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Sony Corporation announces plans to launch a new digital color printer, called the Mavica Printer [FVP-1], that is equipped with a 3.5-inch FDD (Floppy Disk Drive). This printer allows users to print pictures taken by Sony's Digital Mavica digital still camera and stored on a 3.5-inch floppy disk.
Availability: Nov. 20, 1998 in Japan
Price: 64,800 yen
Initial Monthly Production: 2000 units
The Mavica Printer offers printing at 1,410,000 pixels (306 x 306 dpi), and it incorporates a 3.5-inch FDD as well as video input / S video input terminals. In addition to Sony's Digital Mavica, the printer can be used with video cameras and VCRs.
Main Features of the Sony Mavica Printer FVP-1
Prints directly from a floppy disk, by simply inserting the disk into the FDD
Resolution of 1,410,000 pixels (306 x 306 dpi)
Equipped with video input / S video input terminals for printing pictures taken from video material
Offers compatibility with Super Coat polished paper, which improves the color reproduction and life of the print
Includes image processing software, for creating original greeting cards, postcards, stickers and labels.
Operates with a wide variety of printing paper such as Super Coat (for high durability), pre-cut stickers, labels for floppy disks, etc.
