Product Information Guide

L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER
1 Environment
Temperature:
Humidity:
Shock:
Vibration:
Printable area:
Smgle sheet
Co”tlnuous paper
Paper feed speed:
Approx. 100
msiline at l/&inch lrne
spacing with intermIttent feeding;
2.2 inches/s wth continuous feeding.
Paper thickness:
Single sheets
0.065 to 0.1 mm 10.0025 to 0.004 mchesl
Co”tl”uous
0.065 to 0.25 mm (O.W25 to 0.01 Inches)
Number of copies:
With contmuous multi-part paper only.
one onginal plus up to two copies.
MaxImum thickness: 0.25 mm
(0.01 inches)
The
tigure below shows the tlrmng tar the parailei lnteriace
Ribbon: Cartridge ribbon. available in black
only (#7753). Do not use ribbons for
9-pin printers.
Life expectancy (in Letter Quality
characters. at 48 dots/character):
2 million
MCBF:
For all components excluding print
head: 3 million lines
MTBF: 4000 power on hours
Print head life:
200
mdlion strokes per wre
Dimensions and weight: Height: 5.5 inches 1139 mm)
Width : 15.3 inches 1390 mm1
Depth : 12.6 Inches (320 mm!
Weight: 15 lbs. (7 kg,
Electrical
Voltage:
120 VAC 2 10%
Power consumption:
120 Watts maximum
Frequency:
49.5 to 50.5 Hz (50 Hz verslon~
59.5 to 00.5 Hz (60 Hz vewonl
Insulation resistance: 10 MR between AC power line and
chaws
Dielectric strength
l 120 V model can wtthstand 1.25 ki
lbetrveen AC line and rms applied for one mmute
chawsr.
l 720,240 V model can wthstand
3.75 kV rms applied tar one mmute
Printing enabled/disabled signals and control conditions
The table below shows the relatlonshlp between prmtmg bema
enabled or disabled. the on line/off lme status. and the receipt ot
the data on/&f control characters. DC1 or DC3.
‘ON LINE SLCT IN DCl/DC3 ~ ERROR
BUSY
(Indlcalor
(Data
ACKNLG Printing
0”)
O”lOli
I
(D~sabledi
control) i
enaBledI
an line
ILOW
~ DCl/DCJ I High
Enabled
i (Interface) (“0 elk!)
1
~ HlghlLow I Pulsed
;.?a char En&;’
~ on tine
~ High
DC1
lH@
High/Low I Pulsed
Enabled
Recvd I
jea char
on line
High lDC3 IHIgh
,Recvd /
HtghlLaw ~ Pulsed
Disabled’
1% char
‘Whlie pr~ntmg 1s disabled. character data 1s bemg received and
acknowledged so that the printer can look for another DC1
character. whxh would allow It to resume prmtmg
L-1000-2
12/12/88
24 - Pin Printers