Kodak Offers "Trade-Up" Program For Thermal Printer Owners

The Kodak Professional division of Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y., USA, is offering owners of Kodak Digital Science 8600, 8400 PS, 8650 and 8650 thermal printers or the Kodak Professional PS 8657 color printer the opportunity to receive a ,250 rebate when they trade in their printer towards the purchase of a new Kodak Professional 8660 or 8670 PS thermal printer under Kodak's "Trade Up the Heat" program.

The Kodak Professional 8670 PS thermal printer offers a 133-Mhz processor and built- in Adobe PostScript 3 RIP which enables it to print photo-quality images from almost any PostScript software application in about 75 seconds for an 8-by-10-inch print, Kodak said. The Kodak Professional 8660 thermal printer offers both matte and gloss print surfaces, Kodak said, and offers a 15 percent faster printing speed over its predecessor.

The Kodak Professional "Trade Up the Heat" thermal printer trade-in program runs until Oct. 31. The ,250 trade-in rebate is issued as a credit memo to the authorized dealer making the sale, and is then passed on to the customer. The suggested retail price for the 8660 is ,995, and the suggested price for the 8670 PS is ,795.