Specifications

Reference Information Model 181 Series 180 Programmer’s Guide
TransAct Technologies
09/26/2000 Page 4 - 1
CHAPTER 2
Reference Information
Printing Specifications
Printing method: Thermal line printing
Dot density: 203 dpi x 203 dpi [8 dots/mm]
Printing direction: Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width: 72 mm (2.83"), 576 dot positions
Characters per line (Font A) 44
(default): (Font B) 57
Character spacing 0.25 mm (.01") (2 dots) (Font A)
(default): 0.25 mm (.01") (2 dots) (Font B)
Programmable by control command.
Printing speed: Approximately 24 lines/second
(1/6" inch feed, at 24V, 20
o
C)
Approximately 101.6 mm/second
(approximately 4"/second)
NOTES:
Printing speed may be slower, depending on the data transmission speed and the
combination of control commands.
The printer switches the mode of the printing speed automatically.
There may be variations in printing after switching the mode of the printing
speed. To prevent this for logo printing, using a downloaded bit image is
recommended. (Change in printing speed does not occur during downloaded bit
image printing).
Paper feeding speed: Approximately 101.6 mm/second
(approximately 4.00"/second)
continuous printing