Brother P-touch PT-3600, Service Manual

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1.1.4 Printing Mechanism
[ 1 ] Print method Thermal transfer onto plastic tapes (laminate tape
and non-laminated tape) or special tapes (instant
lettering tape, non-laminated thermal film tape,
iron-on transfer tape, and porous-stamp tape, and
*AV labels tape)
(Fixed print head and tape feeding mechanism)
* AV labels tape : PT-9600/PT-3600 U.S.A. only
[ 2 ] Print speed (max.) 285 dots (20.1 mm) per second
[ 3 ] Print head
Type Thermal print head
Heat generator Consists of 384 heating elements vertically aligned
Size of heating element 0.08 mm wide by 0.0705 mm high
[ 4 ] Character size (dots)
Character size
(Point size) dots Height x Width
(mm) Character size
(Point size) dots Height x Width
(mm)
6 22 x 17 (1.54 x 1.19) 22 80 x 61 (5.6 x 4.27)
7 26 x 20 (1.82 x 1.4) 24 88 x 67 (6.16 x 4.69)
8 29 x 22 (2.03 x 1.54) 28 102 x 79 (7.14 x 5.53)
9 33 x 25 (2.31 x 1.75) 32 117 x 89 (8.19 x 6.23)
10 37 x 28 (2.59 x 1.96) 36 131 x 101 (9.17 x 7.07)
11 40 x 31 (2.8 x 2.17) 40 146 x 112 (10.22 x 7.84)
12 44 x 34 (3.08 x 2.38) 48 175 x 135 (12.25 x 9.45)
14 51 x 39 (3.57 x 2.73) 56 204 x 157 (14.28 x 10.99)
16 58 x 45 (4.06 x 3.15) 64 234 x 179 (16.38 x 12.53)
18 66 x 50 (4.62 x 3.5) 72 263 x 201 (18.41 x 14.07)
20 73 x 56 (5.11 x 3.92) 76 277 x 213 (19.39 x 14.91)
* Scaling with width settings
WIDE 2
NARROW 2/3
NARROWEST 1/2
1.1.5 Tape Cassette
[ 1 ] Cassette Cartridge type
[ 2 ] Types of tape cassettes
• Laminated tape cassette Laminate tape, ink ribbon, and adhesive base tape
• Non-laminated tape cassette Non-laminated tape and ink ribbon
• Instant lettering tape cassette Instant lettering tape and ink ribbon
• Iron-on transfer tape cassette Iron-on transfer tape and ink ribbon
• Stamp tape cassette Porous-stamp tape and base paper
• Cloth tape cassette Cloth tape and ink ribbon
• AV (Avery) labels cassette AV labels and base paper
Note: The tape cassette for Head cleaning is provided.
* The height and width of printed characters will
differ depending on characters. The values in the
above list apply to character “H” of HELSINKI.
* The character size refers to the point size.