Technical information

2.5.2 LA 100 Letterwriter
The LAIOO Letterwriter is a wide-carriage, tabletop printer/terminal.
Performance
Print speed
Print technology
Print matrix
Character pitch
Line spacing
Character sets
Fonts
Buffer capacity
Communications
Baud rates
Parity
Interfaces
Paper
Type
Dimensions
Multiple forms
Thickness
Power Requirements
Voltage
Frequency
Power consumption
240 characters/second (draft mode)
30 characters/second (letter-quality mode)
80 characters/second (memo mode), optional
Bidirectional,
dot matrix
Draft-quality: 7 x 9 dots per character cell
Near-letter-quality: 33
x 18 dots per character cell
Memo-quality: 33 x 9 dots/inch
Graphics: 132
x 72 dots/inch
16.5, 13.2, 12,
10, 8.25, 6.6, 6, or 5 characters/inch
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, or 12 lines/inch
ASCII,
Multinational, Line Drawing Set are
standard.
Courier-10, Courier-12, Orator-10, Gothic-lO, and
Gothic-12
400 characters
50,75,110,134.5,200,300,600,1200,1800,2400,
4800,7200, or 9600
7 -hit: odd, even, mark, space, or none
8-hit: odd, even, or none
EIA RS-232-C
Optional 20-mA interface
Single sheet, roll, or continuous forms
7.6
cm to 37.8 cm (3.2 in to 14.9 in) wide
Original
plus 3 parts
0.051 cm (0.020 in) maximum
120 V nominal (87-128 Vac range)
47 to 63 Hz
138 W, printing maximum
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