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Alps MD1300 Driver
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Company |
Alps Electronic |
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Model |
MD1300 |
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Operating System |
Windows NT 4.0 (Note: might work
with other versions of this os.) |
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Date Submitted |
8/25/2002 |
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Location |
This file is located on DriverGuide.com |
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File |
nt222md.exe
(free
registration required) |
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Windows NT - Parallel connection only |
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More Printer Information:
The Alps MD-1300 Photographic-Quality Color
Printer gives you smooth, continuous-tone color
images and text that rival lab-processed
photographs and high-end professional printers
costing thousands of dollars more. It's the only
desktop printer on the market that combines
Alps' proprietary Micro Dry ink with features of
the dye sublimation printing process-a
technology that delivers what you see in actual
photographs. You'll notice colors that blend
smoothly into each other and you won't have the
abrupt color shifts typical of inkjet printers.
The Alps MD-1300 Photographic-Quality Color
Printer is a sleek, versatile printer that
weighs about ten pounds - but acts like two
printers in one! When you don't need true
photographic-quality output, a simple change to
standard ink cartridges lets you print
economical draft proofs and mixed image/text
documents up to 1200 DPI. It couldn't be easier
to print what you need to get the job done -
your way.
The Alps MD-1300 is one of the rare color printers that sells
for less than $1000 that isn't a color ink-jet printer. This
$549 printer uses Alps MicroDry technology-- a form of
dye-sublimation printing. Dye-sublimation printing has been the
mainstay of high-end color printers for close to a decade, but
the MicroDry system of color cassettes and paper brings the cost
per page and ease of use within reach of the home market.
The printer itself is a rather odd combination of charcoal and
orange, with a 100-sheet feeder tray. We had no troubles with
setup, you simply need to snap in the four-color cartridges
(cyan, magenta, yellow, black) into the flip-down tray on the
front of the machine, then load the drivers. One warning: To
reach the printer's highest photo quality, 1200x600dpi, you need
to load a set of photo cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow, and a
special clearcoat) and use Alps photographic-quality paper. At
$8 per cartridge, you'll want to keep close track of which set
you use to print the kids' homework on.
The Alps delivered beautiful photos, as close to continuous tone
(as close to "real life" as a good photograph, because the
individual dots of color don't stand out) as we've seen on a
printer this inexpensive. In addition, the colors are instantly
dry, and are smudge- and waterproof. Even so, there are
printers, such as Epson's Stylus Photo 700, that offer nearly
the same quality for close to $200 less.
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