Chapter A Specifications; Printer Specifications - Dascom 1500 User Manual

This appendix provides the physical, functional, and performance specifications for your
printer. It also contains detailed paper specifications.

Printer specifications

Item
Printing method
Character pitch
Print width
Print speed
Line spacing
Resolution
Character density
Fonts
Barcodes
24-wire dot matrix impact printer
10, 12, 15, 16.6, 17, 20 characters/inch and proportional type
(emulation-dependent)
80 characters/line at 10 cpi
96 characters/line at 12 cpi
137 characters/line at 17 cpi
Carriage Speed Draft
39.9 / 13.3 ips 399 cps
39.9 / 13.3 ips 479 cps
26.7 / 13.3 ips 400 cps
20 / 13.4 ips 343 cps
20 / 13.3 ips 400 cps
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12 lines/inch
360 vertical × 360 horizontal dots per square inch
10 cpi vertical x horizontal
Draft 24 x 12
Letter 24 x 36
Draft, Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, OCR-A, OCR-B, Prestige,
Script, Orator, Gothic, Souvenir
UPC/A, UPC/E, EAN8, EAN13, Code 39, Code 128, Codabar,
Interleaved 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Postnet
Specifications
LQ
133 cps at 10 cpi
160 cps at 12 cpi
200 cps at 15 cpi
229 cps at 17.1 cpi
267 cps at 20 cpi
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