A-2 Appendix A—Specifications

CHARACTERISTICS

Throughput

Wide Model* Narrow Model**
Pitch Draft NLQ Draft NLQ
10 300 lpm 75 lpm 400 lpm 100 lpm
12 191 lpm 62 lpm 281 lpm 83 lpm
15 185 lpm N/A 285 lpm N/A
16.67 118 lpm N/A 193 lpm N/A
18.2 118 lpm N/A 183 lpm N/A
* Printing 6 lines per in. on a 132 character column.
** Printing 6 lines per in. on an 80 character column.

Printing Mechanism

Printing
Direction Bidirectional, short-line logic seeking: normally bidirectional (or
selectable as unidirectional) for text; unidirectional for graphics.
Printheads Type Dot-matrix impact using ballistic wire
driven through ruby guides.
Number of Heads 3
Horizontal Distance
Between Printheads Wide Carriage: 4.4 in. on centers
Narrow Carriage: 2.8 in. on centers
Number of Wires Per
Head 9