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EPSON AMERICA INC.
Product Support Bulletin
Subject: Quick Reference for Current Dot-Matrix Printer Print Speeds
Date: 10/9/92
Page(s): 1 of 1
Model
AP-2250
LX-810
Model
AP-3250
LQ-570/1070
LQ-860
LQ-870/1170
LQ-2550
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Characters Per Inch
CPI:
Characters Per Second
CPS:
Draft uses a minimum number of dots per character for high-speed printing.
Draft:
12 Characters Per Inch (12 CPI)
Elite:
10 Characters Per Inch (10 CPI)
Pica:
Letter Quality reduces the print speed and increases the number of dots per
LQ:
character to increase the print quality. (24-pin printers only)
Near Letter Quality reduces the print speed and increase the number of dots
NLQ:
per character to increase the print quality. NLQ printing requires two passes
per character. (9-pin printers only)
9 - P I N P R I N T E R S
CPS
240 CPS
200
240 CPS
CPS
200
2 4 - P I N P R I N T E R S
Draft
Draft
10 CPI
12 CPI
167 CPS 1 200 CPS
210 CPS 252 CPS
CPS 295 CPS
246
CPS 1 330 CPS
275
CPS I 400 CPS
333
PSB No: P-0030C
Originator: SLS
CPS
n/a
40
n/a
CPS
40
High-Speed
Draft 10 CPI 1
CPS 1 72 CPS
n/a
CPS
CPS
70
225
CPS
CPS
82
300
300 CPS 1 92 CPS I 110 CPS
n/a
EPSON
,
CPS
48
CPS
48
CPS
84
98 CPS
I
133 CPS
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