Specifications

TH230/TH230+ Programmers Guide
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Character Sets and Fonts
Representation of the printed data
Character Fonts
The character fonts will be selected by an escape command.
The controller provides two character sets with different character densities. The
dimensions (W*H) of the character cell are as follows:
Font A 13 * 24 Dots
Font B 10 * 24 Dots
The character density will be determined by the character spacing between two adjacent
character cells.
The character densities are determined by the control commands ESC SP (see page 38).
The following tables give an overview regarding some print densities:
Thermal Printer on 80 mm Paper:
* = Default character spacing
Thermal Printer on 57.5 mm Paper:
* = Default character spacing
Characters
per line
[cpl]
Font
Character
Dimension
W * H
Spacing
set by the
command
ESC SP (see
page 38).
Character
size incl.
spacing
[mm]
B * H
Used dots
per Line
Print area
per Line
(max. 72
mm
= 576 dot)
[mm]
Character
Density
[cpi]
44 A 13 * 24 0 * 1.625 * 3 572 71.50 15.6
41
A
13 * 24
1
1.75 * 3
574
71.75
14.5
38 A 13 * 24 2 1.875 * 3 570 71.25 13.5
57
B
10 * 24
0
*
1.25 * 3
570
71.25
20.3
52 B 10 * 24 1 1.375 * 3 572 71.50 18.5
Characters
per line
[cpl]
Font Character
Dimension
W * H
Spacing
set by the
command
ESC SP (see
page 38).
Character
size incl.
spacing
[mm]
B * H
Used dots
per Line
Print area
per Line
(max. 51
mm
= 408 dot)
[mm]
Character
Density
[cpi]
31
A
13 * 24
0 *
1.625 * 3
403
50.38
15.6
29
A
13 * 24
1
1.75 * 3
406
50.75
14.5
27 A 13 * 24 2 1.875 * 3 405 50.63 13.5
40
B
10 * 24
0 *
1.25 * 3
400
50.00
20,3
37 B 10 * 24 1 1.375 * 3 407 50.88 18.5