Star Micronics 10X User Manual page 15

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Figure 1-5. The main components of the Gemini printer are the power
unit, the control board unit, and the printer mechanism (which features
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detachable tractor).
The control board also contains the buffer that allows your
computer to send a batch of information to be printed, which
Gemini then stores until it can get to it. Although Gemini is a fast
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