Lots and lots of dots make printer clearer

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Epson America's $450 new Stylus Color 800 printer has a 1,440-by-720 dots-per-inch vertical resolution. The Stylus 800 is the flagship in a new line of ink-jet color printers that includes the Stylus 400 and 600, both of which are slower and less expensive. Printing time for a 5"x7" image on the Stylus 800 is approximately seven and one-half minutes and quality is excellent. When poorer quality paper is used with 720 dpi resolution, the image is printed twice as fast and is almost indistinguishable from the glossy page. When large areas are being printed, however, non-glossy pages tend to become warped and oversaturated with color. The color cartridge and the black cartridge are both contained in the Stylus 800, eliminating the need to remove one to use the other. The printer can be connected to both a Macintosh and a Windows based PC simultaneously.

Nonimpact Printers, Product/Service Evaluation, Design and construction, Hardware single product review, Inkjet printers, Ink-jet printers, Ink jet printer, Epson America Inc., Epson Stylus 800 (Ink jet printer)

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Unleashing the power of the pen

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Crosspad represents the latest handwriting-recognition software effort to gain popularity among executives and professionals. IBM and pen maker A.T. Cross in spring 1998 debuted Crosspad, which employs a pen and a miniature radio transmitter. Movements from a user's writing are transferred to a clipboard computer, which creates a digital image. Crosspad then can upload a file containing more than 50 pages onto any Pentium-based computer than powers Windows 95, Windows 98 or NT. IBM's Ink Manager software helps Crosspad achieve its ultimate goal of translating notes into standard computer text. Crosspad also can outperform paper alone by finding and retrieving information in notes. Handwriting-recognition software must overcome consumer perceptions of inaccuracy and operating noise that can interrupt meetings.

Card Collators, Marketing, Equipment and supplies, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Digitizers, Graphics tablet, Graphics tablets, A.T. Cross Co., ATX, Product marketing strategy, Computer graphics, A.T. Cross CrossPad (Graphics tablet)

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Home scanners come close to their costlier cousins; low-cost scanners can be used to put photographs or documents in a form a computer can handle

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As the price of scanning devices decreases, more are finding their way into homes. They enable home users to copy documents and photographs directly onto the computer. These images can be stored or transmitted at a later time. They are becoming simpler to use, however, there is still some software confusion. Several software programs need to be integrated, and, in some cases, the success rate can be low. This may be overcome by purchasing a photo manipulation program such as Adobe Photodelux. Technical support for major low-cost brands is prompt and courteous.

United States, Keypunch Devices, Abstract, Scanning devices, Optical scanners, Image scanners, Flatbed color scanner, Flatbed scanners

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