Star Micronics XB24-250 II Appendix B Specifications, Printing System, Printing Speed, Print Head

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Appendix B: Specifications

Printing System	Serial Impact Dot-Matrix
Printing Speed	Pitch		Draft (cps/dpi)	LQ (cps/dpi)
	Pica (10 cpi)		283/120H (Normal)	94/360H
			350/80H (HS)
	Elite (12 cpi)		340/120H	113/360H
	Semi-condensed (15 cpi (S))		425/120H	141/360H
	Semi-condensed (15 cpi (I))		212/240H	141/360H
	Condensed pica (17 cpi)		242/240H	161/360H
	Condensed elite (20 cpi)		283/240H	188/360H
	24 cpi (I)		340/240H	226/360H
	H: half-dot
	(S): Standard mode only
	(I): IBM mode only
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 (Normal Mode)
		100 million dots/pin (Multi-Part Mode)
Line Spacing	1/6″, 1/8″, 7/60″, n/180″, n/360″
	7/72″, n/72″, n/216″: software
Character Matrix	Pitch		Draft	LQ
	Pica (10 cpi)		24 ⋅ 9H (Normal)	24 ⋅ 31H
			24 ⋅ 7H (HS)
	Elite (12 cpi)		24 ⋅ 9H	24 ⋅ 27H
	Semi-condensed (15 cpi(S))		16 ⋅ 7H	16 ⋅ 21H
	Semi-condensed (15 cpi(I))		24 ⋅ 9H	24 ⋅ 16H
	Condensed pica (17 cpi)		24 ⋅ 9H	24 ⋅ 16H
	Condensed pica (20 cpi)		24 ⋅ 9H	24 ⋅ 16H
	24 cpi (I)		24 ⋅ 9H	24 ⋅ 14H
	H: half-dot
	(S): Standard mode only
	(I): IBM mode only