Toshiba SureMark 4610, User Manual

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Appendix B. Technical information
General description
All SureMark printers print the customer receipt and the journal using the thermal
printhead. For SureMark printers that include a document insert station, documents
are printed using the impact head.
Thermal printing occurs by placing a heating element against a thermally sensitive
paper. By energizing the elements, dots are formed. Thermal printers print dot rows
horizontally across the page – 576 dots make up a single row of dots across the
paper. Printing continues row by row until the entire character is formed.
Impact printing utilizes a standard ballistic printhead. Each wire is fired against an
inked ribbon which places a dot on the paper.
SureMark Three-Station Printers contain all the circuitry, processing hardware, and
software for operating two thermal and one impact printer mechanisms. SureMark
printers do not contain a power supply. However, TN
x models contain voltage
conversion circuitry to allow connection to a standard Toshiba system interface or to
an external 24-volt power supply.
Specifications
Table B-1. Station Characteristics
Characteristic Customer Receipt Station and Journal Station Document Insert Station (Models
G
x 3, G x 4, TN3 and TN4)
Speed (see note
following table) TN x – 39.2 lps at 6 lpi, 52 lps at 8 lpi;
Journal Station - 35 lps at 8 lpi
G xx – effective print speed depends on fiscal regulations
4.3 lps
Paper Width For all SureMark printers: 80 mm (3.15 in)
Print Width For all SureMark printers: 34 characters at 12 cpi,
44 characters at 15 cpi,
48 characters at 17 cpi 37 characters at 12 cpi,
47 characters at 15 cpi,
Pitch For all SureMark printers: 12, 15, 17 cpi 12, 15, 17 cpi
Notes:
1. For Models G xx , print speed is determined by country-specific microcode and
may be less than the speeds for models TN x .
2. Application programs can limit print speed depending on functions selected.
3. In order to conserve power, all SureMark printers reduce their throughput when
printing high print densities, such as logo messages or full black lines. Because
these types of print messages are used on a limited basis, the overall
performance when printing a customer receipt is not noticeably affected.
The reduced print speed is based on the number of print dots that are turned on
for a given print line, which is defined as dot utilization. Dot utilization is typically
low for normal character printing and up to 100% for full black line printing. The
SureMark printer operates at 52 lps at low dot utilization, and at slower speeds
as the dot utilization increases.
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