Drystar 5500 Features - AGFA Drystar 5500 Reference Manual

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Drystar 5500 features

The Drystar 5500 is a dry digital printer for producing diagnostic images. It
can print multiple formats (8x10", 10x12", 11x14", 14x14", and 14x17") of
blue-based and clear-based film and offers crisp, dense grayscale images. The
Drystar 5500 can be used for general radiography and optionally for the
mammography application. It is designed for high-throughput and for use as a
central printer.
The Drystar 5500 is a DICOM-only network printer.
The Drystar 5500 offers the following features:
Dry technology for printing diagnostic quality hard copies in full daylight offers
important advantages: no chemistry, no wet processing, simple cleaning proce-
dures, no time-consuming adjustments, no darkroom and no chemical disposal
costs. The consumables can be loaded in full daylight.
With its compact design, the Drystar 5500 needs little work space and allows
easy customer access. Maintenance and service activities are reduced to the
minimum.
The direct thermal printing system provides grayscale images with laser-like
quality: 508 dots per inch resolution, each pixel with a 14 bit contrast resolution
and an average optical density of 3.0 (DT 2 C) and 3.2 (DT 2 B) for general radi-
ography applications and 3.8 for the optional mammography application (if an
X-Rite 310 densitometer is used).
The built-in image spooling on hard disk assures a high throughput. Printing
time is kept to a minimum.
Multiple film formats (8x10", 10x12", 11x14", 14x14", and 14x17") can be used.
Any combination of two film formats can be used "on line". Both input trays can
be adjusted for all film formats.
The input trays of the Drystar 5500 are equipped with an RF-tag reader, which
automatically traces the films used in the printer and protects the printer when
detecting non-identified media.
Number of input trays.
The Drystar 5500 is delivered with 2 input trays. Both input trays can use
multiple format (8x10" up to 14x17") films.
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Introducing the Drystar 5500 2900H EN 20071108