Instruction manual

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE DETERMINATION
Table O provides a listing of the system printers and their typical applications.
TABLE O. System Printers
Printer
Description
Application
443
● 132 Columns
Provides hard copy of data received
● Matrix printer
under the direction of a data communi -
● Tractor feed
cations processor or controller.
● 30 characters per second (cps)
● Draft quality output
● SSI Interface
445
● 132 Columns
Printing messages received on-line
● Line printer with tractor feed
from a Message Sewer or controller.
● 55 cps
● Draft quality output
● 3 Interface options:
– EIA
– IBM computer
– Centronics®
● 96 Upper/Lower Case Characters
450
● 10, 12, 15 char. per inch (variable) Auxiliary printer where document quality
● Vertical line spacing 3/6/8 lines per inch is the primary consideration. A slave
(variable) device (auxiliary only) to an applications
● Full font printer
processor via an SSI data link.
● Document quality output
● 5000 feet maximum distance from host
● SSI Interface
● 45 cps
460
● Medium speed Prints data received under direction of a
and 572
● Bidirectional communications processor or controller
● Draft quality when copy quality is essential.
● Matrix printer
● Interface options:
– EIA
– SSI
– IBM computer
● Up to 240 cps
● 5000 feet maximum distance from host
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