Printing Mechanism; Tape Cassette - Brother PT-9600 Service Manual

1.1.4

Printing Mechanism

[ 1 ] Print method
[ 2 ] Print speed (max.)
[ 3 ] Print head
Type
Heat generator
Size of heating element
[ 4 ] Character size (dots)
Character size
(Point size)
* Scaling with width settings
WIDE
NARROW
NARROWEST
1.1.5

Tape Cassette

[ 1 ] Cassette
[ 2 ] Types of tape cassettes
• Laminated tape cassette
• Non-laminated tape cassette
• Instant lettering tape cassette
• Iron-on transfer tape cassette
• Stamp tape cassette
• Cloth tape cassette
• AV (Avery) labels cassette
Note: The tape cassette for Head cleaning is provided.
dots Height x Width
(mm)
6 22 x 17 (1.54 x 1.19)
7 26 x 20 (1.82 x 1.4)
8 29 x 22 (2.03 x 1.54)
9 33 x 25 (2.31 x 1.75)
10 37 x 28 (2.59 x 1.96)
11 40 x 31 (2.8 x 2.17)
12 44 x 34 (3.08 x 2.38)
14 51 x 39 (3.57 x 2.73)
16 58 x 45 (4.06 x 3.15)
18 66 x 50 (4.62 x 3.5)
20 73 x 56 (5.11 x 3.92)
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2/3
1/2
Thermal transfer onto plastic tapes (laminate tape
and non-laminated tape) or special tapes (instant
lettering tape, non-laminated thermal film tape,
iron-on transfer tape, and porous-stamp tape, and
*AV labels tape)
(Fixed print head and tape feeding mechanism)
* AV labels tape : PT-9600/PT-3600 U.S.A. only
285 dots (20.1 mm) per second
Thermal print head
Consists of 384 heating elements vertically aligned
0.08 mm wide by 0.0705 mm high
Character size
(Point size)
22
24
28
32
36
40
48
56
64
72
76
* The height and width of printed characters will
differ depending on characters. The values in the
above list apply to character "H" of HELSINKI.
* The character size refers to the point size.
Cartridge type
Laminate tape, ink ribbon, and adhesive base tape
Non-laminated tape and ink ribbon
Instant lettering tape and ink ribbon
Iron-on transfer tape and ink ribbon
Porous-stamp tape and base paper
Cloth tape and ink ribbon
AV labels and base paper
I-3
dots Height x Width
(mm)
80 x 61 (5.6 x 4.27)
88 x 67 (6.16 x 4.69)
102 x 79 (7.14 x 5.53)
117 x 89 (8.19 x 6.23)
131 x 101 (9.17 x 7.07)
146 x 112 (10.22 x 7.84)
175 x 135 (12.25 x 9.45)
204 x 157 (14.28 x 10.99)
234 x 179 (16.38 x 12.53)
263 x 201 (18.41 x 14.07)
277 x 213 (19.39 x 14.91)