WILLSONVILLE, Ore., May 4,1992 - Tektronix today announced an upgrade
option to give its previous generation of thermal wax color printers the
same performance and functionality as the current Tektronix Phaser(TM) II
PXi color printer.

The upgrade consists of a new controller board with a 24MHz AMD 29000 RISC
processor and Adobe System Inc.'s PostScript(TM) level 2 software. 
PostScript Level 2 conso- lidates extensions to the PostScript page
description language and adds new features such as device-independent
color support and data compression capability.

The new controller will be available at an introductory price of $1,995
from July 1 through Dec. 31, 1992.  The sug- gested list price for the
upgrade will be $2,495 after Jan.  1, 1993.  This field-installed upgrade
is available from authorized Tektronix resellers and directly from
Tektronix.  It is compatible with Tektronix 4693D/DX, 4693RGB, RGB II,
Phaser CP, Phaser CPS, Phaser PE and Phaser PX thermal wax color printer
models, which were sold between August 1987 and December 1991.

"Tektronix was the first to market with thermal wax color printers
implementing Adobe's PostScript Level 2 software, but we also have many
thousands of customers still using our durable, high-capacity print
engines of our earlier models," said A.J. Rogers, Tektronix strategic
marketing manager.  "This upgrade supports Tektronix' existing users by
offering full Adobe PostScript Level 2 software capabilities and fas- ter
RISC processing without the need to buy a new printer."

The upgrade also includes TekColor(TM) PS version 2.0, a software utility
that combines TekColor technology and device-independant color rendering
of PostScript Level 2 to improve the color accuracy of output from
applications.  Incorporated into the printer's Microsoft Windows(TM) and
apple(R) Macintosh(R) drivers, TekColor PS lets users select color choices
from the print dialog box and preview printed colors on the screen.

In addition to PostScript Level 2, the upgrade supports Hewlett-Packard
Graphics Language (HP-GL) for compatibility with a wide range of computer
applications.  PostScript language and HP-GL files can be accepted
simultaneously from different applications.

The PXi upgrade also comes with PANTONE(R)* certification to provide
process color simulation of PANTONE colors for users of PANTONE-licensed
applications.

The PXi upgrade supports intelligent, automatic switching among its
standard serial, parallel and AppleTalk(R) ports, and is compatible with
the recently announced 4511A Network Interface which provides TCP/IP lpr
support over thin, thick and twisted pair ethernet at rates up to
90Kb/sec.  A SCSI port allows the user to connect an external hard disk
for font storage and cashing.

For more information on the PostScript Level 2 upgrade for Tektronix's
4693-series printers, write Tektronix Inc., P.O.  Box 1000, MS 63-583,
Willsonville, OR 97070-1000, or call (800) 835-6100.

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