Chapter 1. Introduction; Printer Overview; Ibm Suremark Printers; Updated April - IBM SUREMARK TF6 User Manual

Updated April 2, 2009

Chapter 1. Introduction

Printer overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Description of models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Planning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printer overview

Figure 1. IBM SureMark printers
The IBM SureMark printers are high-performance, high-function printers. The
SureMark is available in several models:
v Models TI3, TI4, TG3, and TG4 feature a thermal customer receipt station and an
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Features used with the SureMark printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Comparison of the SureMark models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Differences among SureMark models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Differences between Models TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, TG9, and
Models TF6, TM6
Your responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Communication interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Temperature and humidity limits
Physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TG3, and TG4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Models TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Models TF6 and TM6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Power requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operating system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Application requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Resident code pages
Bar codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
impact document insert station. The dual print heads enable quiet, fast printing at
the customer receipt station while providing the capability to print and frank
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