metal or ceramics. Printing times are as much as five times faster than previous generation models. "Seiko is committed to providing the specialty market with products to improve their productivity and profitability. As a leader in the printed transfer specialty business, Seiko is in the position to expand on its offerings to this market place, and has done so with the introduction of this product. The Specialty ColorPoint 820 is the only printer in the world with these capabilities," said Tom Petz, product marketing manager of Seiko Instruments. Exclusive ColorWear Printing Media As part of today's announcement, Seiko Instruments is announcing its exclusive ColorWear media in a separate news announcement. ColorWear works with the Specialty ColorPoint 820's dye-sublimation mode to create continuous-tone, photographic-quality images for 100% cotton or cotton blend fabrics. ColorWear is the industry's first dye-sublimation media to use a simple one-step process. As a result, specialty printers and small business owners can now cost-effectively accept high-quality, short-run printing business in quantities of 100 pieces or less. ColorWear is available for the Specialty ColorPoint in two page sizes: legal and A4 super with a maximum image area of 8.53 x 13.0. Hycolor and Chromatrans media are available in up to legal sizes with a maximum image area of 8.25" x 10.69". Pricing and Availability The Specialty ColorPoint 820 is shipping now and will be sold through selected OEMs and VARs at a suggested retail price of $5,249. Seiko Instruments USA Seiko Instruments USA's Color Graphics Group, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., markets a full line of high-quality, dual- technology color printers. The ColorPoint and Professional ColorPoint color printer families have incorporated the benefits of both thermal wax transfer and dye sublimation sublimation, in chemistry sublimation (sŭblĭmā`shən), change of a solid substance directly to a vapor without first passing through the liquid state. digital technologies into one print engine for maximum user flexibility and cost effectiveness. PostScript, video and raster interface solutions are available on all models. Seiko Instruments USA is part of Seiko Instruments Inc., a worldwide research, development and manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo. -0- Note to Editors: For additional information about Seiko Instruments' Color Graphics Group, please visit us on the World Wide Web: http://www.cgg.seiko.com . CONTACT: Seiko Instruments USA Inc. Cheryl Landman, 408/922-5950 cheryl.landman@seikosj.com or The Benjamin Group Inc. Trish Ristagno/Daniel McKean, 408/559-6090 dmckean@sv.tbgi.com trista@sv.tbgi.com |
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