TM200 Service Manual
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Printing Specifications
Printing method:
Thermal line printing
Dot density:
203 dpi x 203 dpi (8 dot/mm)
Printing direction:
Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width:
72mm (2.83”), 576 dot positions
Characters per line (default): 48
(Font
A)
64 (Font B)
Character spacing (default):
0.28 mm (0.1”) (2 dots) (Font A)
0.28mm (.01”) (2 dots) (Font B)
Programmable by control command.
Printing speed
180 mm / sec (approxi. 7.1” / sec)
60 lines / sec (computed value for 3.18mm (1/8”) feed)
28.4 lines / sec maximum
(4.23 mm (1/6”) feed, at 24V, 28
。
C (82
。
F
),
density level 2)
Paper feeding speed:
Approximately 180 mm / sec (7.0”/sec) continuous paper
feeding
Receive Buffer Size
96K Bytes
Number of characters:
Alphanumeric characters: 95
International characters: 32
Extended graphics: 128x7pages
(including one space page)
Traditional/ Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Kanji characters
Character structure:
Font A: 12 x 24 (including 2-dot spacing horizontally)
Font B: 9 x 17 (including 2-dot spacing horizontally)
Kanji: 24 x 24
Default font: Font A
Notes:
Printing speed may be slower depending on the data transmission speed and the combination
of control commands.
There may be variations in printing speed. To prevent this for logo printing, using a downloaded
bit image is recommended.
Low transmission speed may cause intermittent printing. It is recommended to transmit data
to the printer as quickly as possible.
Character size:
* CPL = Characters Per Line
* Space between characters is not included
* Characters can be scaled up to 64 times as large as the standard sizes.
Double-width
Double-weight/
Double-height
W x H (mm)
CPL
W x H (mm)
CPL
2.47 x 2.97
(.10” x .11”)
24
2.47 x5.92
(.10” x .24”)
24
1.73 x 2.10
(.07” x .08”)
32
1.73 x 4.20
(.07” x .17”)
32
5.92 x 2.97
(.24” x .11”)
12
5.92 x 5.92
(.24” x .24”)
12
Standard
Double-height
W x H (mm)
CPL
W x H (mm)
CPL
Font A
12 x 24
1.23 x 2.97
(.05” x .11”)
48
1.23 x 5.92
(.05” x .24”)
48
B
9 x 17
0.87 x 2.10
(.035” x .08”)
64
0.87 x 4.20
(.035” x .17”)
64
Kanji
24 x 24
2.97 x 2.97
(.11” x .11”)
24
2.97 x 5.92
(.11” x .24”)
24
