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2. Specifications

2.1 General Specifications

Important!

Use only the specified type of ribbon. Use of another type of ribbon can cause

malfunction of and damage to the printer.

Printing System Serial impact dot-matrix
Number of Head Pins 9 wires
Printing Speed 3.1 lines/sec maximum
Number of Print Columns 35
Total dots 210
Printing width 63 mm
Dot spacing Horizontal: 0.30mm
Vertical: 0.35mm
Paper Width 80mm to 182mm
Sensors Paper out top-of-form, bottom-of-form sensors
Command Modes ESC/POS mode (TM-295 emulation)
Interface Serial (RS-232C standard)
Data Buffer 2 K bytes / 35 bytes
(Can be selected by DIP switch)
Reliability Mechanism (MCBF): 2.5 million lines
Printer head life: 70 million characters

Operating Environment

Temperature 41

°

F to 104

°

F (5

°

C to 40

°

C)
Humidity 10% to 80% RH at 40

°

C (non-condensing)

Storage Environment

Temperature -4

°

F to 140

°

F (-20

°

C to 60

°

C)
Humidity 5% to 90% RH at 40

°

C (non-condensing)

Reliability

Printable lines MCBF 2,500,000 lines
Head life 70,000,000 characters

Ink Ribbon

Type Cartridge cassette
Color Purple
Ribbon Material Nylon # 40 denier
Life 2.2 million characters

Applicable Standards

115 V model: UL, C-UL, FCC Class-A
230 V model: TÜV, CE Marking

Those standards are applicable when our exclusive AC adapter (31AD series) is used.