Section 1.1 Introduction; Printing Characteristics - Digital Equipment LB12 Field Support Manual

1.1 INTRODUCTION
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Printing characteristics

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The LB12 and LB15 Slip & Passbook Printers provide multi-functional document processing
in all-purpose workstations.
Figure 1-1 below shows the LB12/LB15. The printer is equipped with a document station
that can print on different types of documents such as single sheets, form sets, passbooks,
and passports, inserted horizontally through a slot at the front.
The document station can handle both vertically and horizontally folded passbooks or
passports. Printing is uni-directional or bi-directional and characters can be printed rotated
90### or upside down.
On the LB12/LB15 printers, printing can take place at a speed of up to 300 characters per
second in both directions. The printer maintains the highest possible print speed by
automatically calculating the shortest possible route to the next print position. The position
of the 18-needle printhead can be controlled by the application program. The printer can
operate in its own Native mode or emulate an IBM ProPrinter III or IBM 4722.
When running in Native mode, the LB12/LB15 can use two character fonts and several
national character sets, including OCR-A and OCR-B fonts in PROMs. Other PROMs
providing logotypes and special character sets are optional. Additional character sets can
also be downloaded to the printer by the application program. When ProPrinter mode is
selected, the printer can use all the standard IBM ProPrinter III character generators.
A Position Detection Facility (PDF) can be used to find the left document edge.
LB12/LB15 Field Support Manual
Figure 1-1 The LB12/LB15 printers, exterior
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