Star Micronics lC-10, Technical Manual

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GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Printer
Dimensions Height 108 mm (4.3 inches) Width 384 mm (15.1 inches)
Depth 287.5 mm (11.3 inches)
Weight 4.7 kg (10.3 pounds)
Power 120 VAC
±
10%, 60Hz. 220 VAC
±
10%, 50/60Hz.
240 VAC
±
10%, 50/60Hz.
Power consumption Typ. 30W, Max. 60W
Environment Operating temperature: 5 to 40
°
C (41 to 104
°
F)
Operating humidity: 10 to 80%, non condensation
Storage temperature: –30 to 65
°
C (–22 to 149
°
F)
Storage humidity: 10% to 95% (at 40
°
C) (no condensation)
Print head 9 Pins
Life: 200 million dots
Ribbon Fabric ribbon cartridge
Monochrome type ........................... Black
Colour type ..................................... Black/cyan/magenta/yellow
Life: 1 million draft characters
Option Automatic sheet feeder
Parallel interface
Interface Centronics-compatible
Synchronization By external supplied strobe pulses
Handshaking By ACK or BUSY signals
Logic level TTL
Connector 57-30360 Amphenol
1-2. Commodore Type
Printing
Printing method Serial impact dot matrix
Print speed 120 characters per second (in Draft pica)
30 characters per second (in NLQ pica)
Data buffer 1-line buffer
Paper feed 2.7 inches/second (during page feed)
Friction and push-tractor feed
Printing direction Draft: bi-directional or unidirectional (selectable), logic seeking
NLQ and graphics: unidirectional, logic seeking
Commodore character sets
Standard graphics Upper-case letters, digits, punctuation and symbols, graphic characters
Standard business Lower- and upper-case letters, digits, punctuation and symbols, graphic charac-
ters
DIN graphics Upper-case letters, international letters, digits, punctuation and symbols, graphic
characters
DIN business Lower- and upper-case letters, international letters, digits, punctuation and
symbols, graphic characters
Downloadable characters Max. 192 (draft) or 80 (NLQ)
International characters sets 10 sets (England, USA, France, Germany, Denmark I, Denmark II, Sweden I,
Italy, Spain, Sweden II)