2.6.5. Color Printer and Output File Formats
An optional color printer provides hardcopies of products, prints tape/DVD disk inventories,
and supports other system maintenance and documentation. Color postscript printers are
supported.
The output
files can be formatted as IRIS Native, TIFF with optimal compression, BMP, GIF,
JPG, Postscript, or Compressed serial link format.
2.6.6. Tape Drive and DVD Storage
A DVD is used for IRIS installation.
Archive/retrieve is supported on DAT tape, DVD+RW drivers, and large disk archives (LDAs)
on a local or remote hard disk.
2.7. IRIS Architecture
IRIS is made up of processes that convert radar data to output formats for display, printing,
or storing on tape or disk.
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