markboyce Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 afternoon, Ive just thrown away an old imagesetter which has been gathering dust in a corner of the office.... In the box was a price list showing how prices have moved on in the computer world..... Dated: 4/8/1990 Upgrades available 4mb ram 16 MHz £1,415 8mb ram 16 MHz £2,795 12mb ram 16 MHz £4,255 8mb 32 Mhz £4,965 12mb 32 Mhz £6,265 16mb 32 Mhz £7,645 Super enhanced RAM 8mb £8,200 16mb £10,720 Hard drive 20mb £365 42mb £1,065 91mb £2,495 330mb £4,855 600 dpi plain paper laser printer £8,830 Stand for printer £595 (essential due to its size and weight) Machine cost us around £30,000 back in 1990. Ebay? cheers mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 you'd probably get your 30k back if you sold it on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markboyce Posted July 2, 2004 Author Share Posted July 2, 2004 *cough* Imagesetter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel_Landy Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 e-Bay is blocked here..... Which image setter is it (ECRM)? Were you using the old Hyphen RIP with it or something? Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilwillis Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 I can let you have a 2400 dpi printer for just £5,000. It doesn't even need a stand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markboyce Posted July 2, 2004 Author Share Posted July 2, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e-Bay is blocked here..... Which image setter is it (ECRM)? Were you using the old Hyphen RIP with it or something? Its a Varityper 4990. A good-un of its time and to be honest if its just simple text its still a good unit. Main problem is that its a hardware RIP thus its not much use in the modern world! Registration is still perfect, only ever adjusted it when it was moved. Ive still got a ECRM with rip which we still use for some jobs cheers mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel_Landy Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 Varityper made some stonking imagesetters in their time. Spot on registration, good enough for colour work and capable of matching some drum based imagesetters. All this from a continuous feed unit. Thing is, I remember their old Marketing Manager almost boating about them being "the best kept secret". Tw@t! Your job was to tell the world how good they were... No wonder they went pop! Anyway, have you thought about sticking a software RIP onto it? Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markboyce Posted July 2, 2004 Author Share Posted July 2, 2004 errrr. I wasnt aware you could? tell me more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel_Landy Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 I don't know for definate what can be fitted to your unit but all a RIP (Raster Image Processor) is doing is creating a bitmap from the PostScript code. The RIP will then dump the image down to the imagesetter via its video interface. The imagesetter itself is basically a dumb unit. So... In theory, all you need is a decent RIP with drivers and an adapter to let it plug into your Imagesetter. For example, the ECRM RIP you've got is probably the software based Harlequin RIP. This RIP has been used on various imagesetters, large format printers, etc... and OEM'd by various manufacturers... One of which is ECRM. Might be worth doing a search and/or having a chat with a specialist dealer... If you want I could put you in touch with a couple of decent ones that won't fob you off. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 And to think you called my Saab boring and sensible.... *yawn* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel_Landy Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 Although it doesn't actually suport your unit, this is the sort of thing that you're after. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel_Landy Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 And to think you called my Saab boring and sensible.... *yawn* It still is, it's just that this stuff is even wor... ZZZZZzzzzzzzz...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Billsberry Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 afternoon, Ive just thrown away an old imagesetter which has been gathering dust in a corner of the office.... In the box was a price list showing how prices have moved on in the computer world..... Dated: 4/8/1990 Upgrades available 4mb ram 16 MHz £1,415 8mb ram 16 MHz £2,795 12mb ram 16 MHz £4,255 8mb 32 Mhz £4,965 12mb 32 Mhz £6,265 16mb 32 Mhz £7,645 Super enhanced RAM 8mb £8,200 16mb £10,720 Hard drive 20mb £365 42mb £1,065 91mb £2,495 330mb £4,855 600 dpi plain paper laser printer £8,830 Stand for printer £595 (essential due to its size and weight) Machine cost us around £30,000 back in 1990. Ebay? cheers mark The good ole days... when we used to make decent margins! Buzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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