User's Manual

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9 General Specifications
9.1 Printer Specifications
Print System
Mono-chrome serial impact dot matrix
Print Technology
Uni-/bi-directional logic seeking for text and graphics
Print Head
Number of pins: 24 pins (2 x 12; staggered)
Firing frequency: Normal mode: 2 kHz
Pin diameter: 0.25 mm
Distance between pins: horizontal 1/20 inch, vertical 1/90 inch
Life: 500 million strokes/pin @ Draft mode
Print Speed
Pitch HS Draft Draft NLQ LQ in CPS
(characters per second)
10 CPI 500 333 222 111
12 CPI 500 400 267 133
15 CPI *) 500 500 333 167
15 CPI 500 500 167 167
17.1 CPI 286 285 190 190
20 CPI 333 333 222 222
17.1 CPI **) 571 --- --- ---
20 CPI **) 680 --- --- ---
Character Pitch
5 / 6 / 7.5 / 8.6 / 10 / 12 / 15 / 17.1 / 20 CPI (characters per inch)
Print attributes in
all character
pitches
Double width / italics / right justification / shadowed / auto centered / double height
/ bold / proportionally spaced / underlined / overlined / superscript / subscript;
Scalable with special LQ-2170 fonts
Character Size
Height: 3.32 mm (inclusive descenders)
Width: max. 2.43 mm
Font Matrix
Pitch HS Draft Draft NLQ LQ (Matrix/DPI)
10 CPI 24x8/80H 24x12/120H 24x18/180H 24x36/360H
12 CPI 24x8/96H 24x10/120H 24x15/180H 24x30/360H
15 CPI *) 16x8/120H 16x8/120H 16x12/180H 16x24/360H
15 CPI 24x8/120H 24x8/120H 24x18+6/360H 24x18+6/360H
17.1 CPI 24x12+2/240H 24x12+2/240H 24x18+3/360H 24x18+3/360H
20 CPI 24x10+2/240H 24x12+2/240H 24x15+3/360H 24x15+3/360H
17.1 CPI **) 24x06+1/240H --- --- ---
20 CPI **) 24x05+1/240H --- --- ---
Paper Feed
Feed speed: 5 ips (tractor and friction)
Feed first line (6lpi): 43 ms
View / Tear position: 5 ips
Reverse motion: up to max form length of 14 inches
*) Only with ESC/P (sub-/superscript, 15 CPI) and MTPL Micro-script
**) Reduced matrix, selectable by menu, named Ultra-Draft