Powis Powisprinter® Data Sheet

PowisPrinter®

The PowisPrinter® lets you add dazzling foil titles to the spines of your books. If you are tape binding documents, the PowisPrinter® is the perfect addition to your office. When a document is on the shelf, its spine becomes its most important asset.

The PowisPrinter® prints with seven colors of Highlights foil. Use the 11 built-in fonts via the printer’s • Seven available foil colors keyboard (included, except in Japan) or connect the printer to a computer to use your • No PC needed with direct-input keyboard own fonts and logos. You can design titles with • Eleven built-in fonts or add fonts and logos three orientations (horizontal, vertical, and via computer connection stacked), and type sizes from 8 points to 84 • Fonts sizes from 8 points to 84 points points. Spines are divided into three zones (top, • Three letter orientations middle, and bottom), and you can use different type styles, sizes, and orientations in each zone • Three separate printing zones on the same strip. • Preview spine before printing • Infrared sensor communicates with Fastback® 15xs and Fastback® 11 Use the PowisPrinter® separately or streamline your workflow in combination with the Fastback® 15xs, and the Fastback® 11 binders. Infrared sensors detect the width of the document in the binder and automatically adjust the font sizes to fit the spine for optimum readability. The PowisPrinter exit chute is designed to feed spines automatically into the Fastback binding machine. Specifications Machine Dimensions: 14”W x 12”H x 9.25”D (35.6 cmW x 30.5 cmH x 23.5cmD) Maximum weight: 22.25 lbs (10.2 kg) Average Printing Time: 20 seconds Strip length: A5, 8.5”, 9”, 11”, A4, 14”, 14.875” Power Requirements: USA: 120V, 50/60 Hz, 7A Europe: 220V, 50/60 Hz, 3.5A Japan: 100V, 50/60 Hz, 8A Approved by UL, CUL, CE, MITI. Direct Input Device: Powis Printer Typewriter Keyboard Resident Fonts: Times, Bodoni, Palatino, Univers, Univers Condensed, Avant Garde, Clarendon Condensed, Gill Sans Condensed, Microstyle, Zapf Chancery. Computer Interface: Direct Connection: RS-232 Serial USB/Serial Port converter cable compatible Driver Software: Windows® 95/98,2000, XP required 20MB Hard Disk Space required Macintosh: No native support of OSX