Printer Specifications
12-24 Printer
with colorfirst™
Technology
Imaging Process
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Digital Thermal Dye and Resin Printing with INTM Transfer
Resolution
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300 DPI (11.8 dots/mm) and 300 LPI
Colors
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Up to 16.7 million continuous tone colors
Print Speed
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1” (25.4mm) per second
Maximum Print Width
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8.125” (206mm)
Maximum Print Length
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12” (304.8mm) full color seamless
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24” (609.6mm) full color seamed step and repeat
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24” (609.6mm) monochrome seamless
Accepted Sign Width
3”
to 12” (76.2mm to 304.8mm)
Accepted Sign Length
6”
to 24” (152.4mm to 609.6mm)
Accepted Sign Thickness
050” to .250” (1.27mm to 6.3mm). Thinner materials
may be printable with a carrier beneath them.
Substrate Feed Mechanism
Single hand fed
Substrates Accepted**
Standard engraving materials, PVC, expanded PVC,
acrylics, vinyl coated magnetic materials,
polycarbonate, PETG sheet, some injection molded sign blanks, DCS printable
metals
Printer Buffer
9
MB
Display
Five LED lights
and three buttons on front user panel
System Requirements
Pentium®-class or equivalent processor (1+GHz
recommended)
512MB RAM
200MB of free hard Drive Space WITHOUT Color Byte Software
400MB of free hard Drive Space WITH Color Byte Software
USB port support
Software Driver
Windows® 2000 Professional, Windows XP
Interface
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EEE 1284 Parallel (ECP compatible).
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Dedicated parallel port required. Printer cannot share port with other
peripherals or software application dongles (security devices).
Power Source
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110-250 VAC, 50/60 Hz (220-250 VAC via a transformer)
Operating Temperature
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65F to 80F (18C to 27C)
Humidity
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Non-condensing 20% - 60%
Dimensions
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18.25” (463.5mm) Height, 18.5” (469.9mm) Width, 33.5” (850.9mm) Depth.
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Depth dimension includes input and output trays.
Weight
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67lbs. (30.4 Kg)
Agency Listings
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Safety Standards: UL Approved
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Emission Standards: FCC Class A
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CE Approved
Warranty
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Printer - 1 year limited warranty
Options
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Color Byte™ software (USB dongle available)
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Extended Warranty
Ribbons, Substrates and Supplies
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Available through Direct Color Systems Authorized Distributor
Complete DCS 12-24 Printer
Specifications
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