[Printers] Minolta MagiColor 2210

[Michael Thorpe]

I have access to a Minolta MagiColor 2210, and have posted a scan of a
test page at http://www.pedantic.org/~mike/printers/, along with HTML and
ASCII representations of the dot pattern.

The pattern is 24 dots wide and 16 dots long.  Horizontally, it repeats
without gaps.  Vertically, it repeats without gaps but shifted to the right
8 dots.  I do not know where the pattern "starts", so the HTML and ASCII
representations may be misleading in that respect.

I have printed several test pages on different days, and there does not
appear to be any time- or usage-variability to the pattern.  The printer
does not seem to have a serial number available through the built-in
HTTP server or printed on the front or sides.  The printer does have an
ethernet MAC address, which may be what it's encoding.  However, the
ethernet card appears to be removable and may just be an option, so it
seems more likely that there is a serial number of some kind that it is
using.

If anyone has any questions, or has seen any other printers with a 24x16
pattern, please let me know.

-- 
Michael Thorpe
mike at pedantic.org