Service manual

1-2 Features and General Specifications Rev. B
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Features
Printing Specifications
NOTE:
If the print duty ratio is too high, the operation of the print head is stopped by the duty limit. In such
circumstances, the print speeds shown above cannot be guaranteed.
cpi = characters per inch.
Printing method:
Serial impact dot-matrix
Head wire configuration:
9-pin serial type
Figure 1-2 Dot configuration
Dot pitch:
0.353 mm (1/72")
Dot wire diameter
0.29 mm (0.01")
Printing direction:
Bidirectional with logic seeking
Printing width:
63.34 mm (2.49")
Line feed:
4.233 mm (1/6"): default setting
Programmable in units of 1/144 inch by using commands.
Paper feed method
Friction feed
Paper feed speed:
Approximately 4.17 inches/second (25 lines/second) during
continuous paper feeding
Characters per line:
See the table on the next page.
Characters per inch:
See the table on the next page.
Total dot count (horizontal
direction)
7 x 9 font: 400 half-dot positions per line
9 x 9 font: 400 half-dot positions per line
Print speed
Approximately 3.5 lines/second (40 columns, 16 cpi)
Approximately 6.4 lines/second (16 columns, 16 cpi)
0.29 mm (0.01")
(wire diameter)
0.317 mm (0.012")
0.353 mm
(0.014")