The "tekcolour" printer is a Tektronix Phaser wax-based printer that can do good but not great colour PostScript. There are a number of command flags to print that significantly affect the appearance of the output. For instance, here's one I typically use:
% print -Ptekcolour -quality enhanced -adjust display file
The easiest way to make monochrome transparencies is to make a paper copy and then use a conventional copier to duplicate it on a blank transparency. This works unless you are really critical about photographic quality. If, like me, you almost never do it quite right the first time, this can save transparencies.
Yes, transparencies are expensive! Sign the box out from Sunnie or another member of the office staff. Be sure to get appropriate training from one of them on how to use the copier for transparencies.
It's also possible to feed transparencies directly into the printer, but this is something you need to talk to the operations people about. [Somebody who's done this should say more here.] This is how you'd have to make colour transparencies in any case.
Last updated by Bob Lewis on 21 Feb 94.