the following technical data refers to the standard personality module pm ser/par.
print head technology
serial impact dot matrix (sidm) technology.
paper path
flat bed technology.
print head
24 needles, needle diameter 0.25 mm (0.01 inch), lifetime approximately
350,000 pages (standard din letter)
fonts
data, letter gothic, letter gothic italic, courier, micro, orator, orator-c, roman, prestige, script, ocr a, ocr b, data block, data large; all fonts (except data, data block and data large) in letter quality (lq) and near letter quality (nlq). ocr a, ocr b only in lq. character attributes
bold, double strike, italic, underline, double underline, overline, strike through, sub/superscript, double/triple height, double/triple width, double/triple/quadruple size, condensed.
character pitch
standard character pitches are: 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20 cpi and proportional. inaddition, commands are defined to select non-standard character pitches. it is also possible to print overlapped characters. fonts will be compressed if smaller pitches are selected.
emulations
1 ibm 4207 proprinter xl24 (agm)
2 epson lq 1060/2550 / esc/p2
3 philips gp 310/490
print speed (at 10 cpi)
1 draft quality 600 cps,
2 near letter quality 300 cps,
3 letter quality 150 cps . *
draft quality: 490 pages/h near letter quality: 398 pages/h throughput acc. to ecma-132
standard letter (dr. grauert)
a) sinlgle sheet
letter quality: 248 pages/h
b) 1-play fanfold
draft quality: 507 pages/h near letter quality: 398 pages/h letter quality: 251 pages/h
character sets (see also appendix b "character set tables")
1 iso-7-bit in 11 national versions incl. ascii, ibm-pc and -ps/2 (multilingual)
2 iso 8859/1 ibm character set 1/2 incl. 14 national versions.
3 ibm code page 437, 850, 860, 863, 865.
4 epson extended graphic character set incl. 15 national versions.
barcodes
- code 39, 2 of 5 industrial, 2 of 5 interleaved, codabar (monarch), ean 8, ean 13, code 93, msi mod 10/10, upc-e, upc-a, code 128 (incl. ean 128), and postnet (see also appendix g barcode quick reference) graphics
max. resolution (v x h). 180 x 360: single pass
360 x 360: double pass.
print format
136 characters at 10 cpi
line spacing
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 n/360 lpi
platen gap control
the automatic gap control (agc) adjusts the distance between print head andplaten according to paper thickness and programmable platen gap control (pcc).
ribbon
black fabric ribbon for more than 16 million characters. 4-colour ribbon in connection with the colour option for ca. 3,5 million characters.
copies
1 original + 5 copies (max. total form thickness 0.5 mm [0.02 inch] ).
interface
1 parallel centronics
2 serial rs-232-c/v.24
buffer
- up to 48 kbyte in selectable sizes.
diagnostics
selftest, 'hex dump', device status and remote diagnostics via interface.
control panel
16 character lcd for menu controlled setup, status- and error messages.
dimensions
1 width = 635 mm (25.4 inch)
2 depth = 390 mm (15.6 inch); with all three asf cassettes 415 mm (16.6)
3 height = 273 mm (10.92 inch) without stacker or asf= 400 mm (16 inch) with all three asf cassettes weight
approximately 23 kg (50 lb)
rated voltage
100 - 120 / 200 - 240 v~ at rated f = 50 - 60 hz
power consumption
160 w operating, 40 w stand by
environmental temperature
operating: + 10ec to + 35ec (+ 50ef to + 95ef)
storage: - 40ec to + 70ec (- 40ef to + 158ef)
20% - 80% (operating)
30% - 70% (operating with asf cassettes)
5% - 85% (storage)
# 52 db(a) (operating) acc. to iso 7779
10,000 h at 25% duty cycle
for canada is c-ul
acc. to regulation of ftz/fcc, class b
provides is the optimum work station convenience
width = 630 mm (25 inch)
colour option
see chapter 6
manual front insertion with face down stacker (360 sheet capacity, 80g/m2) paper width max 15". automatic paper(form set)- and envelope feeder with up
relative humidity
noise
mtbf
agency approvals
acc. to vde (iec 950 and csa 22.2/no. 220-m91), ul 478, csa; listing mark
emi approvals
printer stand
depth = 540 mm (21.4 inch)
height = 730 mm (28.5 inch)
paper handling
integrated push tractor with park position for continuous paper, zero tear off, to three selectable cassettes for max. a4-form.
1 manual insertion
print media suitable for manual insertion:
minimum maximum
paper width 105 mm (4.13") 305 mm
(12")
paper length 100 mm (3.94") 420 mm (16.54")
paper weight
1 cut sheets 70 - 160 g/m (18-42 lb/ream)
2 form sets (top 70 - 350 g/m (18-93 lb/ream)
glued, original+
5 copies maximum)
total paper/form thickness 0.02"
2 output stacker
capacity 360 sheets 80g/m2
21 lb/ream
stackering face down.
3 tractor feed
continuous forms (1 original plus 5 copies) suitable for tractor feed:
minimum maximum
paper width 101.6 mm (4") 406 mm (15.8")
paper length 76.2 mm (3") 558.8 mm (22")
paper weight
1-ply 60g/m2 (16 lb/ream) 90g/m2
(24 lb/ream )
multiply (per sheet) 40 g/m2 (10 lb/ream)
60 g/m2 (16 lb/ream)
total set 350 g/m2
(93 lb/ream)
total paper/form thickness 0.5 mm (0.02")
automatic insertion (option)
suitable for automatic insertion of cut sheets and thin form sets (cassette a) or for thick and inflexible sheets, not interrupted top-glued forms, and envelopes (cassette b).
automatic insertion with cassette a
minimum maximum
paper width: 105 mm (4.13") 305 mm (12")
paper length: 105 mm (4.13") 315 mm (12.4")
the minimum paper length for all cassettes depends on the mounting position of the cassette as the feeding path of the paper is the longest in the last mounted cassette.
paper length minimum maximum
cassette 1 104 mm (4.09") 315 mm (12.4")
(first mounted)
cassette 2 200 mm (7.87") 315 mm (12.4")
cassette 3 290 mm (11.42") 315 mm (12.4")
(last mounted)
cut sheets 70g/m2 (18 lb/ream) 100g/m2 (26 lb/ream)
form sets of 260g/m2 (69 lb/ream)
action paper
total thickness of set 0.35 mm (0.014")
paper weight
the first and last page of the form set must have a weight between 70 and 80 g/m2; the top- glued area must end 20 mm from the left and right margins.
capacity 180 sheets of 80 g/m2 (21 lb/ream) paper weight.

pm ibm coax scs
standard pm functions with parallel and serial interface; emulation of ibm 3270 printer like 3287, 3268, 4214 or 3262 with intelligent pc-host sharing.
pm ibm twinax scs
standard pm functions with parallel and serial interface; emulation of ibm 4214/2, 5256, 5224 or 5225 printer with intelligent pc-host sharing for ibm systems s/4, s/36, s/38 or as/400.
pm ibm twinax ipds
standard pm functions with parallel and twinax interface for ibm 3812 and ibm 4224 emulation and system connection for as/400, s/38 and s/36. supported ipds towers: dc/1, pt/2, im/1, ol/1, ps/1, dr/2, and bc/1.
pm ethernet
standard pm function with serial interface, allows direct attachment to ethernet lans simultaneous operation of ipx/spx under novel netware and tcp/icp under bsd-, system v-, and aix v.3 unix operating systems is possible.
pm token ring
standard pm function with serial interface, allows direct attachment to token ring lans simultaneous operation of ipx/spx under novel netware and tcp/icp under bsd-, system v-, and aix v.3 unix operating systems is possible.
pm igp
standard pm functions with parallel and serial interface plus printronix igp
10/20/40 emulation.
pm s/p dan
1 standard pm functions with parallel and serial interface, dec ansi
2 la 324 / la 424, ibm 4207 proprinter xl24 (agm), and epson
lq 1060/2550 emulation.
fonts: draft, roman, san serif, courier, prestige, script, ocr a, ocr b, and data block.
dec character sets: g0 character set; user pref. character sets ibm and epson character sets are the same like pm ser/par