Tektronix Phaser 600EF Thermal Printer
January 31, 2008
Tektronix – a known manufacturing company recently introduces Tektronix Phaser 600EF Thermal Printer in the UK market which offers numerous printing
speeds with quality. Pretty exterior has been used for construction. The user-friendly product functions with the help of solid-ink technology to offer impressive printing output at a low cost.
Thermal printing is a very popular printing technology which demands solid-ink for high speed printing outputs. The product can be bought from market at affordable prices. The quality of colour printing will be almost equal to that of laser printing quality. Users can print either in black and white or in colour mode to get maximum printing resolution up to 300 dots per inch.
The unit has the potential to print black and white documents with the maximum printing speed up to 12 pages per minute. Cable connectivity has to be utilized for getting power supply. It can support different type of media like:
• Fabric
• Glossy Paper
• Imaging Film
• Plain Paper
• Transparencies
• Vinyl
It is possible to print media with the maximum size up to 841 x 1189 millimetres. Your system has to run either in Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT. Manufacturer has made Tektronix Phaser 600EF Thermal Printer with the depth as 67.1 cm.
HP PhotoSmart A526 Compact Photo Printer
January 29, 2008
HP PhotoSmart A526 Compact Photo Printer is a new model of printer in the market that has got featured with lots of advanced options in it. The product is a compact photo printer. It is a colour inkjet printer. The technology is inkjet technology with HP thermal inkjet feature.
The print speed of this unit is up to 0.65 minute per page in photo draft with the size of 101.6 x 152.4 mm ÃÂ. This is up to 1.27 minute per page with 101.6 x 152.4 mm for page photos. The maximum resolution that this unit has got is 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi. The interface of this unit is universal serial bus.
The preview screen of this HP Photo Smart A526 Compact Photo Printer is 2.4 inches. This preview screen will help the user to view the print preview. This is just an alternative for the computer screen. In the computer the user can see the print preview and in this product, a screen is been provided for it. A card reader is been featured in this device. The media type that this photo printer could entertain is photo paper and the total media capacity is 20 sheets. For connecting the device you’re your system, the requirements that this unit needs are,
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Apple MacOS X 10.4,
• Apple MacOS X 10.3.9
• Microsoft Windows Vista
Physical Aspects
As this unit is made featured as a compact printer, the dimensions of the unit is also impressive and compact allowing you to keep it anywhere. The dimensions estimated for this printer are,
• Width : 22.7 cm
• Depth : 11.6 cm
• Height : 13.7 cm
Oki 5521 Dot Matrix Printer Review
January 27, 2008
Dot matrix printers is a unique type of printer which prints text by striking pins on an ink ribbon as dots to form letters appropriately. The remarkable benefits of 
these types of printers are the ability to print multi-page forms using carbon sheets. Oki 5521 Dot Matrix Printer has been recently introduced with advantages like high durability, multi-part paper handling, monochrome printing, USB, parallel interface, 128 KB RAM and reasonable power utilization.
• Power Consumption
If you want to run the device, it is important to supply power up to AC 230 volts.
• Supportive Media
Users can use the following type of medium for printing documents like:
1. Envelopes
2. Labels
3. Plain paper
4. Continuous forms
5. Fanfold paper
• Memory
Maximum installed capacity of the device is measured as 128 KB.
• Interfaces
Interfaces are needed for getting external connectivity. Two available interfaces in the device are USB and parallel interfaces.
• Printing Resolution
You can get maximum printing resolution up to 240 x 216 dots per inch in horizontally and vertically.
• Printing Modes
There are 2 distinct printing modes available namely standard and custom. You can use media with the maximum size up to 40.6 cm in both modes.
• Technology
Oki 5521 Dot Matrix Printer can support only dot matrix printing technology which offers monochrome results.
• Dimensions
1. Width – 55.2 cm
2. Depth – 34.5 cm
3. Height – 15.3 cm
4. Weight – 9.5 Kg
Epson LQ-630 USB Dot Matrix Printer
January 25, 2008
Dot matrix printers are made for perfection and the main advantage of the dot matrix printers when compared to other technology printers are that the print 
cost is very less. Epson LQ-630 USB Dot Matrix Printer is a new model of dot matrix printer that is now introduced to the market. It is a black and white dot matrix printer. With 24 –pin monochrome printing, this dot matrix printer can be used as a personal printer.
The maximum media size that this unit supports is the standard size of 254 x 559 mm. The maximum media size with custom regulation is 254 x 559 mm. The maximum resolution of the black and white prints of this unit is 20 cpi. The interface of this dot matrix printer is parallel interface and the universal serial bus port. The random access memory installed in this unit is 32 KB. The language stimulation of this unit is,
• EPSON ESC/P 2
• EPSON LQ
• IBM PPDS
The media types that this Epson LQ-630 USB Dot Matrix Printer made featured with are the labels and plain paper. To make use of this unit as an ideal machine the power supply required is AC 240 V. The OS supported by this dot matrix printer are
• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows 98, ME and 2000
Casio CW-75 Disc Title Thermal Printer
January 23, 2008
Casio CW-75 Disc Title Thermal Printer has come to hit the UK market and it offers useful features like:
• Colour printing
• Thermal printing technology
• Built-in LCD
• Wired connectivity
• Built-in keyboard
• USB interface
• Printing resolutions up to 200 dots per inch
• Manual loading
• AA type battery support
Thermal printing technology is mostly preferred for printing bar codes nowadays. Thermal printing can be classified into two namely direct thermal and thermal transfers. Both are different. This product use thermal transfer printing which uses a heated ribbon for producing durable and ever-lasting text or images. But in case of direct thermal printing no ribbon is used.
Manufacturer has used the compact dimensions as 18.4 x 18.5 x 7.6 cm to represent width, depth and height of the unit. Users can print in colour as well as in monochrome with this printer. The printing unit weighs just 0.9 kilo grams. The device has come featured with a disk tray to use CDs and DVDs for printing. It prints monochrome documents up to 9 mm per second and colour documents up to 5.1 mm per second. You can view a LCD display and character keyboard on the unit.
Casio CW-75 Disc Title Thermal Printer needs corded connectivity and it has come with USB interface. Users can expect up to 200 dots per inch as highest printing resolution in both monochrome and colour printing. You can use 120 mm CD to get maximum printing width up to 16 mm. Manual loading is a must to take printouts. It may demand the usage of AA type battery technology to get battery power.
Supportive OS
1. Microsoft Windows 98
2. Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
3. Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
4. Microsoft Windows XP
