General Specifications; Printing Specifications; Character Generation; Table 1 Character Specifications - TransAct Ithaca 90PLUS Series Programmer's Manual

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General Specifications

3.1 Printing Specifications

Printing method
Head wire arrangement
Print wire diameter
Print wire pitch
Printing directions
Print zone
Characters per second (cps)
Characters per line (cpl)
Characters per inch (cpi)
Print Pitch Capability
(in characters per inch)
8
10
12
15
17.1 (condensed)
20 (super-condensed)
24 (super-condensed)
5 (double-wide)
6 (double-wide)
7.5 (double-wide)
8.5 (condensed, double-wide)
10 (condensed, double-wide)
12 (super-condensed, double-wide)

Table 1 Character specifications

3.1.1

Character Generation

All the character sets and modes are based on one of two character cells, 10 wide x 9 high or 12 wide x 9
high. Double-wide mode is twice the width of normal mode, 20 wide x 9 high or 24 wide x 9 high.
In utility print mode, the character cell consists of five full-dots and five half-dots horizontally by nine full-
dots vertically. The character is a 9 x 9 character. In high speed draft (HSD) mode, the character cell is
shortened by one half-dot and one full-dot column yielding a 7 x 9 character.
Each character is justified to the left of the cell. The first four columns of the full dots and the first three
columns of half dots are used to generate the character in high speed draft. In utility mode, the first five
columns of the full dots and the first four columns of the half dots are used. The last full-dot and the last two
half-dots are used for character spacing in both modes.
11/07/05
PcOS Series 90PLUS
Impact dot matrix
9 pins in a line
0.34 mm (0.012 inch)
0.353 mm (0.013 inch)
Bidirectional, logic-seeking
59.5 mm (2.4 inches) or 71.12 mm (2.83 inches)
Refer to Table 1.
Refer to Table 1.
Refer to Table 1.
Normal 2.8"
Maximim
Characters per Line
22
28
34
42
48
56
68
14
17
21
24
28
34
Rev Q
General Specifications
Narrow 2.4"
Maximum
Characters per Line
19
24
28
36
41
(40 in M50 mode)
48
57
12
14
18
20
24
28
Series 90PLUS
Characters per
Second
220
275
330
340
340
340
340
130
160
170
170
170
170
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