Chapter 5

Product Information

This chapter includes:

❏Printer specifications

❏Safety instructions

❏Notices (Energy Star® compliance, FCC compliance statement, Declaration of Conformity)

❏Warranty

Printer Specifications

Printing method:

36-pin impact dot matrix (9 ⋅ 4, staggered)

Printing speed:

High speed draft

1550 cps at 10 cpi

 

Draft

1320 cps at 10 cpi

 

NLQ

330 cps at 10 cpi

Printable columns:

136 columns (at 10 cpi)

 

Paper feed methods:

Push tractor (front, rear)

 

 

Push and pull (front/rear) tractor; requires additional

 

tractor

 

Ribbon:

Black ribbon cartridge

S015384

 

Ribbon life

approx. 15 million characters

 

 

(Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/

 

 

character)

Acoustic noise:

Approx. 58 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Interfaces:

Standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel with IEEE 1284

 

nibble mode support

 

USB (ver 1.1)

 

Serial RS-232C

 

Slot for optional Type B

 

interface card

Control code

ESC/P, IBM PPDS emulation

Electrical

Rated voltage range:

100 to 240 V

Input voltage range:

90 to 264 V

Rated frequency range:

50 to 60 Hz

Input frequency range:

49.5 to 60.5 Hz

Rated current:

4.8 A (maximum 14.5 A)

Power consumption:

Approx. 185 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)

 

Approx. 9.5 W in sleep mode

Environmental

 

Temperature

Humidity (without

 

 

condensation)

 

 

 

Operation (plain paper)

5 to 35°C (41 to 95°F)

10 to 80% RH

 

 

 

Operation (recycled paper,

15 to 25°C (59 to 77°F)

30 to 60% RH

envelope, label, or roll paper)

 

 

 

 

 

Storage

–30 to 60°C (–22 to 140°F)

0 to 85% RH

 

 

 

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