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1. BASIC SPECIFICATIONS
1.1 Printing Specifications
1) Printing method: Serial impact dot matrix
2) Head wire configuration: 9-pin serial configuration
3) Printing directions: Bi-directional printing (logical seeking)
4) Printing speed: Approx. 3.5 lps (printing 40 column per line with 16 cpi)
Approx. 6.4 lps (printing 16 column per line with 16 cpi)
(except data transmission and processing time)
[lps: lines per second]
[cpi: characters per 25.4 mm {1"}]
NOTES: 1. If the printing duty ratio is too high, the operation of the print head is stopped by the duty
limit. In such circumstances, the printing speeds shown above cannot be guaranteed.
2. When red-color or 2-color (black/red) combination printing is selected, the printing speed
is less than the black-color printing speed. This is caused by the switching operation in
the printer.
5) Characters per line: Refer to Table 1.2.1.
6) Characters per inch: Refer to Table 1.2.1.
7) Printing duty ratio: Refer to Appendix A.
8) Two-color printing (2-color print version only):
Black and red colors are selectable.
1.2 Character Specifications
1) Number of characters: Alphanumeric characters: 95
Extended graphics: 128 × 12 pages (including one space page)
International characters: 37
The Kanji character model supports printing with one of the following
characters:
➀ Japanese Kanji (Two-pass printing font)
JIS (JIS X0208-1990) Level 1, Level 2
➁ Chinese Kanji (Two-pass printing font)
7580 (GB2312)
Using the GB5199 of the Chinese national standard font.
➂ Taiwanese Kanji (Two-pass printing font)
13494 (Big 5)
➃ Korean Kanji (Two-pass printing font)
8223 (KS C5601 type)
 Thai character (3-pass printing font)
128 characters × 7 pages (133 character types)
2) Character structure: 7 × 9
9 × 9
16 × 16 (Kanji, Korean Kanji)
7 × 27 (Thai characters)
9 × 27 (Thai characters)
3) Character size: Refer to Table 1.2.1