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This latest confrontation for modem standards ljarkcns back ro the Haycs AI’ cornmand-sct srsuffle a fcw ycars back. Thc big diffcrcncc lhis timc around of course is the number of users affected. When Haycs was laying claim ro the ATm, computingand modeming in partiurlar-was a rather Iimited äctivity. Bulletin board Systems and other online Services wcre still very much a hobby item and the Stakes were much lower. The World Wide Web was still a tsvinklr: in Trrn Hcmcr-lmfs eyc. In the past two years, the market for both armpulers and nrotlcms lras cxplodcd, hccuusr: uscrs an: secing the Internet as an essential communications technoloMany more millions of umts are at stake. The players this time round are USRobotics’ X2 technology vursus moderne hawd on the Rockwell dripset—just about everyone else in the modern industry. Rockwell Calls tlrerr rrchnology K56Plus. According to Nick Trdd, director of Canadian sales for US Robotics, the company i5 ready to ship ils X2 technology, wlrich requires a Chip upgrade to rrcent moderns. (Check with US Robotics about your particular modern, and when it was pumhased. Some are upgradeable, with FlashROh/I, some requirc a Chip upgmde and sonne are just plain unupgradeable.) Tlris company is rcputcd to be the single Iargest 21k?! of retail modems in the world. lt also uwns the MegaHL-rtzbrand namc. whiclr lras llrc liorfs slrarc of the PCczrrd modern rnzrrket. These cards are used in man)’ notebook Computers. USRobotics also has slrong links to the lntcmcl sgnrice providcr (ISP) community. In iLs allcmpt l0 gain nmrketshare, lt clainrs ro have lined up a large number of national and regional ISI’: to Support its tpchnology.

Rockwell for its part lays claim l0 uvcr twothirds of the world's modems. In its advertlsing, Rockwell also claims to have lined up large numbers of ISPs on its side. llockwellä K56P|us technology is apparently still a few months away from shipping. Upgrade nptjons will also vary.

Never enough While the current battle for supremacy between modern vendors is what will atfect most users in the next two ycars, I saw an even more interesting technology on Llisplay a1 the Gomdcx show. Thc technology is callcd asymmctfic digital subscnber line (ADSL), which scrxrratcs tlic cxisting coppL-r telephrmc linc into thrw “channcls": a downstreanr (i.e„ to us customers)chamrcl, wlrich clainß lu offer 2 Mb lo 6 Mb per second transfcr ran-s; a duplex channel: and a third POTS (plain old telephone service) charmcl. The modems for this lechnology are still quire expcnsive. I Ireard one quote of S800 for an Interna] PC card. 111e demo I saw was of a rccrml compan_v’s Wcb sitc, wherc you could log onln and sarnple its CD n-lcascs. A small video window would pop up and the music slarted playing. "Hit: suund qualily was good and promises a much improved multimedia experiencc for futurv: lntcmct users. This technolngy is currently aväilahlc in Saskatchewan and Albenzr. BC Tel is testing ADSL currently, but is hesitant about the technology. The bes: thing about it is that consumers can use a regular telephone line, and theoreücally at last, pay - "— no higher mtes to their phone company. ADSL scems Iike it will help, if It 1simplemented at a reasonable price poim. What you really want thouglr, is arrolher tcclrnology l saw at the same BC Tel booth, capable of deliverlng I0 Mb per second downloath. "lhis is scrious bandwidth. This is the equivalent ol’ having firehose pressure coming out of your showerhead. Overkill for most, but I know of a fcw gamcrs and Weh surfers who wrould lorve lhis kind of bandwidth. Thc dmam of infinitr: bandwidth gocs on....

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A tlme for peace Stop dreaming, lhese technologies are still esoteric, and are not gorng to be available to the mass market for the next little while, whereas 56Kbps is the current issue. lt is time that Rockwell and US Robotlcs worked out an equltable solution to keep all brands o! modems working together and Iet the [IJbliC move forward in their purchasing plans. End the uncertainty and find a solution that allows both camps to remain viahle. In the meantime, buyet bewane. Find out which technologies your ISP is planning to support before buying new modems or hooking up 1o a scnrice. Enioy the issue.

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But have you guys caught "Apple Doomsday Fever” yourselves? lt seems like you are only devoting ahout l/lOOth o! your paper to Macs. even if all of the latest breakthroughs have come out of Apple. Takt: your recent IEViCW of notebooks-l must have searched for half an hour for a mention of Apples new Powerbook i400, which your article did not Feature. Windows CE arrives-marvelous breakthrough. What about Applet new Newtons, including the eMate 300, that new Newton

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Apple over-rlpe l'm getting sick and tired ot hearing all of the complaining, and belly aching from your OS/Z and Mac readers. Why don't they faee up to the fact that they are on the losing end of theit hopeless battle, We've all seen it before; the Pl-fl" was "better," the Atari was "better," the Amiga was "betterf Guess what, "better" means nothing if the product is not being supported by the majority of the public, 0|’ it is being mismanaged by the people who market the product. For nearly two decades l was buying the ”better” anything, regardless of what the maiority had picked. l eventually leamed my Iesson. When l finally decided to drop my last "better” System, l decided to stick with the maiority. l bought a PC with anything that was popular loaded. l have not been let down; advice is plentitul, publications are over» whelming‚ support is easy to lind, and mer— chandise is everywhere. Ibought a Pentium when it became popular, l got Windows95 because lt was popular, l buy only best-selling software, and l’ll stick with Netscape until it becomes number two (then I'll suitch to Microsoft Explorer, but not a second before it becomes number one). As for your 05/2 and Mac readers, l suggest they jump ship before thcy becomc as pitiful as the Atari and Amiga owners who are still out there complaining. As for the loyal OS/2 and Mac users who would rather go down with the ship‚ I hope they get the whole thing taped on their Beta Camcorder. Gary Carlos

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your first issue was in February 1988. Thus folIowing (hat trend, your second anniversary would be in 1990, third in 1991, and so on. That would Ieave 1997 a5 the ninth anniversary, and 1998 as the 10th. Cheers, Dale Tudge

But.....look1ng at your front cover and seeing your "l0th anniversary", as well as reading 1h": article by David Tanaka with the graphic "10 Years 121er", I did some math of my own. N0 matter how many ways l sliced it, I could only come up with nine years! l’m no rocket scientist, or a scientist of any kind, but l did graduate, and there on my diploma was printed Math 12. I must have done some arithmetic in schooI-and 1988 was still only nine years ago. From my way of thinking, your firsl anniversary would have been in 1989, since

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Microsoft Iaunches Office 97 av man EVANS n Jan. l6, Microsoft foutider and chief

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ment reports. The US Robotics line now Consists of much more than traditional intemal and extemal modems for indjvidualPC users. A large part of the company's business now consists of Enterprise Access products, including the new Total Control Bdge Server Card, an "Intranet and remote access solution that integrates server functionality, communications interfaces, and the high-performance capabllities of Microsoft Windows NT in the Enterprise Network Hub.’ Other high-end products include Network Hubs, dual T1 card sets‚ modern pools for small offices, LAN switching hubs and 10Base-T and IOOBase-T switched LAN cards. End user products continue to include the popular Sportster line of modems, plus new high-speed products such as the Courier—l and DataBurst ISDN producß. The USRobotics PC ( ‘ a r d modern line includes the top of the line 33.6Kbps Megahertz PC cards for Apple and Windows notebooks. US Robotics’ handheld organizer, the Pilot, has achieved great popularity in its initial release, but this compact computing platforrn has been designed for further development as a powerful lntemet-Capable communications system, and maior enhancements to it can be expected in the first half of 1997. As weil, at the recent Comdex Pacllim show, US Robotics showed its new videophone product, a low-cost, simple to use product intended for the home user. According to Nick ‘lidd, the long-time head of US Robotics’ Canadian Megahertz branch, "Wehave to reinvent ourselves every day. lfweeverstarted totakethingsforgranted, that would be when our competitors would Catch up."—}E '

contact USRobotics.Tat 905-33681158. Web site: httpJ/alvwwnsncom Chinese languoge enull, Weh browslng 0 Zl Corporation of Calgary has developed a number of applications based around its simplitied Chinese character input System called Z1Input.

company's Internet software Suite, which includes Z1Browser and Zi Mail. Zi Browser lets users view and input Chinöe CharaCter-based and English languages on the World Wide Web and on intranets. Zi Mail is an lntemet-based electronic mail product that allows the exchange of English and Chinese character-based messages betweeai users of the lntemet and across Intranet envlronments. According to Zi Corp.‚ this allows different language groups to communicate, regardless of the type of Computer platform used. Zi Corp. was formerly knows as the Ziron Group. lt has offices in Calgary, Beiiing, l-long Kong and San Francisco-DT

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‘lhedatabaseofsoftwarehassearch fleldsthat helptognidetheuserthroughategonessuchas operating System, industry, platform, developer name, location, price and capabilities. Altlvough the service doesn't claim to have a complete listirrg of all the world's current software, lt 1s the closest to a complete Catalogue that exists, and lt is continually being expanded. "The growth in the number of packages available represents a huge lncrease ln both the number of developers and the amount of commercial software available‚" according to Kathy Woolverton, prsident of Softsearch. Customers of the service have included Kodak, Digital Equipment, the Mayo Clinic and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. At the recent Comdex PacRlm 97 show in Vancouver, other companies exhibiting at the show were invited to add new product information to the database and t0 verify the currency and accuracy of listings already recorded. SoftSearch is a division of Synergy Computer Consulting l.td.‚ a Vancouver-based software developer. Synergy also operates a subsidlary named Openkoad Gommunications, which does Internet and Intranet design and development-

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relatively simple task of wrlting Mac driver re for thelr Wlndows PCI producls. The lt has been a welcome st-ream of high-pow‚ attractively prlced new graphics hardware

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The latcst and most notable product in this towards "Mac-izing" the best PC products is trgndnew Mac version of the miroMOTlON DC30. tlq: ounced at Januarys Macworld l-lxpo in San F cisco,theMaCversionoftheDC30isafuIlfeplured vldeo capture, editing and efieCts system. lq PCI bus masterlng "delivers studio-quality Video and CD-quality audio with data rates up to 6 MB/sec.nie editlng solutlon also includes realtibe video overlay, video editing acceleration, and CCIR 601 support,' according to miro puter Products. The DC30 can process video data at rates up t i 6 MB/sec, with 4:2:2 YUV TrueColor support a Motion-JPEG compression up to 3:1. The top q ity of video output from the DC30 systcm is

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and early 90s respecfively. The high-speed PCI architecture of the PC, in partimlar, made the creation of high-performancc graphics and Video cards more technically feasllale. Since Apple began shipping large numbers of PCl-equipped Macs in late 199S, many of thebetterPCgraphiccardmakershaveperformed

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IEC dehnt: deslrtop PCs und noteboolts with M M ! 0 At the Oomdex PacRirn show, NEC Computer Systems Division rolled out MMXequipped versiert: of its Versa 6050 multlmedia notebook, the GOSOMX, and its PowerMate P2200 with MMX. 111e Versa GOSOMXhas a ‘swap out’ 10x CD-ROM drive‚ 12.1 XGA or SVGA display, two PC Card sloLs, Iithium-ion battery, integral 33.6Kbps modern, hardware MPEG digital Video support, and l6-bit Soundßlaster audio.

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the new Windows CE operating system. Still not convinced about the new mini operating system from Redmond, Sharp was displaying a new Zaurus 3500 with 2 MBRAM, a built-in 14.4Kbps modem and a back-lit display that sticks with the company's tried and proven operating system. This little device will give the CE machines, like the Cassiopeia, a run ior their money. Palmtops may be the real story this year.‘ Over at the Apple booth, OS 7.6 was living beside a machine running the NeXt operating system. The recent purchase has left no time for any work so the display would have to be described as a sneak preview for Mac-o-philes. All the talk though was of system 7.7 and 7.8. . An interesting video-editing program called Avid was one of the items showcased, as well as an education-oriented laptop. The cool looking E-mate is an baslcally

all had good-sized booths. The lntemet is primarily a horne-user event and thus the show had a decidedly home/home-office feel to lt. Claims by some that Comdex is evolving into a consumer show seem to be valid. 111e absence, or low profile, of wholesale interests such as Intel and Digital seems to support the suggestion. Softbanlrs business decision to grow the show into a worldwide series of expos tells this reporter that the commercialization of Comdex is well on its way. Perhaps it is time

lf the PacRim show is t revamp the format. in then Comdex Canada

'97, any indication, Tyoronto, July 9-1l, and Comdex SCIB '97, in

Montreal, Oct. 7-9, may fmd you mbbing shoulders with your neighbor as often as anyone else. Wherever the show goes it is safe to say that it will continue to be the biggest gathering of technology buyers and sellers in each region. And it will also continue to be the place where companies come to announce the biggest and the smallest, the fastest and the slimmest, and the lightest and the brightest that the industry has t0 offer. D

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quality sound from their machines. I recenrly had the opportunity to look at-and listen to-some of the better consumer-level sound carcls currently on the market and to investigate iust how far things had progressed. Virtually all of the cards featured here produced very good sound from a variety of applications and through my highquality Computer speaker system. There was far more Variation, however, in terms of price‚ software bundles, and in those highly technical specifications that will be of interest primarily to those pursuing recording, compositional, and other professionell audio ends. Where good sound quality constitutes the greater concem when paying several hundred dollars for a sound card, many of the features most roundly touted by each manufacturer for these higher-end products will only be apparent to those primarily lnterested in MIDI. lt ls in that partlcular area that the signalto-noise ratio, instrument volce reproduction, and other extra technologies are most focused, because it's there that the technical qualilies will be most apparent. _ In shon, lf playing the occasional CDROM or game is where all your audio demands are met, chances are the card you have now is just fine-as long as it has wavetable and produces satisfactory sound. In fact, you mlght look at simply upgrading your speakers to take care of any problems with the latter. lf, on the other hand‚ you're looking toward highly sophlstlcated gaming, MIDI manipulation, or the use of voice-type utillties (telephony, Internet telephony, multimedia presentatlons, etc.), vinually all the cards here deserve some serlous consideratlon for your shopping dollar. l tried to be asconsistent as posslble with the listing of technical speclflcatlons brut was unable to avoid some inconsistencies in what information was obtalnable from the manufacturers (who should be conlacted if more derail is required). In alphabetical order by manufacturer, the five sound cards l looked at were:

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become within their respective fields of manufacture-the popular standard by which all competitors are compared in terrns of compatibillty, abillty, or botl-i. And the AWESZ PnP furthers that tradition for Creative labs in otfering very advanced features at a relatively reasonable prlce. As the specs demonstrate, this card offers a great deal out of the box and even rnore in potential when the expansion optlons are undertaken. Oif the top, however, it should by mentloned that this card is a full 34.3 cm (13.5 in.) long so lt will require a free slot on your motherboard that has virtually no obsuuctlons behlnd lt, right to the back of your machine (i.e.‚ no chips or other protrusions clear across the board). As mlght be anticipated, installation was

simple and straightforward under Windows 95 thanks to the PnP feature that identified the new card immediately to the machine. Drivers slid nicely into place off the Wlndows 9S installation floppy diskette provlded and a qulck test demonstrated that all was well after less than l5 minutes between opening the box and making noise. An 84-page‚ easy-to-follow rnanual is provided to guide you through the process (as well as tell you all kinds of technical details about what the card can and can't do) and you'll also find a very handy 24-page booltlet of PnP installation tips for anyone with a non-PnP compllant computer systern or those wishing to install the card under DOS or Mfindows 3.x using the PnP configuration manager dlsk you'll also find in the box Bundled software and utilities are provided on a single CD-ROM from whlch you can install those of interest in an equally straightforward manner. As with most quality cards these days, a graphical representation of a Stereo rack is ortered as a general Controller except that with Creative Multimedia Deck‚ which is the name of the incamation we get here, there's the addition of a virrual remote control for taking care of the maior functlons (track, forward, reverse, pause, etc). Further to the software, Creative Labs nicely includes an uninstall that completely cleans out all traces of the drivers, etc. should that become necessary due to unlikely configuration probleins or future alterations.

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Hardware-wise, there are a few bonuses to befound in the box by way of a standard RCA

stereo patch cord for attaching external devices, a microphone, and even a generously proportioned MIDI cable to help budding composers and recording engineers get started. But what really counts wlth a sound card

duced the crisp, clean‚ hi-fl sound through all the applicatlons with which lt was tested. The CD audio was particularly pleaslng, and those with unamplified speakers ‘will be glad of the bullt-In ampllfier, which happlly boosts the audio slgnal to more than audible levels. The 3D enhancement is also a happy feature despite the fact that I've never managed to hear anything that even approaches the surround sound effect promised by the various technologies that attempt lt. On the

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upgrade kits several years ago with such success that they're now selling their multimedla components exclusively in that manner. The Diamond Audio 16, then‚ is part of the langer Diamond 12x Multimedia Kit, which lncludes a 12x Mitsumi CD-ROM drlve and a pair of Labtec LCS-IOIZ ampllfled speakers along with the sound card itself. This means that those shopping for sound only will not be able to get an Audlo 16 alone. However, since many who are looldng for a sound card upgrade are unllkely to have a 12x CD-ROM drive in thetr system, it's vmrthwhlle oonsiderlng the whole klt since lt sells for little more than what the other sound cands in our review sell tor alone. That very attractlve selling prlce for the whole kit is only partlally reflected ln the somewhat limited features of the Audlo 16though it should be emphasized that the Audlo 16 is a full l6-bit sound card with 32voice wavetable audlo and 3D sound enhancement. This malte: the 12x Multimedia Kit an appealing upgrade for those still wlthout wavetable capacity on their sound card and wlth an older CD-ROM drive but not, perhaps. suitable to anyone looking for serious audio and MIDI manipulation ability. That's because, as the technical specs delineate above, the limitations of the Audio 16 lie primarily in the fact that it’: not expandable or enhanceable. The specifications are actually quite respectable, but they define exactly what the card does now and always will do in the future. All the Audio 16 drivers and lts simplified audio utilities are supplied on two 3.5-lnch 'r‘""""""””““""‘”’“’ floppies, while that impressive bundle of ‚'„';‚’I‘_""'""„„„-—--W*‘‚„ w. games and applimmm i5 provided „n a ‚e‘, arate stack of CD-ROMs. Installation under Windows 95 is, of course, very easy and the utllities include the now universal stereo-rack type Controller for CD player, MIDI player, WAV player, and mixer. Instructions for all components in the 12x Kit are provided in a qulck installation guide and a more comprehenslve booklet augmented by online help once everything is

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and, as wlth all the olher bundles, appear lo be differentiated more as a matter of taste than efficlency when lt comes to the interfaces employed. MousePlayer in parllcular. however, was a handy little ltem that allowed meto play a graphically represenled keyboard to produce MIDI sound: withoul an actual electronic keyboard-simply polnt and cllck. The Trapez Plus is an excellent choice for

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by Calling Diamond directly. In short‚ the Audio 16 sits rather toward the middle of the mId-range of sound cards while producing very good sound for games and standard applications. It may, however, prove too Iimited for the MIDI and multimedia experimenter because MIDI capture and playback just isn't up to the standards establlshed by some ot the other cards In this survey-as clearly indicated by its restriction to 512K]! of built-in MIDI ROM. In its favor, though, stands the fact that this card comes

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of "Ieave-me-aahort-message-and-Pll-getback-to-you” somehow doesn't work well when we're constantly playing phone tag. Is there a solution? Perhaps, and you just might flnd lt bundled with your next modern purchase. Welcome to the world of telephony. As modern prices continue to drop and the market becomes increasingly compeütive, modern manufacturers are now looking for ways to provide better value to their customexs. Asa result, more and more modern makers are integrating a professional, fuIl-duplex speakerphone and multiple voicemail capabilities into their mainstream faxmodem units. The-telephony systems may help you get your phone life in order by freeing up your hands during a call (you can now write notes!), providing usenspecific voicemail boxes (you no longer have to take phone messages for someone else), and giving you such extra features as pager message notification, fax-on-demand, caller ID support, and distinctive ring. This concept isn't new‚ of course, but for the first time in years, these high-quality telephony modems have become affordable. In fact, in many cases, the fuIl-blown telephony modems cost only S4010 S80 more than the average modems (hat don't offer voicemail and speakerphones. The modems tested in this review ranged in price from S200 to 5240 (estlmated stneet prices). Another important point 1o remember is that the new generation of telephony modems offers distinct advantages over conventional, handset-type telephones equlpped with a built-in speakerphone and answering machlne. For starters, the modem speakerphone provides clean, amplified sound through your sound card and PC speakers (which means you can also adiust the volume, bass and treble to ‘mcrease the quality of sound). This is a far cry from the mediocre sound you get from headset-type speakerphona. Unlike regular answering machines, you don't have to worry about the machine "cutting the messages short” when using the modem's voicemail system. In iact, your friends can talk as Iong as they want, allowing them t0 spell out all the details for you (this could prevent “now it's your tum" phone tag). With modems offering anywhere from nine to an unlimited number of voicemail boxes, you can set up separate boxes for youself, your spouse, your roommate, your colleague, or whoever. In effect, the voicemail Systems in modems act just like those found in the corporate world. except for the fact that you've only paid a fraction of whal they paid.

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The Supra’s SVD (simultaneous voice and data) may not affect how you use your speakerphone o1 volcemail, but it has significant implications for those who play games or would like to utilize application-sharing methods. I won't get into details In this review, but in a nutshell‚

SVD lets you "talk and transmit/receive data” at the same time over a single telephone line. This means you can talk to your opponent while playlng a modernto-modem game, as well as view documents and edit them while talking online with your colleagues. Supra bundles Blizzard’5 Warcraft II game and a trial version of Databeam's

I-‘arSite document-sharing software to allow you to try SVD firsthand. A5far as the speakerphone and voicemail are concemed, the basic features are similar to the US Robotlcs uniLvThe FaxTalk Messenger software that came with the unit, though, does boast mote flexibility and sophlstication‚ such as unlimited phone book entries (eight speed dials plus accessible phone

ty-compare this to the five-year warranty offered by Supta or US Robotics. In reality, however, no 011e keeps modems for longer than a few years, so this is probably not a critical factor. Lllte the Supra unit, the Cardinal speakerphone suffered a bit from feedback noise that echoed through the PC speakers (even with built-in echo-cancellation technology). The Cardinal modern appeared robust and reliable, but it does not stand our as the benchmark among the three.

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music-on-hold, and password-protected remote retrieval. As well, the FaxTaIk software has a more attractive design, with a large, easy-toread display and pleasant “pop-up” screen that appears when a call comes in. It's unfortunate that both the Supra and Cardinal do not Support Canadian-style caller ID output. While I prefer the FaxTalk Software over the Quicklink, Supra’: speakerphone sound quallty trailed behind that of the US Robotics Sportster. l had to constantly adiust the location of my amplified

‘4he Cardinal’s installation software 63ml} in two formats: 3.5-inch diskettes for thelFaxTalk Messenger and a CD-ROM for

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When it comes to buying a printer for the home, a number of considerations should be made. Ask yourself: "What will I be printing more of, text or graphics? Do I need color, or will black ink suit my needs? How fast does it need to be? Am I concemed about expandability? What are the costs of consumables? How much do I want to spend?" lt’ you're shopping for a new Iaser printer. a bit oi research is definitely worth your time, and this month's Test Lab ls a great place to start. But before wego any fuither, you should know that trying to find "the perfect printer" is about as easy as trying to find an honest politiclan. l-‘inding that perfect printer is not posslble, because no single printer can ever be periect for every individual’s needs. You can try to find a printer that best suits your own needs, but even then, you may find yourself having to decide between a particular feature or saving a few bucks. A few years ago, consumers would be faced with the basic dedsion of choosing between an inkiet and a laser printer. Today, it's not quite as simple. Havlng decided upon a particular class of printer ls only the first step. You still have to choose the set of features you want in that Many things have changed over the years in the world of printers. lt used to be that you could tell right away whether a printout came from a 300 dpi or a 600 dpi printer. Thanks to innovations like Hewlett-Packardß REt, (Resolution Enhancement technology), it can now be a stmggle just to dliferentiate between the same two classes. The tollowing should help you get started in determining what you should Iook for in a good entry-level Iaser printer

PfIIIIIlI‘ 01|8|68 Prlnter resolutlon The measure of a printefs output quality is known as its resolution. This is most commonly measured in dots per inch (dpi), which indicates the number of dots that can be placed in one linear inch of printing. Generally speaking, the hlgher the resolution of the printer, the better its output quality. Modem Iaser printers are capable of resoIutions as high as 1,200 dpi. lf you've ever seen a panicular printer advertised as "true 600x600 dpi," it means it ls capable of placing an actual 360,000 dots in the space of one square inch, without having to use any kind of image enhancement. At this resolution‚ a typical 8.Sxll-inch page would have 33.660000 dots if it were being printed on from corner to comer. To give you an idea of why a printer's resolution is of such importance, consider the following example. Let's say you took a picture of your pet dog and wanted to scan it so that you can malte printouts on your brand new personal laser. lf you were to print that Image on a printer that could only print 100 dpi, the end result would be anything but satisfying. At I00 dpi, there just wouldn't be enough dots in the printout to reproduce the details of the Original photograph. The image would look distorted and blocky. However, that same image printed at 600 dpi wouId look much close: to the Original photograph, because now you have 36 times the amount of total dots that go into making l

up that image. When considering printer resolution, aim ior 600 dpi, and only settle for 300 dpi if your budget won't allow anything more. But iudging by the small price difference for most 600 dpi printers, it's well worth the extra investment. And if you feel that you don't really need 600 dpi resolution, never forget to plan ahead. What you may not desire today cotild be a necessity tomorrow. Resolution Enhancernent technology with the introduction of its Laserjet Ill printers, Hewlett-Packard introduced what they‘ve termed Resolution Enhancement technology. With Rlit, HP made it possible to improve the print quality of its 300 dpi class of printers, without actually increasing the tme output resolution oi the printer. The trick involves smoothing the edges of text and graphics by carefully placing certaln dots in specific places on the page, mainly at the edges of curves that malte up the printed characters or llnes. For example, let's say you were printing something that gave you a diagonal line on the page. Upon close examination, you wouId notice jagged Iines and a staircase shape rather than a smooth, solid line. The printer

wouId place dots where they wouldn't normally be placed, such as in the comers of the diagonal lines‚ thereby reducing the staircase effect and giving the printout a sharper overall appearance. Simjlar technologies by various companies have been implemented recently, giving rise to a new class of printers, commonly known as the "dpi dass.” For example, you may see a printer advertised 3s being "600 dpi class‚" whlch should right away tell you that it is, In fact, a 300 dpi printer with some sort of enhancement technology to improve print quality. Likewise, it is also possible to get "LZOO-dpi dass’ printers whlch are, a5 you may have guessed, true 600 dpi printers. ’

hinterspeed Whether you're looking for a high-resolution laser or a color inkjet printer, an important facto: you will want to consider is the rated print speed of the particular printer. Although it may sound Iike a simple concept, there are actually a fair number of variables that go into determining how fast a particular print

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Among these factors are key lssues such as the desired output resolution, the type of data being printed. and the type of processor inside the printer. If you want to print a report from a DOS-based word processor (e.g., WordPerfect 5.1), you would be giving the printer very Iittle work to d0. It's very likely that the iontts) you've used in your report are contained in the printer's ROM, so all it has to do is begin the printing process. However, ii you were printing a graphical image from your favorite paint program, the image would have to be "rasterized" before the print process wouId begin. This involves a communication process between your computer and the pr1'nter’s processor (also known as the rastet image processor, or RIP) where infonnation pertaining to the image on the screen ls sent to the printer. The printers processor then needs to talce all that information, and translate the image into a series of dot pattems. Raster image processors are almost always of the RISC (reduced instruction set) variety. These chips are ideal for printer design

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series of instructions tastet than conventional microprocessors. Once the rasterization process is complete, a bit-image is produced. This is‚ quite literally, a blueprint of the page that is about to be printed. This blueprint contains a complete layout of every single dot needed to malte up the final image. At this stage, the printer now has all the information it needs to begin printing. lt knows how many dots will be used to consti-uct the printed image as well as the exact location of those dots with incredible precision. And yes, you guessed lt! All of this iniormation must be stored in RAM-usually inside the printer—but not always, which brings us to our next subheading.

for slightly less usable space on the page due to margin limitations. For most users’ everyday needs, a printer configured with 1 MBor 2 MBof RAM will do the trick. Many printer: available today will also have some sort oi memory management system implemented, which will use data cornpression in order to reduce the amount of memory required to store the rasterized image. This can be a low-cost altemative to equipping the printer with more RAM, especially so if the printer requires proprietary memory modules. Hewlett-Packard uses the term Memory Enhancement technology (MEt) to desctibe their memory management technique, while Lexmark printers use their own RAMSmart

intelligent memory managernent. Other manufacturers have implemented similar designs under various names.

111e final scoop Much Iike your computer‚ any inforrnation Although the number of considerations can be overwhelming at first, choosing a printer the processor must deal with has to be stored that would best fit your printing needs isn't in RAM. How much RAM should your printer have? Once again, this all depend: on what something that you should lose any sleep over. If you can spare the extra dollars, we with For will be doing your printer. printyou ing straiglit text, the very minirnurn will suf- _would definitely recommend a printer capable of tnie 600x600 dpi resolution. While it iice. l-iowever, if your needs include complex will want to may be true that certain resolution enhancegraphics-intensive images, you ment tricks can go a long way in improving a consider investing in a substantial amount. Either that, or buy a printer which has the printed page, it's still not the same as looking at a page printed at higher resolutions. to use its own of PC forcing your capability Look for a printer that uses a straight RAM for storing the inforination. Obviously this has both advantages and disadvantages. paper path. This will save you the headaches The obvlous advantage is that you could cut that come with those annoying paper iams. Most entry-level units will liave a rated several hundred dollars off the price of a a extra with few megabytes print speed of 4 ppm, which should be more printer configured than adequate for occasional printing that of RAM. the iiome user requires. By digging a little lt may sound unrealistic‚ especially since RAM prices are so cheap these days, but deeper into your pocket book‚ you'll have the there's a little bit of trickery involved here. lf option oi going for a 6 ppm model. ls it worth the extra cash? That's entirely up to you and the printer you buy can accommodate induswill a in luck. SlMMs‚ Just depend on how much importance you pay try-standard you're visit to your nearest retailer and buy an 8 MB place on speed. And what about RAM? We recommend or 16 MBupgrade for your printer (assuming the printer can handle that amount) for having at least 5l2l(Bof physical memory inslde the printer. lf the printer handles stanunder S100. dard SIMMs‚ the extra S40 or S50 you would But if the printer doesn't Support standard SIMMs‚ you're stuck with having to buy spend on another 4 MB would be a smart investinent. With some careful planning and the moduies froin manufacturer, jiemory which can run you as hlgh as S200 or more a bit ot shopping ai-ound, you can eiid up with a unit that will give you superb quality for just 2 MB. Let's assume for the moment that you want to get a rough estimate as t0 printouts at a price you may have never how much RAM your printer should have. thought possible. First, it's important to understand how a printer utilizes memory. A5was explained earlier‚ images must undergo a rasterization GHIÜVIBS process before being printed. lt is this rastetWe compared several printers‚ ranging from ized image that gets stored in RAM. Once the will let's assume entry-level to those suitable for small business occupy again, your image environments. Our only criteria was that they entire page, from comer to comer, using the whole surface of an 8.Sxl1-inch sheet of had to be priced under 51,000 (give or take a paper. If your desired image resolution is 600 few shillirigs). Our candidates ranged in print speeds dpi, the total RAM required can be found by the following formula: multiply your vertical froin 4 ppm to 8 ppm, with many delivering true 600 dpi print resolutions. Prices ranged resolution by your horizontal resolution by from Okidata's model 4w at a suggested list of the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the S499 to Hewlett-Packardfls 6P with an estimat! desired image size (in lnches). ed street price of 81,040. Using our example above, our calculation would Iook a5 follows: (600 x 600 x 8.5 x l1) Brother HI.-730 and ML760 This will yield a result in bits. which you will wthen want to divide by eiglit to get the total case is in this of which number bytes, 4,207,500 or 4.01 MB. What this means is that if your printer has no way of making use of your PC's RAM, you will have to provide it will all of the physical RAM. Our above example was an extreme case. Not only will you rarely print large images that oocupy every square inch of the page, but even whcn you do, you'll have to settle Prlnter memory

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