Seikosha shows, ships new Imagewriter(R) II-compatible wide-carriage
SP-2415AP printer; now Apple Macintosh(R) users can do wide-carriage
impact printing.

   Seikosha America Inc. (Mahwah, NJ) showed production models at PC Expo
as it began shipping its new wide-carriage impact printer for Apple
Macintosh(R) users with full Imagewriter(R) II monochrome compatibility.
Large corporate site managers were among show attendees to express
immediate interest in it as the first-ever Mac- specific wide-carriage
impact printer; its narrow-carriage sibling is already a Seikosha
best-seller. The new wide-carriage Model 2415AP is available for $569 (all
prices suggested US resale at participating dealers or direct; inquiries
invited). The narrow- carriage Model SP-2400AP is $389. 

   The new SP-2415AP features legendary Seikosha reliability (4,000 hours
mean time between failures, 100 million character print head life with
typical usage) and quiet operation (55dBA). It has a 300 cps super-speed
draft mode. It offers a selection of built-in draft, NLQ or proportional
fonts (supporting 256 downloadable characters) at a 9-17 cpi pitch range.
And its wealth of user-demanded features includes auto-loading continuous
forms or cut sheets, paper parking, one-inch tear-off and front-panel
pitch and margin selection.

   Its rear paper path push tractor accepts 4.5-16-inch wide continuous
forms. A top paper path accepts letter, legal, A4 and B5 cut sheets; a
single-bin cut sheet feeder option is also available. 

   The SP-2415AP is also a virtuoso at dot graphics in eight densities:
576, 640, 768, 856, 960, 1088, 1152 or 1280 dphi. Its character-printing
attributes include emphasized, double-strike, double-width, half-height,
proportional, italic and super/subscript characters.

   In addition to its Imagewriter II emulation, the SP-2415AP also features
a fully Imagewriter II-compatible mini-DIN 8-pin serial interface, which
can operate at 1200, 2400, 4800 or 9600 bps data rates.

   Many printing characteristics fall under the control of six front-panel
switches (power, on-line, NLQ/LF/Font, FF/Pitch, Paper Park/Margin and
Shift) and four indicators (power, on-line, NLQ and paper empty).

   Seikosha America, Inc., a Seiko Group company, is celebrating its 100th
anniversary in 1992. The company markets a high-quality, high-performance
line of printers for use with personal, portable and networked computers,
and video printers popular in military, medical, industrial and studio
applications. Seikosha printers have historically had one of the highest
reliability rates in the computer industry. For further information
contact Seikosha America Inc., 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430;
800-338-2609 (in New Jersey: 201-327-7227); fax 201-818-9075. 

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