bap8guy | Sony UP811 Thermal Video Printer @bap8guy | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
This mid 1980's thermal video printer was developed primarily for medical use, as a printer for ultrasound imaging and it was a breakthrough design. Using thermal printing on special thermal plastic paper it provided excellent print quality for the time.
I received this unit as a part of a larger lot of equipment I purchased and have had it setting around for several years waiting for me to experiment with it. In this video I demonstrate that it still puts out a pretty decent image from any composite video device (usually they have an RCA video output jack). I connected an RCA video camera from the 90's to it through an RCA to BNC connector and BNC cable. Turned the unit on, loaded the paper, set it for a frame grab print and hit the print button! Did it work? Please see the video!
A unit like this could print from a composite video output from various video units, or maybe an oscilloscope, in order to record on paper your events.
This mid 1980's thermal video printer was developed primarily for medical use, as a printer for ultrasound imaging and it was a breakthrough design. Using thermal printing on special thermal plastic paper it provided excellent print quality for the time.
I received this unit as a part of a larger lot of equipment I purchased and have had it setting around for several years waiting for me to experiment with it. In this video I demonstrate that it still puts out a pretty decent image from any composite video device (usually they have an RCA video output jack). I connected an RCA video camera from the 90's to it through an RCA to BNC connector and BNC cable. Turned the unit on, loaded the paper, set it for a frame grab print and hit the print button! Did it work? Please see the video!
A unit like this could print from a composite video output from various video units, or maybe an oscilloscope, in order to record on paper your events.
