Appendix Appendix A. Specifications 1. Printing Specifications Head wire arrangement: Printing method: Serial-type, 9-pin Serial impact dot matrix Printing directions: Bi-directional (logic seeking) Lines per second: Approx. 3.5 LPS (40 columns, 16 CPI, single color, continuous printing) Approx. 5.8 LPS (20 columns, 16 CPI, single color, continuous printing) NOTES: When printing exceeds the allowable duty cycle, the actual printing speed may be slower than that listed above. Because switching operations are required for red printing or black/ red printing, their printing speeds are slower than the black printing speed. (LPS: Lines Per Second) (CPI:
Characters Per Inch) Characters per line: Refer to Table A-1. Characters per inch: Refer to Table A-1. Print color switching: Selectable black or red printing 2. Character Specifications Number of characters: Alphanumeric: 95 Graphics: 128 X 7 tables International characters: 32 Character structure: 7 x 9 (total number of dots in the horizontal direction: 400 half dots) 9 x 9 (total number of dots in the horizontal direction: 400 half dots) Character size: Refer to Table A-1. 28