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Printer Specifications
Mechanical
Printing method: 36-pin impact dot matrix (9 × 4, staggered)
Printing speed: High speed draft 1550 cps at 10 cpi
Draft 1320 cps at 10 cpi
NLQ 330 cps at 10 cpi
Printing direction: Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics
printing. Unidirectional text or graphics
printing can be selected using software
commands.
Line spacing: 1/6-inch or programmable in 1/432-inch
increments
Printable columns: 136 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution: Maximum 240 × 144 dpi (NLQ)
Paper feed methods: Push tractor (front, rear)
Push and pull tractor (front, rear); requires
additional tractor
Paper feed speed: Continuous 381 mm/second
15 inches/second
Intermittent 25 msec/line at 1/6 inch
line spacing
Reliability: Total print volume 133 million lines
(except print head)
MTBF 20,000 POH
(25% duty)
Print head life 200 million strokes/wire
approx. 400 million
characters (Draft, 10 cpi,
14 dots/character)