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General | Specifications | Mug Transfers
The PrimeraPro is a dual-function dye-sublimation/wax thermal transfer color printer that delivers amazing 600 x 300 dpi, photo-quality output. With an average retail price under $2,000.00, PrimeraPro has become one of the best-selling dye-sublimation printers in history during its first year on the market.
PrimeraPro's exceptional output is perfect for artists, designers and illustrators who require high quality proofs, comps, layouts, photos and video captures. The printer's high resolution also makes it ideal for monochrome text printing in desktop publishing or word processing applications. By simply installing FARGO's new matte monochrome ribbon, PrimeraPro delivers laser quality prints.
PrimeraPro is supported by nearly all industry-standard color matching programs, such as Agfa FotoTune, DayStar Digital ColorMatch, Kodak KCMS and Adobe's Device Independent Color Matching.
PrimeraPro also has a unique option that allows the printer to produce snap-shot size, photo-quality color prints, ideal for video frame grabs and medical and scientific images. The A6-Size Accessory Kit allows PrimeraPro to print fast, inexpensive A6-size (approximately 4" x 5") prints in addition to regular A and A4-size output.
PrimeraPro also provides Macintosh users with many high end features, including a standard LocalTalk® interface and optional Adobe(TM) PostScript(TM) Level 2 and Ethernet. The Macintosh version of the printer is shipped with a QuickDraw(TM) driver, which also runs on PowerPC(TM).
PrimeraPro has some fun options as well, including the ability to print on media that can be transferred to mugs and T-shirts.
Print Method:
Dye-sublimation/wax thermal transfer
Resolution:
Highest Quality: 600 x 300dpi
Regular: 300 x 300dpi
Colors:
Up to 16.7 million
Print Speed:
Wax color: 1.5 MPP (C, M, Y)
Wax monochrome: 2 PPM (K)
Dye-sublimation color: 9 to 12 MPP (C, M,
Y)
Dye-sublimation monochrome: 3 MPP (K)
Dye-sublimation A6-size color: 5 to 6 MPP
(C, M, Y)
Software Drivers:
Windows 3.1 GDI
Macintosh Color QuickDraw(TM) (PowerPC
accelerated)
Amiga Preferences with 24-bit color device
driver
Optional CPSI-based Adobe(TM)
PostScript(TM) Level 2 for Macintosh or Windows
Interfaces:
Models 76500, 76501: Centronics-type
parallel
Models 76502, 76503: LocalTalk/RS-422
serial
Power Source:
76500, 76502: 110/120 VAC, 50/60 Hz
76501, 76503: 220-250 VAC, 50/60Hz
Dimensions:
13.8"W x 5.8"H x 10.2"D
(35cmW x 14.73cmH x 25.9cmD)
Weight:
16 lbs (7.3 kg)
Ribbons:
Wax: 3-color (C, M, Y), 4-color (C, M, Y,
K), 1-color (K)
Dye-sublimation: 4-color (C, M, Y, K),
3-color (C, M, Y), 1-color (K)
Paper Types:
Wax: Standard and Premium Paper,
Tansparency Film, T-Shirt Transfer Paper
Dye-sublimation: Receiver Paper,
Tansparency Film
Paper Size:
A: 8.5" x 11"
A-Long: 8.5" x 13" (14"
max.)
A4: 210 x 297mm
A4-Long: 210 x 348mm (355mm max.)
A6: 4.5" x 7" (114 x 178mm)
Legal size: 8.5" x 14" (216 x
356mm)
Printable Area:
(Wax thermal transfer and dye-sublimation)
Media Size --------Color Print Area -----------Mono Print Area:
A ............................8.5" x
9.3" ...........................8.5" x 9.8"
A-Long ...................8.5" x
11" ............................8.5" x 11"
A4 .........................210 x
254mm.................... 210 x 266mm
A4-Long ................210 x 297mm
....................210 x 297mm
A6 ....................4" x 5"
(102 x 128mm) .................N/A
Legal 8.5" x 11.3" .(216 x 287mm)
.........................N/A
Warranty:
One Year
Supplies:
Printer ships with 30-image 3-color wax
ribbon, 25 sheets standard paper, 5 transparencies, 10-image
dye-sublimation
ribbon, 10 sheets dye-sublimation receiver
paper, FARGO Color Professional Color Matching Software
Options:
Adobe CPSI PostScript Level 2 Software Package, Macintosh or
Windows
Ethernet Adapter (Macintosh)
A6-Size Accessory Kit
PowerPrint Ribbon
The PrimeraPro(TM) Color Printer has
always utilized two different, yet closely related printing
technologies
-wax thermal transfer and dye-sublimation.
Now, through a new ribbon called the PowerPrint(TM) Sublimation
Ribbon, this printer can also print through
a third technology called hybrid sublimation.
Hybrid sublimation, sometimes referred
to as true sublimation, is used entirely for printing images
which can be
transferred to mugs, plaques, metal
trophies, ceramic tiles or plates, and much more. This technology
utilizes a
three color, multi-pass process beneath
your printer's thermal printhead, just like wax thermal transfer
and
dye-sublimation. Hybrid sublimation is
unique, however, because it essentially merges qualities from
both the wax
thermal transfer and dye-sublimation print
methods.
The PowerPrint ribbon is composed of
sublimation dyes which are suspended in a wax-based carrier. The
wax
thermal print process is used to transfer
the wax-based carrier to any smooth surfaced, non-coated paper
such as
FARGO's standard grade wax thermal paper.
The sublimation dyes within, however, are not released until the
printed image is heated on a heat press.
When the image is heated, the dyes sublimate into the transfer
surface
while the wax-based carrier remains to
prevent the dyes from being absorbed back into the paper.
Because hybrid sublimation uses the wax
thermal print mode, images print very fast, yet still have a near
photo-realistic appearance when transferred
because of the sublimation dyes. Hybrid sublimation images can be
transferred to fabric, wood, metal, glass,
ceramic, plastic or any other material which has a special
polymer
coated surface.
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