ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY KEY FEATURES OF KYOCERA ECOSYS HIGH-SPEED NETWORK
PRINTER

SOMERSET, NJ -- Kyocera Electronics latest high-speed page printer could
revolutionize the way the computer industry looks at printers with
operating costs and environmental impact becoming a prime concern.

Capable of 18-pages-per minute, the new RISC (processor) -controlled
Kyocera ECOSYS a-Si FS-3500A costs less than half that of its competitors
to operate, is environmentally sensitive, fits on a desktop and can be
configured (and priced) from desktop high-speed use to a variety of
workgroup/network applications.

The FS-3500A joins the 10-ppm ECOSYS a-Si FS-1500A in the company's family
of low-cost, environmentally sensitive printers.

According to Kyocera Electronics Incorporated President Mike Okuno, "Thanks
to our revolutionary a-Si technology, our printers can accomplish a
remarkable number of tasks and are really a systematized approach to
high-speed printing.

"The amorphous-silicon technology combined with our LED imaging system and
"no-cartridge" configuration allows for a smaller, more compact package
for the basic printer. We then designed the basic configuration to work
with a variety of paperhandling accessories enabling users the flexibility
and economy of configuring and building the printer system they need."

This approach means the user can start with the basic, or System 1,
configuration -- offering high-speed desktop printing with an AMD 29000
RISC processor operating at 16MHz; measuring 13.6-inches wide, 10.2-inches
high and 13.8-inches deep; 250-sheet internal paper drawer; two megabytes
of memory; parallel and serial interfaces; 300 by 1,200 dots-per-inch
edge-quality resolution with Kyocera Image Refinement, and 87-bitmapped
and 59-scalable fonts, six printer emulations, including PCL5 -- and build
from there.

A pair of PCMCIA slots allow for custom printing applications programmed
onto industry-standard IC cards.

System 2, a two paper drawer configuration is offered with a 750-page
capacity and System 3, a three paper drawer configuration is available
with 1,250-page capacity.

Options allow up to 18MB of memory, Postscript-compatible language,
duplexer, power envelope feeder and a intelligent 15-bin
sorter/stacker/network mailbox.

Optional interface cards allow simple connectivity to Ethernet, Token Ring
or Mac networks.

"Basically," explained Steve Petix, manager of marketing, "this is a
value-oriented approach to network or high-speed printing. The value comes
through the low-cost of operation and the ability for the user to buy just
as much printer as they need and then add more features as time goes on.

"In addition, for those who share Kyocera's concern for the environment,
the ECOSYS a-Si family of printers eliminates the disposable cartridges
now filling up our landfills."

An amorphous silicon drum, created with Kyocera's ceramics expertise and
thin-film deposition technology, is the heart of the printer's engine.

Playing a major role in the long-life characteristics of the printer is the
unique toner which does more than provide the image. The ECOTONE microfine
toner, embedded with microscopic ceramic particles, cleans and
reconditions the a-Si drum during the printing process.

The ECOSYS a-Si FS-3500A Printer's toner is replenished every 6,000 pages
(versus replacing a laser-printer's drum/developer/toner cartridge, most
of which, even if refilled, ends up in landfills). And when the ECOTONE
container is incinerated, the only emissions are water vapor and carbon
dioxide!

"A typical laser cartridge in a high-speed network printer costs some 1.6
to 3.5 cents to print a page, while the ECOSYS a-Si printer with
no-cartridge technology comes in at below a penny per page; real operating
value in an environment which may print up to 16,500 pages per month on
average," said Petix.

"Factor in the smallest footprint of any printer in its speed class, and
the myriad of paper-handling options, and we think efficiency goes along
with economy and ecology as adjectives describing the ECOSYS a-Si
FS-3500A. This will be the easiest high-speed printer to integrate into
ANY office environment."

Kyocera Electronics is part of the $3.5-billion Kyocera Corporation, a
worldwide producer of high-technology solutions in electronics, materials
sciences, communications, optics and solar energy. Kyocera employs nearly
8,000 persons in North America.

Kyocera Electronics Inc, 100 Randolph Rd, Somerset, NJ 08875
908-560-3400

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