Line Thermal Printer Mechanisms

The many benefits of thermal printers include quiet operation, high-speed printing and excellent high-density barcode printing. Demand for thermal printers is rising steadily worldwide as POS, ECR and KIOSK applications proliferate. Citizen Systems provides a wide range of high-quality thermal printers to meet these expanding customer needs.

LT-286

Paper Roll

58

mm

58mm paper width 5V operation

50mm/sec printing speed Compact design

Accessories

Control board

Gate array

Control chip

BD2-2860U

202LA-00

202PC-04

 

Interface

Parallel and RS-232C

 

 

Number of columns

Font A: 32 / Font B: 42

 

 

Font

Font A: 12 × 24 dots / Font B: 9 × 24

 

 

Command set

ESC/POS

 

 

Barcode

Supported

 

 

Firmware location

Masked CPU

 

 

Buffer

2k bytes

 

 

Supporting devices

Auto cutter, Paper sensor, Head-up, LF switch, Error LED, Paper out LED

 

Dimensions

80 × 80mm

 

 

Source voltage

5.0 ±5%

 

 

Gate array

202LA-00

 

 

Auto cutter

 

 

Cutting method

Slide cutting

 

 

ACS-224

Paper width

45 — 69mm

 

 

0.06 — 0.15mm

 

Max. cutting frequency

20 cuts/min

 

 

Voltage

5V ±10%

 

 

Current (peak)

2.8A

 

 

Operating temperature

0 — 45°C

 

 

Size

80×55.7×15mm

 

 

Weight

140g

 

 

Reliability

500,000 cuts

 

 

Number of tab left (F) ull cut blade type

None

 

 

(P) artical cut blade type

None or 1 tab

Specifications

Printing method

 

Line thermal dot printing

Total dots

 

384 dots/line

Dot density

 

8 dots/mm

Printing width

 

48mm

Printing speed

 

Max. 400 dot-lines/sec

Paper feeding pitch

0.125mm

Sensors

Head temperature

Thermistor

 

Paper presence

Photo-interrupter

 

Head-up

Mechanical switch

Voltage range

VH

DC 4.2 – 8.5V

 

Vdd

DC 4.75 – 5.25V

Current

Head (VH = 5V)

Max. Approx. 2.3A

consumption

Motor (VH = 5V)

Max. Approx. 0.5A

Recommended

Width

58mm

paper

Thickness

60–72µm

 

Paper (Manufacturer)

KF50-HAD (Shin-Oji)

Reliability

Head pulse-resistance

50,000,000 pulses or more

 

Head wear-resistance

50km or more

Environment

Operation

Temperature: 045˚C

 

 

Humidity: 3585% RH

 

Storage

Temperature: -2060˚C

 

 

Humidity: 1090% RH

External dimensions (W×D×H)

75×56.5×21mm

Weight

 

Approx. 82g

 

 

 

Type Classification

LT-286

1) Model

LT-286

 

1) Model

 

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Citizen Systems Mini Printer manual Line Thermal Printer Mechanisms, LT-286, BD2-2860U 202LA-00 202PC-04, ACS-224