---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash The Printer's Palette, Volume 1 SunFLASH Vol 35 #33 November 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer's Palette announced by SunPics, a Sun Microsystems Incorporated Business, is "CDware for NeWSprint". Now it's easy to put together a complete printing solution using NeWSprint and Printer's Palette! o Over 170 NeWSprint printing products from leading suppliers on one CD! o Complete product information and software for every product, including: - Multimedia product presentation - Product description - Ordering information - Support and service information - Test results for printers and plotters - Complete software o Products include: printers, plotters, fonts, language translation, file format conversion software, and Macintosh network printing software. o Products organized by category to make comparison shopping easy. o Most software is free, however some require passwords to unlock. o Uses CDmanager, OpenWindows, and OPENLOOK. SUNPICS INFORMATION ------------------- SunPics, a Sun Microsystems, Inc., Business, was formed on July 1st 1991 to offer leading printing and imaging products for the Sun marketplace. The Printer's Palette, Volume 1, is being distributed to Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) customers through SMCC. ANNOUNCEMENT BRIEF ------------------ One of the key strengths of NeWSprint's Open Printing approach is the ability to create a complete printing solution consisting of products from several suppliers. This creates a "building block" approach in which NeWSprint forms the foundation of the printing solution. The Printer's Palette adds the other building blocks to the picture, making it easy to create a complete solution. It uses an icon-based, point-and-click model to comparison shop, buy, and install printing products from a wide variety of leading suppliers. FEATURES & BENEFITS -------------------- Features Benefits -------- -------- o Wide variety of products Allows you to create a complete solution. It's also easy to comparison shop to find the product with the price/performance/features you need. o Complete product information Everything you need is in one place, including supplier information, product information, features, prices, even test results. And when you find the product you need, the software is already in your hands. o Products organized by category You don't even need to read through the feature list to find the product you need! o Most software is free You're not paying extra for the software in most cases. Some products, such as F3 fonts, will require a phone call to the supplier so that you can pay for the product and receive a key to unlock it from the CD. o Uses CDmanager, OpenWindows You don't need to learn a complex application to use the Printer's Palette. It's OPENLOOK, so you already know how things work, and it's CDmanager so you're probably already familiar with it. PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON VOLUME 1 ----------------------------- Complete information for the following products, including software, is included on the Printer's Palette, Volume 1: --------------------------------------------------------------------- PRINTERS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vendor Model No. Uses SBus Card? Description ------ --------- --------------- ----------- CalComp ColorMaster yes Color, 1ppm, parallel CalComp ColorMaster+ yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Kodak XL7700 no Color, 1ppm, SCSI Mitsubishi G370-10 yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Mitsubishi G650-10 yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Mitsubishi S340-10 yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Oce G524x-CAD yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Seiko 4100 yes Color, 1ppm, parallel SRS Imager1200L no B&W, 12ppm, SCSI SunPics SPARCprinter yes B&W, 12ppm, video Talaris 1590-T no B&W, 15ppm, ethernet Talaris 2090 no B&W, 20ppm, ethernet Talaris 5093 no B&W, 50ppm, ethernet Tektronix 4693DX yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Tektronix PhaserIISX yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Xerox 8810 no B&W, 8ppm, proprietary --------------------------------------------------------------------- PLOTTERS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vendor Model No. Uses SBus Card? Description ------ --------- --------------- ----------- CalComp 52000 yes B&W, 1ppm, parallel CalComp 67000 yes B&W, 1ppm, parallel CalComp 68000 yes Color, 1ppm, parallel Colossal 3300 yes B&W, 1ppm, parallel Versatec 8510-SB no B&W, 1ppm, proprietary Versatec 8600E no B&W, 1ppm, proprietary Versatec 8836-II no B&W, 1ppm, proprietary Versatec 8900 no Color, 1ppm, proprietary --------------------------------------------------------------------- F3 FONTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- URW has placed their entire library of 600 typefaces onto Volume 1 of the Printer's Palette. These are divided up into 146 separate products. Each of these typically contains several related typefaces. --------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA TRANSLATION SOFTWARE --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vendor Formats Supported ------ ----------------- Carberry Tech. IGES, CGM, DXF, HP-GL, HP-GL2, CalComp 960, CalComp 907, Interleaf, PostScript, Sun Raster, FrameMaker, TIFF --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWSPRINT PRINTING SERVICES --------------------------------------------------------------------- Vendor Services ------ -------- Colossal Graphics Large format, B&W or color printing. Also high resolution color printing. HARDWARE & SOFTWARE CONSIDERATIONS ---------------------------------- Printer's Palette requires: - SPARCstation system - SunCD drive, either attached or networked - OpenWindows 2.0 or 3.0 - SunOS 4.1 or later The products on Printer's Palette require NeWSprint 1.0 or later for their operation. Some may have other hardware requirements or recommendations. U.S. PRICING AND ORDERING INFORMATION ------------------------------------- Description Order Number List Price ----------- ------------ ---------- Printer's Palette, Volume 1 CE264-0 $100, 10 copies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu and paris.cs.miami.edu. All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.