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In October, Tektronix Inc. shook up the printer market with the announcement of the first $2,000 workgroup color printer, the Phaser 740. We recently had the opportunity to test one of these solid-ink models and found it to be a good buy for government agencies that want to bring quality color printing to the masses.
We reviewed the Tektronix 740N, which prints at 600-by-600 dots-perinch (dpi) resolution in color and 1,200-by-1,200-dpi resolution in black and white. Overall, we found the 740N's 600-dpi resolution to be more than adequate for standard office color printing. Tektronix uses automatic color correction and special inks that are not grainy even on regular copy paper - to achieve good quality images at 600 dpi. At 1,200 dpi, the colors are more intense, and the images are almost photo-quality. Our panel of graphics specialists found the color at both resolutions to be "pretty good." At 1,200 dpi, they found the images to be "very crisp" and "perfectly clean."
As far as speed is concerned, the 74`ON was faster at 600 dpi than seven workgroup color printers that we tested last April - for about half the price...