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EC-520 User’s Manual
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Chapter 5 Specifications
5.1 Basic Specifications
Printing method Dot matrix impact
Printing Direction
Bidirectional wizard
Printing width
42 columns / 63mm (76mm paper width)
30 columns / 45mm (57.5mm paper width)
Printing Speed:
4.7rows/s (paper width 76mm, 40 columns);
6.0 rows/s (paper width 57.5mm, 30 columns)
Printer head
9 pins; Diameter of pin is 0.3 mm;
Life: 4 hundred million dots/pin (200 million characters)
Lateral direction :
420 dots per line (76mm paper width)
300 dots per line (57.5mm paper width)
Printing precision
Longitudinal direction:
144DPI
Character set ASCII sets, International character sets;
GB18030 15x16 big character
Line spacing 1/6 inch, or setted by increment of 1/144 inch
Paper Feed Speed 140mm/s(Max) (Continuous paper feed)
Emulation ESC / POS
Interface types
One cash drawer interface and one communication interface
( parallel interface or serial interface or USB interface or USB&Ethernet
interface)
Cash drawer interface: CPC6
Parallel interface: Centronics
Serial interface: RS-232C
USB interface: 2.0 Full-speed
USB&Ethernet interface: USB:2.0 Full-speed; Ethernet: RJ-45
Buffer 60KB
Ribbon Type: JMR113
Life: 3 million characters in draft mode
Acoustic noise Less than 65 db ( ISO7779 standard )










