Chapter 3. Reference Information
Printing Specifications
Printing method: Thermal line printing
Dot density: 203 dpi x 203 dpi (8 dot/mm)
Printing direction: Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width: 72mm (2.83”), 576 dot positions
Characters per line
(default):
48 (Font A)
64 (Font B)
Character spacing (default): 0.28 mm (0.1”) (2 dots) (Font A) 0.28mm
(.01”) (2 dots) (Font B) Programmable by control
command.
Printing speed --
High-speed mode:
180 mm / sec (approxi. 7.0” / sec)
60 lines / sec (computed value for 3.18mm (1/8”)
feed)
28.4 lines / sec maximum
(4.23 mm (1/6”) feed,
at 24V, 28
。
C (82
。
F
),
density level 2)
Paper feeding speed: Approximately 180 mm / sec (7.0”/sec)
continuous paper feeding
Receive Buffer Size 80K Bytes
Number of characters:
Alphanumeric characters: 95
International characters: 32
Extended graphics: 128x7pages
(including one space page)
Traditional/ Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Kanji
characters
Character structure:
Font A: 12 x 24 (including 2-dot
spacing horizontally)
Font B: 9 x 17 (including 2-dot spacing
horizontally)
Kanji: 24 x 24
Default font: Font A
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Standard Double-height
W x H (mm) CPL W x H (mm) CPL
Font A
12 x 24
1.23 x 2.97
(.05” x .11”)
48
1.23 x 5.92
(.05” x .24”)
48
Font B
9 x 17
0.87 x 2.10
(.035” x .08”)
64
0.87 x 4.20
(.035” x .17”)
64
Kanji
24 x 24
2.97 x 2.97
(.11” x .11”)
24
2.97 x 5.92
(.11” x .24”)
24
Double-width Double-weight/ Double-height
W x H (mm) CPL W x H (mm) CPL
Font A
12 x 24
2.47 x 2.97
(.10” x .11”)
24
2.47 x5.92
(.10” x .24)
24
Font B
9 x 17
1.73 x 2.10
(.07” x .08”)
32
1.73 x 4.20
(.07” x .17”)
32
Kanji
24 x 24
5.92 x 2.97
(.24” x .11”)
12
5.92 x 5.92
(.24” x .24”)
12
* CPL = Characters Per Line
* Space between characters is not included
* Characters can be scaled up to 64 times as large as the standard sizes.
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