Programmer’s Guide
PcOS Series 80PLUS
Reference Information
Rev B 4/13/99
Page 13
Chapter 5:
Reference Information
Printing Specifications
Printing method
Thermal line printing
Dot density
8 dots/mm x 8 dots/mm (203 dpi x 203 dpi)
Printing direction
Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width
72 mm (2.83 in.), 576 dot positions
Characters per line
28 to 57 depending on the selected pitch
Printing speed
Approximately 31.8 lines/second (1/6 inch feed, at 24 V, 20° C)
Approximately 135 mm/second (approximately 5.3 in./second)
NOTES:
Print speed may be slower, depending on the data transmission speed and the combination of control
commands.
The printer switches the mode of the printing speed automatically.
There may be variations in printing after switching the mode of the printing speed.
Paper feed speed
Approximately 135 mm/second (approximately 5.3 in./second) continuous
printing
Line spacing (default)
Mode: 4.23 mm (1/6 in.) or 3.17 mm (1/8 in.)
Programmable by control command.
Number of characters
Alphanumeric characters: 255 per code page
International characters: 67 code pages
Character structure
Font A: 13 x 24 (including 2-dot spacing in horizontal)
Font B: 10 x 24 (including 2-dot spacing in horizontal)
Standard
Double-high
Double-wide
Double-wide/
Double-high
W x H
(mm)
Cpl
1
Max
W x H
(mm)
Cpl
1
Max
W x H
(mm)
Cpl
1
Max
W x H
(mm)
Cpl
1
Max
Font A
13 × 24
1.38 × 3.00
(.06” × .12”)
44
1.63 × 6.00
(.06” × .24”)
44
2.75 × 3.00
(.11” × .12”)
22
2.75 × 6.00
(.11” × .24”)
22
Font B
10 × 24
1.00 × 3.00
(.04” × .12”)
57
1.00 × 6.00
(.04” × .24”)
57
2.00 × 3.00
(.08” × .12”)
28
2.00 × 6.00
(.08” × .24”)
28
Table 2 Character Spacing in Epson and Axiohm Modes
1
cpl = characters per line (Space between characters is not included. Characters can be scaled up to 64
times as large as the standard sizes.)
