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990-0000058-1000  Rev F  Page 34 
4.4.  Printer Connection 
Various types of ETHERNET thermal continuous printers may be interfaced in the 
future. To install a supported model, connect the printer cable to the parallel port. A 
PCMCIA parallel port card is provided to interface to the printers in the following table: 
Table 4-15 ETHERNET Printers 
Printers 
iSys V8.5-ETHERNET 
EPC 1086-NT 
4.4.1.  EPC model GSP-1086 
The EPC model GSP-1086-NT is a widely used gray scale continuous printer in the 
marine industry. It provides high quality images on a ten inch thermal printhead. The 
software defined control panel makes the printer configurable to a wide range of 
applications. 
Table 4-16 EPC 1086 Specs 
Paper  Thermal or plastic 
Data point  2048 
Paper roll length  150ft(4507m) 
Film Length  130ft (39.6m) 
Paper/Film Width  10.48in (26.6cm) 
Resolution  203 dots per inch (8 dots/mm) 
Tone Shades  Up to 256 gray scales 
Interface Parallel 
Plot Speed  43 ms@ 64 shades 
N
ote: Printin
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 is not supported at this time on the 3100P portable topside. 
The information contained in section 4 is for future reference. 










