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Jeff Jonas
Did you know that the solid ink Xerox Phasar printers (not the later laser
Googling finds that Tektronix sold the Phaser name & print technologies to Xerox.
I remember an early Tektronic Phaser model that used Thermal transfer:
a roll of CMYK wax (kinda like carbon paper)
was selectively melted into the paper in 4 passes (one for each color).
The thermal head was the width of the paper just like a fax machine.
Googling finds that Tektronix sold the Phaser name & print technologies to Xerox.
I remember an early Tektronic Phaser model that used Thermal transfer:
a roll of CMYK wax (kinda like carbon paper)
was selectively melted into the paper in 4 passes (one for each color).
The thermal head was the width of the paper just like a fax machine.