HP Engage One Column Printer User Guide

Table 2-2 Allowable duty cycle (measured over 1 minute of continuous printing)
Amount of solid coverage 25°C ambient temperature 35°C ambient temperature 50°C ambient temperature
20% 100% 50% 20%
40% 50% 25% 10%
100% 20% 10% 4%
A typical receipt with text (contains some blank spaces) is approximately 12% dot coverage.
A full line of text characters (every cell on the line has a character in it) is approximately 25% dot coverage.
Graphics are approximately 40% dot coverage.
Barcodes are approximately 50% dot coverage.
A solid black line is 100% dot coverage.
Thermal paper specications
The printer requires qualied thermal paper with the following dimensions:
● Width: 80 +0/–0.6 mm (3.15 +0/-0.03 inches)
● Diameter: 50.8 mm maximum (2 inches)
The paper must not be attached at the roll’s core. Use paper with a colored stripe at the end to indicate that the
paper is running low.
The previous gures are based on a core diameter of 22 ± 0.5 mm (0.87 inches) outside and 11.5 ± 0.5 mm
(0.45 inches) inside.
Qualied paper grades
Contact the manufacturer of your choice to order paper. HP recommends the following paper grades produced
by their respective manufacturers. Many paper manufacturers are qualied to provide this paper, provided the
POS paper rolls are from the recommended grades for monochrome (black ink) paper.
Table
2-3 Qualied manufacturers of monochrome (black ink) paper
Qualied manufacturers Phone/Fax Paper grade
Appvion, Inc. (USA)
825 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Appleton, WI 54912
http://www.appvion.com
Voice: (800) 922–1729
Fax: [phone]
Alpha 400-2.3 (was T1030)
Alpha 800-2.4 (was T1012A)
POS-Plus 600-2.4
Alpha 900-3.4 (was Superior)
All current Appvion papers are
BPA-free
Jujo Thermal Ltd.
P.O. Box 92 FI–27501
Kauttua, Finland
http://www.jujothermal.com/
Voice: 358 (0) 10 303 200
Fax: [phone]
AF50KS–E3
AP62KS–E3
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