KS55 SERIES OPERATION MANUAL
3 - GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
3.1 - PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS
Printing method
Thermal line printing
Dot density
203 x 203 dpi
(1)
Printing direction
Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width
M-T522II 60mm (448 dots)
M-T532II 80mm (640 dots)
Printing speed
High speed mode: up to 250mm/s
(2)
Paper feed speed
250mm/s (continuous paper feed)
(1)
‘dpi’: dots per inch. 1 inch = 25.4mm; 203 dpi = 8 dots per mm
(2)
Printing speed could vary depending on the print head temperature as well as the command processing and
the data transmission speed. Low transmission speed could cause intermittent printing. It is recommended to
transmit data to the printer as quickly as possible.
3.2 - CHARACTER SPECIFICATIONS
Character per line (default)
Font A: 24 Font B: 32
Character spacing (default)
0.5 mm (4 dots)
Character structure
Font A:
12 x 24 dots (1.5 x 3 mm). (default)
Font B:
8 x 16 dots (1 x 2 mm).
Character size (mm)
(1)
Font A
WxH(mm) – cpl
(2)
Font B
WxH(mm) – cpl
Standard
Double-width
Double-height
Double width/height:
1.5 x 3 – 24
3 x 3 – 12
1.5 x 6 – 24
3 x 6 – 12
1 x 2 – 32
2 x 2 – 16
1 x 4 – 32
2 x 4 – 16
Number of characters
Alphanumeric characters:
95
Extended Graphics:
128 per page
Line spacing (default)
1,875mm (15 dots)
(1)
Characters can be scaled up to 64 times bigger than their normal size.
(2)
‘cpl’: characters per line.
3.3 - PAPER SPECIFICATIONS
Paper type
Thermal
Paper specifications
Original paper No.: TF11KS-ET Nippon paper industries Co., Ltd.
Original paper No.: TF50KS-E Nippon paper industries Co., Ltd.
Original paper No.: TF77KS-E Nippon paper industries Co., Ltd.
Original paper No.: PD160R Oji paper MFG. Co., Ltd.
Original paper No.: PD150R Oji paper MFG. Co., Ltd.
Original paper No.: AF50KS-E JUJO THERMAL
Original paper No.: KT55 Koehler
Original paper No.: P350 KSP
Paper loading
Automatic.
Width
59.5 ± 0.5mm (2.34” ± 0.02”) → M-T522II printing mechanism
79.5 ± 0.5mm (3.13” ± 0.02”) → M-T532II printing mechanism
Roll size
Inner diameter: 25m minimum
Outer diameter:
80mm
maximum for
short
paper holder
150mm
maximum for
medium
paper holder
180mm
maximum for
long
paper holder
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