DASCOM LA550N

Tally Dascom continue their tradition of making robust dot matrix printers for tasks like business multi-part shipment forms, labelling and data logging.

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Product Highlights

24-pin print quality.
Compact narrow carriage printer with 14 inch +(?) (420 mm) paper path.
Print speed up to 375 characters per second.
Long life ribbon.
Auto switching between USB and parallel.
Low running costs.

Dascom Say:

The dependable LA550N and LA550W offer class-leading performance. Flat push tractors drive forms through a straight paper path, resulting in delivery of invoices, shipping bills, labels, and statements time after time. At up to 750 characters per second and with workloads to 26,000 pages per month, the LA550N and LA550W are ideal for tough, transaction printing. The LA550N and LA550W can be optionally configured with up to three input tractors.

From the small 80-column footprint of the LA550N to the 136-column capacity of the LA550W, their rugged design and quiet operation equip them for the warehouse, the shipping dock or the front desk. Back room durability combined with front-office 24-wire print quality and a variety of automated performance features make the LA550N and LA550W a serious solution for demand document pricing.

Colour:

These are mono-only machines.

Control:

Pushbuttons and LEDs in a recess to guard against accidental operation. Power switch on the right front. Platen knob to assist manual feed.

Print Speed:

Print speed up to 600 characters per second.

As usual with dot-matrix printers there is a substantial trade-off between speed, print quality and resolution.

Print Speed At 10,12,15 cpi; Draft:500, 600, 750; NLQ:180, 220, 135; LQ:90, 110, 135

Print Resolution:

up to 360 x 360 dots per inch

Character Density: 5, 6, 6.65, 7.5, 8.25, 8.6, 9, 10, 12, 13.3, 15, 16.5, 17.1, 18, 20 cpi

Line Density: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 lpi and 1, 2, 4 lpcm.

Duty Cycle:

Workload: 26,000 pages per month.

Printhead Life: 400 million strokes.

Consumables: Ribbon 3.5 million characters.

MTBF: 10.000 hours.

Standard Paper Handling:

Standard Paper Handling:Push tractors with paper parking and AGA; Cut sheet front insertion with AGA

Number of Copies: Front tractors: 1+5 copies; Cut sheets: 1+5 copies.

Paper Type: Continuous forms; cut sheet.

Paper Weight: Continuous forms 60-120gsm; Cut sheet 80-120gsm.

Paper Size : max. 10 inches;.

Duplex:

There don't seem to be any duplex dot matrix machines.

Processor:

Not stated.

Interface:

Parallel (bi-directional) and serial RS232, DEC MMJ Adapter included

Network:

Only a few dot matrix printers are available with built-in Ethernet however they can use parallel or USB print servers.

Print Languages:

Basic ASCII teletype behaviour

Standard Emulation: DEC PPL2, Epson LQ (Esc P/2), IBM ProPrinter XL24e and XL24e + AGM.

Fonts:

Fonts: Draft, Draft Copy, Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, Orator, OCR-A/B*, 15 Barcodes

Power Consumption:

Power Consumption: 40W printing

Environment:

Temperature: +10ºC to +35ºC.

Humidity: 20% to 80%

Acoustics:

Acoustic: 55 dB(A)

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 nise is a problem.

Dimensions:

Physical Size 300x460x300mm (H x W x D)

Weight:

Physical Weight: 11Kg kg.

Consumables:

The only consumeable is a ribbon with a typical life of 3.5 million characters.

Toner:

Black toner

Cyan toner

Magenta toner

Yellow toner

Spares:

Printhead

Ribbon mask

Trailing cable

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Warranty:

One Year Return to Depot

Options and Accessories:

Supplemental push tractors, Ethernet 10/100

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