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Chapter Interfaces
Interfaces
Duty Cycle
The duty cycles for IBM 6400 printers are listed below. These figures are
averages, subject to the conditions specified following the list.
Standard: PC Parallel, RS-232 serial, RS-422 serial
Optional: Coax/Twinax, Ethernet 10Base-T, Ethernet 10Base2,
Ethernet 10/100Base-T
Logic Levels: TTL, EIA-232E, EIA-422B
Data Format ASCII
Compatibility PC Parallel, EIA-232E, EIA-422B
Transfer
Rates
Up to 200 Kilobytes on parallel interface.
Up to 19.2K baud on RS-232 serial interface.
Up to 115.2K baud on RS-422 serial interface
6400-004, 04P 130, 000 pages per month
6400-005, 05P 130, 000 pages per month
6400-050, P50 130, 000 pages per month
6400-008, 08P 205, 000 pages per month
6400-009, 09P 205, 000 pages per month
6400-010, P10 205, 000 pages per month
6400-012 320, 000 pages per month
6400-014 376, 000 pages per month
6400-015 376, 000 pages per month
6400-C05, C5P 130, 000 pages per month
Under the following conditions:
• Uppercase text characters only (no graphics)
• 6 lines per inch
• 10 characters per inch
• 63% character density or 83 characters per line
• 63% line density or 42 lines per 11-inch page
• Single part (18 lb) paper
• Printer is installed in accordance with the
Setup Guide
• Printer is maintained in accordance with this maintenance manual