Table84. 4232 Impact Printers (continued)
Printhead resolution (pels-per-inch) 144 x 144
Maximum characters per second (cps) per month (duty cycles) 16,000,000
Printable Area
The size of the printable area must be set using a printer configuration option. If the defined printable area
is not large enough to contain the page of data, a data-check exception (position check) occurs.
Media Specifications
The 4232 Impact Printer accepts the following media:
Media types:
Operator-changeable forms modules, continuous forms up to 6 parts, cutsheet,
document-on-demand/zero tear-off
Media widths:
3 inches to 15 inches (76 mm to 381 mm)
Media lengths:
3 inches to 14 inches (76 mm to 356 mm) continuous forms, 5 inches to 14 inches (127 mm to
356 mm) cutsheet
Attachments
The RS-232C serial interface will attach to:
vIBM AS/400 ASCII workstation controller
v3174 controller via the Asynchronous EmulationAdapter
vRS/6000
vPS/2 computer COMx ports and to a Token-Ringor Ethernet LAN via one of these computers
vLAN Attachment (i.e., TokenRing or Ethernet) via the Novell-certified IBM 4033 LAN adapter
vIBM-compatible PCs utilizing an RS-232C interface
The RS-422A serial interface will attach to:
vRS/6000
vAS/400 ASCII workstation controller
The IBM PC ASCII (Centronics) Parallel interface will attach to:
vRS/6000 workstations, excluding POWERserver 930
vPS/2 computer LPTx ports and to a Token-Ringor Ethernet LAN via one of these computers
vLAN attachment via the Novell-certified IBM 4033 LAN adapter
vIBM-compatible PCs utilizing the IBM PC ASCII (Centronics) Parallel interface
vAS/400 twinax terminals including 348X, 3477 and 3197
vCoax terminal 3482
IBM 4232 Impact Matrix Printer ASCII Software Support
The IBM 4232-302 can use the IBM Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)* in a Proprinter II (4202)
emulation when attached to Serial (RS-232C/RS-422A) interfaces or the IBM PC ASCII (Centronics)
Parallel interface. 4224-emulation may also be available. In 4224-emulation mode, the 4232 will support
PPDS bar code and vector graphics commands. For more information, reference 4224 RPQ 8V0428 or the
4232 Printer User’s Guide Models 102 and 202.
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