Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Technical Reference Guide

Rev. D Notices for Replacement of the TM-U210/TM-U300 6-1
TM-U220 Technical Reference Guide
Chapter 6
Notices for Replacement of the TM-U210/TM-U300
TM-U220 is designed to smoothly replace the TM-U210/TM-U300. This section gives answers to
your questions.
6.1 For Replacement of the TM-U210
When you replace TM-U210 with the TM-U220, you have to set the memory switch [MemSW8-5:
OFF (default)] and [MemSW 8-8: OFF (default)] to get the same statas provided by the TM-U210.
See “6.1.6 Provided statuses (6-5 page)” for details.
6.1.1 About printing format compatibility
The TM-U220 can provide almost the same printing result as the TM-U210. This section
describes the reasons, which are printing area compatibility, character compatibility, and top
margin compatibility (cutting position.)
6.1.1.1 Printing area
The TM-U220 has almost the same printing area as TM-U210 as shown in the following table
and figures.Therefore, the TM-U220 can print same contents as the TM-U210 without adjusting
any original control sources.
Printing area and margins
Printing areaItem TM-U210 (Type A,B,D) TM-U220 (Type A,B, D)
(when 76mm paper using)
Print width 63.34mm
(200dots, 400 position)
63.34mm
(200dots,400position)
Left margin (5.9mm) 6.8mm
Right margin (6.76mm) 5.8mm
76 mm
63.34 mm
6.76 mm
5.9 mm
Printable area
76 mm
63.34 mm
6.8 mm
5.8 mm
Printable area
TM-U210
TM-U220 (When using 76mm roll paper)
These values are reference values

Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Specifications

General

Print Method	9-pin, serial impact dot matrix
MTBF	180, 000 hours
Weight	Approx. 2.5 kg
Data Buffer	4 KB or 40 bytes
Paper Handling	Friction feed
Character Set	95 Alphanumeric, 128 x 12 Graphic
Paper Dimensions	58, 70, 76 mm
Interface	USB, Serial (RS-232C), Parallel (IEEE-1284)
Reliability	18 million lines
Dimensions	160 (W) x 248 (D) x 139 (H) mm
Inked Ribbon	ERC-38
Color Support	Two-color printing (Black and Red)
Print Speed	4.7 LPS (lines per second) at 40 columns, 6.0 LPS at 30 columns
Character Size	1.2 × 3.1 mm (W × H) / 1.6 × 3.1 mm (W × H)