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  I have asked the following question of our local sgi representative about
2 weeks ago with no response (other that trying to sell their latest
hardware :-).  So maybe someone 'out there' has done what we need.

  We have an Indigo Elan running voxelview to process images from a
confocal microscope.  The group using this device is currently trying to
get a high-quality output device to print images of the screen.  The devices
they are currently checking connect to the monitors RGB plugs via 'Y' cables.
No device has yet been able to cope with the scan frequencies of the SGI
monitor. 

 Does anyone know what these frequencies are?

  I have search all our documentation for specifications on the monitor with
no luck.  It is a 19" monitor, it is definitely RGB!

  Now, this printing device produces 'photograph' quality output of the
screen, however, it requires you to put the desired picture onto the monitor
of the SGI.  What I would like to do is get the same 'quality' output but have
the printer connected to the network, either via the serial port on one of
the UNIX boxes or else directly connected to the ethernet.  It should take
one of the well known picture format standards and must be true to all the
colors of the screen.  We have seen the output from a color postscript
printer based on 'wax color pelets' and this was not acceptable to the
SGI users.

Can anyone suggest a suitable printer?

  I asked the same question of 'Vital Images' and they told me about the
'Codonics 600NP'.  I am still waiting for the printer salesman to get back
to me with details on this printer (1 week already).  We are in a recesssion
but salesman performance sure does not indicate it :-)  I am after a list
of viable printers and we will search for other printer suppliers in the
new year.

  I will summarize printers if I get responses, so e-mail me your answers.

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Mark W. Watson                      | mark@wehi.edu.au
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute | Ph: +61 3 345 2555
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