Specifications and Requirements
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Printing Specifications
Printing method: Thermal Sensitive Line Dot System
Vertical/Horizontal dot pitch: 0.125 mm.
Resolution: 8 dots per mm (203 DPI)
Line feed pitch: 3.2 mm. (.125 inches)
Print zone (typical) 72 mm (2.81 inches)
Print speed (monochrome): 6 inches per second
Number of print elements: 640 dots in-line
Paper Roll Specifications
Paper Type: One ply thermal paper
Paper Width: 79.5 +/- .05 mm (3.13 +/- .02 inches)
Paper Thickness 0.076 mm to 0.09 mm (.0022 to .0035 in.) thick
Roll Diameter: 101.6 mm (4.0 in.)
Roll Core Inside Diameter: .445 to .635 inches
Roll Core Outside Diameter: .730 to .860 inches
Paper Grades : POS and Lottery grades
Paper Usage Precautions:
Use only specified thermal paper. If other paper is used, print quality, head
life, and cutter life may deteriorate.
Paper Out
A receipt paper out sensor is provided as a standard feature, which senses
when approximately 1 inch (length) of paper is left on the paper roll.
Auto Cutter Position
A full cut auto-cutter is a standard feature with all TransAct
®
Epic 430
TM
printers.
Cutter type Guillotine
Media width 79.5 mm: 80.0 +/- 0.5 mm. (3.13 +/- 0.01 inches)
Media thickness range 0.0022 to 0.0035 inch
Cut to line of print 0.70 inch
Cutter life 1,000,000 cuts (POS grade)
750,000 cuts (Lottery grade)
Cut time: Less than 350 milliseconds