SEPTEMBER 21, 1992, MOBILE, AL -- XANTE Corporation announces an aggressive price reduction for two of its high resolution laser printers-the Accel-a-Writer 8000 and Accel-a-Writer 4000. From an introductory price of $3,995, the Accel-a-Writer 8000 is being reduced $700 to a new U.S. List price of $3,295. The Accel-a-Writer 4000 is being offered at a new U.S. List price of $2,495, a $300 reduction. "Xante has decided to make an aggressive statement by implementing this price reduction," said XANTE's Vice President of Marketing, Martin Kennedy. "We are committed to continuing this trend by constantly offering the most technologically advanced products at prices our customers can afford." The Accel-a-Writer 8000 and Accel-a-Writer 4000 are 8 page per minute and 4 page per minute 600 x 600 dpi laser printers, respectively. The Accel-a-Writer 8000 is based on the Canon LBP-SX print engine, and the Accel-a-Writer 4000 is based on the LBP-LX Canon engine. They both include XANTE 's Advanced Gray Scale Technology for smooth and detailed gray scale images. Along with high resolution, XANTE also increases the processing speed with an AMD 29000 RISC processor, standard 8 MB of RAM, upgradable to 16 MB, Advanced Memory Management and Dual Page Processing, which allows the printer to print one page while another is being processed. Also included is the ability to simultaneously print between Macintosh and PC/compatibles with AppleTalk, serial and parallel ports. The Accel-a-Writer 8000 and Accel-a-Writer 4000 are PostScript compatible and include HP PCL IV emulation. XANTE's proprietary Virtual Disk Technology allows the user to download up to 30 fonts directly on the controller (in addition to the standard 35 resident fonts already present), without the use of an external hard drive. These fonts act as completely printer resident and can be changed to meet particular project requirements. Both printers ship with a standard of 512 KB of VDT for storage of up to 15 fonts, and is upgradable to 1 MB of VDT for storage of up to 30 fonts. For those who want to store more than 30 fonts, a SCSI port is provided for an external hard drive. XANTE Accel-a-Writer products are available direct from XANTE or from re-sellers worldwide. XANTE Corp, 2559 Emogene St, Mobile, AL 36616-0526 205-476-8189, fax: 205-476-9421 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online - New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed from data provided by the | | above mentioned company. For additional details, contact the | | company at the address or telephone number indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+