抄録
We have developed a full color printer TX-7 equipped with a decompression function from a SmartMedia, in which compressed image data are recorded. TX-7 adopted Thermo Autochrome printing method which has advantages of low running cost and photo-like high print quality. Since TX-7 produces prints from the image recorded SmartMedia without using any other equipment ("direct print" feature). it is easy to get prints directly from the digitally recorded images taken with digital cameras, which are rapidly getting popular in personal use. In addition to this feature. TX-7 is also equipped with the standard video equipment interface, personal computer digital interface and image merging function with template images. Owing to these features, wider applications of TX-7,mainly in home use, will be expected. In this paper, outline of TX-7 functions and technologies will be explained.
