LPS FUNDAMENTALS
— PC-based LANs such as Novell Net and the IBM Token
Ring for personal computers running MS-DOS and OS/2
— Apple Macintosh computers on the AppleTalk network
— Unix workstations on a TCP/IP network (these may
include Sun, HP/Apollo, NeXT, IBM, and AT&T)
— Personal computers (PC and Macintosh) in a standalone
configuration.
The front end processor option provides data format
conversion from PostScript to Interpress and from the
Hewlett Packard Print Control Language (HP-PCL) to
Interpress. Therefore, the 4890 processes input from either
of these increasingly popular page description languages.
System controller
The features of the system controller are listed below:
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Multinational keyboard and display
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Drive controller with 400 MB fixed disk
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18 MHz processor speed
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Up to three additional drives (optional, 400 MB each)
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5.25-inch diskette drive
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1/4-inch cartridge tape drive (optional)
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1024K words of control memory
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64 Mb of font memory, expandable to 128 Mb
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300 spi graphic video generator (GVG), with 32 megabit
graphic image memory, expandable to 256 megabits
(optional). The GVG option provides the capability to print
bitmapped graphic images, and to print pages sent in
Interpress and PostScript.
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Raster image processor (RIP) option
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Built-in transceiver for direct connect to Ethernet.
Optional peripheral cabinet
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9-track open reel tape drive
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1/2-inch (18-track) 3480-compatible cartridge tape system.
Printer
The printer features are as follows:
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Xerographic engine
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Raster output scanner (ROS) features simultaneous exposure
of both the black and the color images for near perfect
registration
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Rated speed of up to 92 pages per minute (ppm)
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Printed output of 300 by 300 dots per inch (dpi)
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Image size up to 8.62 by 14 inches/219.8 by 355.6 mm
XEROX 4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS PRODUCT REFERENCE
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