DASCOM 1318
Tally Dascom continue their tradition of making robust dot matrix printers for tasks like ticket, reciept and passbook printing.
The Dascom 1318 is a flatbed printer using a 9 pin printhead for simple, reliable print. It can handle a top copy (original) and up to four carbonless copies.
Product Highlights
- 9-pin robust printhead.
- Mid-width printer with 10 inch + (269 mm) paper path.
- Print speed up to 240 characters per second.
- Long life ribbon.
- Auto switching between USB and parallel.
- Low running costs.
Dascom Say:
Tally Dascom’s 1318 flatbed serial dot matrix printer is a 9 pin, 80 column printer with USB and parallel interfaces as standard. The 1318 is ideal for front office applications in retail outlets, travel agents, train stations, banks and doctor’s surgeries where space is limited.
With high quality output, an easy to use control panel and the option to use pre-cut or tractor fed paper, the 1318 is ideal for counter-top printing applications such as, tickets, receipts, forms and multipart documents.
The long life ribbon of the 1318 means fewer ribbon changes, less downtime and lower running costs.
With print speeds of 240 characters per second (cps) and flexible media handling it keeps transactions smooth and the user happy.
The 1318 is a reliable and easy to use printer, with low running costs and a space saving size.
Colour:
These are mono-only machines.
Control:
Pushbuttons and LEDs. Power switch on the right side. Platen knob to assist manual feed.
Print Speed:
Print speed up to 240 characters per second.
As usual with dot-matrix printers there is a substantial trade-off between speed, print quality and resolution.
Print Speed: 240 cps (Fastest Mode); 240 cps (HS Draft), 180 cps (Draft), 45 cps (LQ) at 10 cpi
ECMA-132 throughput 192 pages per hour
Print Resolution:
up to 144 x 240 dots per inch
Character Density: 10, 12, 15, 17.1, 20 cpi, Proportional Spacing
Line Density: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 lpi
Duty Cycle:
Workload: 6000 pages per month.
Printhead Life: 400 Million Strokes per pin.
Consumables: Black Ribbon: 7 million characters
MTBF: 10,000 hours.
Standard Paper Handling:
Flatbed for easy single-sheet loading
Standard Paper Handling: Friction and push tractor
Number of Copies: Original + 4 parts (5-part forms)
Paper Type: Cut sheet and continuous forms
Paper Weight: 52 - 100 g/m2. (some sources say 42-90 gsm)
Paper Size : Width: 55 - 297 mm (Cut Sheet); 102 - 254 mm (Fanfold).
Processor:
Not stated.
Memory:
Memory: 64 kB primarily used as a communication buffer
Interface:
USB 2.0 and parallel (Bi-directional)
Network:
Only a few dot matrix printers are available with built-in Ethernet however they can use parallel or USB print servers. The 1318 can use parallel or USB print servers. DASCOM can provide the TallyCom III series of external print servers.
Print Languages:
Basic ASCII teletype behaviour
Standard Emulation: Epson (ESC P/2), IBM 2380+
Fonts:
Fonts:HS Draft, Draft, Quadrato, Courier. 8 Barcodes
System Compatability:
Drivers are provided for: Windows 2000, 2003 Server, XP, Vista, Windows 7/8
Unix and Linux will be able to support these printers using their Epson LQ driver.
Power Requirements:
Power Voltage: 120 V and 220 V models available
Power Consumption:
Power Consumption: 3.8 W Stand-by
Power Consumption: 28.8 W Printing
Environment:
Temperature: 0°C to +45°C
Humidity: 10% to 80% (not condensing)
Acoustics:
Acoustic: 55 dB(A) (ISO 7779)
Dot matrix printer are inherently quite noisy; their dominant uses are in factory and logitics environment where that is not an issue. Put them in a separate room if noise is a problem.
Dimensions:
Physical Size 203 x 404 x 322 mm (H x W x D)
Weight:
Physical Weight: 5.5 kg.
Consumables:
The only consumeable is a ribbon with a typical life of 7 million characters.
Black ribbon
Spares:
Dot matrix printers ultimately wear out their printheads. Using a new ribbon when print begins to fade is often said to reduce wear, as the ink acts as a lublicant between the pins and the print jewel.
Although printheads do not normally count as a consumable they are replaceable.
Other parts that wear out are the carriage trailing cable and carriage belt.
Printhead
Ribbon mask
Trailing cable
Carriage belt
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Service:
We provide service in North East England and can arrange service cover elsewhere.
Warranty:
One year with Printhead inclusive
Options and Accessories:
No Options: this is a basic simple printer.
Copyright G & J Huskinson & MindMachine Associates Ltd 2013, 2015. Some pictures derived from DASCOM User and Service guides. These technical pages do not constitute an offer for sale; just our knowledge at the time of writing. See the catalog. Sales pages on this Web site use cookies to store user information. We also use Google Analytics to track site usage patterns.