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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
DFX-8000
Model
AP-3250
LQ-570/1070
LQ-870/1170
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
CPI:
Characters Per Inch
CPS: Characters Per Second
Draft: Draft uses a minimum number of dots per character for high-speed printing.
Elite:
12 Characters Per Inch (12 CPI)
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)
N W : Near Letter Quality reduces the print speed and increase the number of dots
per character to increase the print quality. NLQ printing requires two passes
per character. (Q-pin printers only)
9 - P I N P R I N T E R S
200 CPS
240 CPS
240 CPS
200 CPS
400 CPS 480 CPS
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
246 CPS 295 CPS
275 CPS 1 330 CPS
333 CPS I 400 CPS
PSB No: P-0030C
Originator: SLS
40 CPS
n/a
n/a
40 CPS
533 CPS
80 CPS 1 96 CPS 1)
High-Speed
Draft 10 CPI 1
1ZPI
n/a
225 CPS
70 CPS
300 CPS
82 CPS
300CPS 1 92 CPS 1 IIOCPS
n/a
EPSON
,
48 CPS
48 CPS
84 CPS
98 CPS
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