Reference Information; Printing Specifications - Epson TM-U590 Operator's Manual

Chapter 4

Reference Information

Printing Specifications

Printing method:
Head wire
configuration:
Head wire diameter:
Printing direction:
Number of characters: Alphanumeric characters: 95
Character structure:
Character size and printing speed
Character
structure
(Horizontal
dots × vertical
dots)
9 × 9
7 × 9
Serial impact dot matrix
9-pin vertical line, 0.353 mm (1/72-inch)
wire pitch
0.29 mm (.01 in.)
Bidirectional, minimum distance printing
International characters: 32
Extended graphics: 128 × 10 pages
(including space page)
Font A: 9 × 9, 3-dot spacing (in half-dot
units)
Font B: 7 × 9, 2-dot spacing (in half-dot
units)
Larger spacing can be set by using ESC SP.
Character
Characters
spacing
per inch
(half dots)
3 dots 12.5
2 dots 16.7
Characters per
second Characters
(carriage per line
moving speed)
233
311
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Character size
(width×height)
1.6 × 3.1 mm
66
(.06" × .12")
1.3 × 3.1 mm
88
(.05" × .12")