OKI Microline 320FB 9-pin 106 column Flatbed (straight through) printer.

9-Pin dot matrix printer aimed at general administration - particularly reception areas and applications that can use flatbed feed such as airline and finance counters.

High durability 9 pin head with a 200 million character life
Parallel interface as standard
RS232 Serial version available
2 million character ribbon life
Up to 5 part forms, 1 original and 4 copies

The ML320FB appears in a 24 pin version as the ML390FB. The more complicated 24 pin printhead is a bit slower but does give higher print resolution of 240 x 360 dpi.

The ML320 and ML321 are more conventional dot matrix designs designed for rear and bottom feed.

Control:

Touch-Buttons and lights at the right hand side of the printer.

Duty Cycle:

Base model MTBF 5,000 hours

Ribbon life: 2 million characters in utility mode at 10cpi (re-inking cartridge)

Printhead life: 200 million characters

Print Speed:

360 characters per second at 12 dpi.

Super speed (12cpi) - 360 cps

High speed draft (12cpi & 10cpi) - 360cps; 300cps

Utility (10cpi) - 250cps

Near letter quality - 63cps

Fastest print speed - 360cps

Print Resolution:

Up to 240 x 216 dpi

Carriage Widths: at 10 cpi 106 colums

In compressed mode 212 columns

Character Pitch: 10/12/15/17/20 pitch & proportional

Typeface & Font: LLQ-Courier, NLQ-Sans Serif, High Speed Draft, Utility

Typestyles: Emphasised, Enhanced, Double Width, Double Height, Italics, Bold, Superscript, Subscript, Underline, Overscore

Paper Handling:

Flatbed design taking standard papers and some cardstock.

Standard Paper Width: 76 to 305mm

Paper Handling Methods: Paper parking, Autoload single sheet, Push tractors

Car stock weights: 45 - 189 gsm

First print line from page top: 0.5mm

Optional Paper Handling: Single bin cut- sheet feeder

Memory:

Standard buffer 23KB (reduced buffer) 15KB normal

Interface:

Standard Interfaces: Centronics Parallel

Optional Interfaces: Serial RS 232C/RS 422/Current Loop

Consumables:

Ribbon (Life 2 million characters in utility mode at 10cpi (re-inking cartridge))

Printhead (Life 200 million characters)

Spares:

Operator Panel - 4YA4053-2291G1

Logic Boards - 4YA4053-3211G101

Power Supplies - 4YB4049-7009P3

Line Feed Motor - 3PB4053-1982P1

Space Motors - 4YX4025-1800G3

Interface Board - 09002351

Options and Accessories:

Single bin sheet feeder

Serial RS 232C/RS 422/Current Loop Interface:

There is no specific Network print server. The OkiLAN 7120E is used with the ML3320/21, ML3390/91 etc which may be an additional argument for those models. Otherwise any Parallel print server may work.

MindMachine Associates Ltd

Phone: 0191 417 9295 e-mail: admin@mindmachine.co.uk