Specifications
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Chapter 1 The SL4M/T4M Thermal Printer
• Fanfold media handling
• High Resolution Printhead: 203 dpi or 305 dpi for sharp graphics and 
text.
• Media capacity: Eight inch diameter roll media on three inch core  
(203mm diameter on 76.2mm diameter core)
• Media sensing: Horizontal positioning for gap, notch, hole, or black mark 
sensing.
• Print speeds: Up to 10 ips (both 203 and 305 dpi)
• Printheads: Snap-in, interchangeable 203 dpi and 305 dpi
• Printing: On demand single label and batch label
• Resident Fonts: Letter Gothic Bold (#93779), Courier Bold (#93952), CG 
Triumvirate Bold Condensed (#92250), OCR-A (#90993), OCR-B 
(#91409), CG Triumverate (#92244), CG Triumverate Bold (#92248), and 
CG Times (#92500).
• Ribbon capacity: 450m on one inch core (4.5 µm ribbon thickness)
• Standard Interfaces:
• Serial: RS-232
• USB 2.0 Universal Serial Bus
• Parallel: Centronics
®
-compatible parallel, IEEE
®
 1284 compliant 
parallel
• Thermal Transfer and Direct Thermal Printing
• Ventless System: for operation in environments with airborne particulate 
matter without compromising performance.
Optional Features
• Expanded Memory Cartridge (EMC): The expanded memory cartridge 
(EMC) is a user installable option. The EMC can be ordered in any of 
these configurations as a factory option kit or as a field upgrade kit:
• Expanded Memory - 32MB Expanded Memory Cartridge that 
provides additional Flash memory for forms, logos, and fonts 
(see “Optional Expanded Memory Cartridge” on page 223).
• Asian TrueType
®
 Fonts - Separate cartridges containing fonts for 
Simplified Chinese, Korean, or Japanese allows PGL or ZGL to print 
complex Double Byte Character Set (DBCS) characters (see 
“DBCS 
Character Sets and Fonts” on page 229).
• Andalé TrueType
®
 Fonts - Separate cartridges containing Andalé 
TrueType
®
 fonts allowing PGL or ZGL to print characters for virtually 
every language used in the world today, including simplified and 
traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. (see 
“Andalé Fonts” on 
page 229).










