Star Micronics LC-500 user manual Appendix a Specifications, Printing System

Appendix A: Specifications

Printing System	Serial Impact Dot-Matrix
Printing Speed (Character per Sec.)		Draft	LQ
(When using Normal mode)	10CPI	180	60
	12CPI	216	72
	15CPI	270	90
	17.1CPI	154	103
	20CPI	180	120

Print Direction	Draft:	Uni-directional/ bi-directional logic seeking
		(selectable)
	LQ:	Uni-directional/ bi-directional logic seeking
		(selectable)
	Bit-Image: Uni-directional/ bi-directional logic seeking
		(selectable)
Print Head	Number of pins:		24
Life	200 million dots/pin (adjustment lever position 1 to 3)
	100 million dots/pin (adjustment lever position4 to 8)
Line Spacing	1/6, 1/8, n/60, n/180, n/360
Environment	Operating temperature: 41° F to 95° F (5° C to 35° C)
	Storage temperature: -22°F to 149° F (-30°C to 65° C)
	Operating humidity: 30% to 80% (non-condensing)
	Storage humidity: 20% to 90% (non-condensing)
Emulation	ESC/P
Interfaces	Parallel Bi-directional IEEE-1284 nibble mode
Ribbon Type	On-carriage, dedicated
	Black ribbon
	CS24 (Standard)
Ribbon Life	4.0 million characters (Draft,10CPI)
Dimensions and Weight	Width:	14.3" / 363 mm
	Depth:	9.6" / 244 mm
	Height:	8.1"/ 205 mm
	Weight:	13.0lbs. /	5.9 kg
Power Supply	220V± 15% 50/60Hz
Power Consumption	55W during ASCII draft printing
	10W during stand-by

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