Hello,
Here is my problem:
I am currently using a Seiko thermal transfer RGB capture printer (model CH-5504). In one instance, the signal is using RGsB (sync on green) and in another it is using Horizontal/Vertical sync. The printers are on their last legs, and Seiko no longer manufactures these printers (and the consumables are becomming harder to find).
I've decided to look into a PC RGB capture card to allow jpegs to be captured and printed to a simple deskjet. I'm wondering if anyone here has had a similar problem, and been able to solve it without incurring too much cost. For the two capture cards (currently looking at a Matrox Meteor II - $595 each, and I can't use the multi-channel because the two instances are not physically close) come to around $1200, and then the cabling (5-wire BNC RBG connectors to the 40-pin Matrox connector on the card) is $180 for the two, and then the software (MIL-Lite, which is geared to high-res and many fps, which I don't need) is $600. The grand total is near $2000!
I don't need anything to capture at a high frames per second, or even at a fantastic resolution.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I also looked into converting the RGB (BNC connectors) to S-video or a composite signal, but Blackbox' solution was $5400 for that, and then s-video pc capture cards are another $200-$300..
-JMBHFL
Here is my problem:
I am currently using a Seiko thermal transfer RGB capture printer (model CH-5504). In one instance, the signal is using RGsB (sync on green) and in another it is using Horizontal/Vertical sync. The printers are on their last legs, and Seiko no longer manufactures these printers (and the consumables are becomming harder to find).
I've decided to look into a PC RGB capture card to allow jpegs to be captured and printed to a simple deskjet. I'm wondering if anyone here has had a similar problem, and been able to solve it without incurring too much cost. For the two capture cards (currently looking at a Matrox Meteor II - $595 each, and I can't use the multi-channel because the two instances are not physically close) come to around $1200, and then the cabling (5-wire BNC RBG connectors to the 40-pin Matrox connector on the card) is $180 for the two, and then the software (MIL-Lite, which is geared to high-res and many fps, which I don't need) is $600. The grand total is near $2000!
I don't need anything to capture at a high frames per second, or even at a fantastic resolution.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I also looked into converting the RGB (BNC connectors) to S-video or a composite signal, but Blackbox' solution was $5400 for that, and then s-video pc capture cards are another $200-$300..
-JMBHFL