sandpiper wrote:
I recently bought a Xerox Phaser 6120 Postscript Colour Laser.
I think Xerox has gone Trekkie by using 'Phaser' and 'Laser' in the same product :-)
The Phaser name is something they bought from Tektronix, who made those printers since the Amiga was young (A1000 days). It refers to their solid wax-like inks undergoing a phase change, solid->liquid->solid, during printing. It has NOTHING to do with a laser printer, except for Star Trek associations
I have bought and used many true 'Phaser' printers over the years at work, both Tek and now Xrox, and they work excellently with Amigas, and anything else that can feed them Postscript. The quality is heads above laser printers, but so is the cost - they are similar in function and output (and cost) to dye sublimation printers. Plus, the prints are waterproof, and I don't mean just water-resistant - if you print on transparencies, you can actually take them underwater, and I have.
The latest one I bought is a Xerox Phaser 8550. That reminds me, I have to go check now if the new color sticks I ordered are in; I only have to order a new set once a year - with a laser printer, new supplies would be needed every couple of months.
