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This is the fabled Alps MD-2300 color printer, capable of full-page
600dpi continuous tone output.  The printer is new and unused, and
comes with all original supplies and packaging.  This printer is
only for MACINTOSH computers; it has a SCSI port, and Alps does not
make Windows drivers that can use SCSI.

Location:  Champaign, IL (pick it up and save shipping)
Price:     $161  (exactly my cost) + shipping

This printer will be at the next CUCUG meeting Dec. 17; stop by
to see the sample pack, scam a cupcake, buy the printer, and become 
a member!  See
  http://www.cucug.org
for location and time.

Alps' homepage is here:
  http://www.alpsusa.com/
They now feature the MD-1300 printer, which is a newer version of 
the MD-2300.

Here's what it does:
-600 dpi continuous tone dye sub printing
  -> This mode prints photos.  Not that dithery spotty stuff you get
     from ink jet printers, but real, smooth-shaded, super-sharp
     color output.  The prints are so good I can only say one thing:
     this thing prints photos.
-600 dpi dithered color
  -> This is more like what regular printers do.  However, the 
     ribbons aren't liquid, they're dry film.  The output is
     glossy and very sharp, and nearly photo-quality itself.
-1200 x 600 dpi black
  -> Black output looks like it came from a laser printer.  The
     ink is glossy, and the high resolution makes it very sharp.

This is a Quality printer, not a Quantity printer.  It beats the
pants off any so-called photo printer, like the Epson 700 or
those silly little 4x6" printers.  It's not something you'd
give to the kids, or do your 200-page doctoral thesis with
(although if you did, it would sure look good.)

Here's what you get:
-One year warranty!
-Alps MD-2300 printer for Mac
-100 sheets laser paper for black or dithered color printing.
-Sample pack of photo paper, iron-on sheets, transparencies, etc.
-4 normal ribbons - new, unopened
-4 photo ribbons - new, unopened
-Mac drivers, Adobe PhotoDeluxe, plus a photo CD
-All documentation

The printer is new and unused.  I plugged it in long enough to find 
out I can't use it, then packed it back up.

Why am I selling?  I bought it at auction at www.uBid.com, and they 
claimed it had a parallel port.  When I got it, I found it had a 
SCSI port.  I'm trying to find a way to make this thing work with 
Windows, but I think I'm out of luck.  I'd prefer to keep it, but
I need to sell it before I can get another.

Insight (http://www.insight.com/) demands more than $420;
refurbished units frequently sell for $200;
Your price:  Just $161 + shipping

-Bill Zwicky
bitman@pobox.com