Service Manual
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General Information
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Table 1-7. Functional specifications
Characteristic
Specification
Printing process
Sequential surface thermal transfer printing (thermal-wax
transfer).
Transfer rolls
Wax-impregnated transfer rolls. The printer automatically
senses the transfer roll type by the coding on the leading
edge of the yellow band.
3-Color Transfer Roll features sequential bands of yellow,
cyan, and magenta; 342 prints per roll.
A 4-pass Plain Paper Transfer Roll features sequential bands
of precoat, yellow, magenta and cyan; 214 prints per roll.
Black Transfer Roll features all black panels; 880 prints
per roll.
The printer automatically senses the transfer roll type by the
size of the transfer roll cores.
Addressability
300 dots-per-inch (horizontal and vertical).
Engine printing speed
The time it takes from paper loading to paper ejecting a print:
3-Color transfer roll: about 30 seconds per print.
ColorCoat transfer roll: about 40 seconds per print.
Print times do not include image processing time by the
image processor which varies due to image complexity.
Minimum printing
margins
Perforated paper:
A- and A4-size: all sides, 5 mm (0.2 ins.).
Non-perforated paper
A- and A4-size: all sides, 5 mm (0.2 ins.) except the bottom,
which is 21 mm (0.8 ins.)
Summary of Contents for DECcolorwriter 1000
Page 11: ...Service Manual xi...
Page 16: ...Service Manual xv...
Page 56: ...2 24 DECcolorwriter 1000 2 Installing the Printer and Drivers...
Page 64: ...3 8 DECcolorwriter 1000 3 Verifying the Printer and Host Connections...
Page 70: ...4 6 DECcolorwriter 1000 4 Key Operator Training...
Page 170: ...8 46 DECcolorwriter 1000 8 FRU Disassembly Assembly...
Page 190: ...9 20 DECcolorwriter 1000 9 Checks and Adjustments...
Page 195: ...Service Manual A 5 Field Replaceable Units List A...
Page 198: ...A 8 DECcolorwriter 1000 A Field Replaceable Units List...
Page 204: ...C 6 DECcolorwriter 1000 C Wiring Diagrams...
Page 208: ...D 4 DECcolorwriter 1000 D Test Pattern Generator...
