Chapter5 Appendixes

Specifications

Printing mode

Serial impact dot matrix

 

Printing direction

Bi-directional

 

Head pins

9 pins (φ: 0.3mm, Pin interval; 1/72inch)

Printing line columns

Paper width of 76.2mm

40/42 or 33/35 columns

 

Paper width of 69.5mm

36/40 or 30/32 columns

 

Paper width of 57.5mm

30/33 or 25/27 columns

 

200/400 dots (full dot/including half dot)

 

 

 

Font configuration

7Ω9 or 9Ω9 dots

 

Character types

ASCII (96 characters), International characters, Katakana

 

Code pages: 437, KATAKANA, 850, 860, 863, 865, 852, 866, 857, 858, WPC1252

 

 

Panel/switches

1 switch (FEED), 3 LED (POWER/PAPER OUT/ERROR), 1 buzzer

Printing speed

Printing:

240CPS (3P paper 200CPS)

 

Through-put: 76.2mm wide, 40 columns (7Ω9+3sp, 6LPI) 5.0LPS

 

 

69.5mm wide, 36 columns (7Ω9+3sp, 6LPI) 5.4LPS

 

 

57.5mm wide, 30 columns (7Ω9+3sp, 6LPI) 6.0LPS

 

 

 

Paper feed

Friction feed

 

 

Minimum pitch: 1/144 inch

 

Paper feed speed: 40LPS (6LPI)

 

 

 

Paper

Types:

1P roll paper

 

 

2P copy roll paper (1 original + 1 copy)

 

 

3P copy roll paper (1 original + 2 copies)

 

 

* When 3P, printing speed falls 16%

 

Paper widths: 76.2 / 69.5 / 57.5 (±0.5)mm

 

Roll diameter: φ30mm to φ83mm

 

Core diameter: Interior diameter φ10–0+2mm, exterior diameter φ27mm or less

 

Paper thickness: 1P 0.06 to 0.085mm

 

 

Copy paper 0.05 to 0.20mm (total thickness)

 

 

But the total thickness that can be cut is from 0.05 to 0.14mm.

 

* No glue on the core or end of the paper.

 

 

Ribbon

Method: special ribbon cassette

 

Colors:

Single color (purple, black), 2 color (black and red)

 

Life:

Purple, approx. 4 million characters (continuous printing at 25°C)

 

 

Black, approx. 3 million characters (continuous printing at 25°C)

 

 

Red/black, black 1.5 million characters, Red 750,000 characters

 

 

Interface

Standard model: 2 models, either RS232C or IEEE1284

Emulation

ESC/POS (Page mode)

 

 

CBM mode, STAR mode

 

 

 

 

 

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