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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 LA650+ and LA800+ are undoubtedly at the pinnacle of serial impact printing, representing the peak of performance in their respective speed segments. They are not just 'sprinters', reliable, heavy workload output is guaranteed for the many years following their purchase. The print is crisp, sharp, dark and absolutely legible, thanks to the 24 pin print head.
Fully automatic operation instills operator confidence and virtually eliminates errors caused by poor user intervention. Front feed provides all the benefits of easy forms installation, coupled with reliable paper transport.
The products are well matched to Microsoft Windows applications and entirely suited to other host operating environments, including legacy systems.
DEC compatible printers continue to be in demand. These printers are particularly suited to DEC Servers, DEC VAX and Alpha, in VMS and OpenVMS operating environments. They compliment the existing entry level LA-matrix printers, the LA36N and LA36W. The products fully support the DEC ANSI PPL2 (Printer Protocol Level 2) command language (including barcodes), plus IBM Proprinter and Epson SEC P/2 for full system compatibility.
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 650 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: 650,720,900; NLQ: 200,240,300; LQ: 100,120,150
Throughput (ECMA 132) 606pages per hour.
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, 20cpi.
Line Density: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 lpi and 1, 2, 4 lpcm.
Duty Cycle:
Workload: 40,000 pages per month.
Consumables: Ribbon 20 million characters.
Standard Paper Handling:
Standard Paper Handling: Push tractors with paper parking and AGA; Cut Sheet front insertion with AGA.
Number of Copies: 1+6 copies.
Paper Type: Continuous forms; Cut sheet.
Paper Weight: Continuous forms: 60-120gsm; Cut sheet: 60-90gsm.
Paper Size : Cut sheet: 420mm wide.
Duplex:
There don't seem to be any duplex dot matrix machines.
Processor:
Not stated.
Interface:
Serial RS232 and bi-directional parallel with 128Kb buffer, DEC MMJ Adapter included. Ethernet 10/100 Base T
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 LA (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
System Compatability:
Drivers are provided for: Windows 9x/ME, 2000, 2003 Server, XP, Vista and SAP
Power Requirements:
Power Voltage: 230 - 50/60 Hz.
Power Consumption:
Power Consumption: 65W printing
Environment:
Temperature: +10ºC to +35ºC.
Humidity:20% to 80%.
Acoustics:
Acoustic: 55dB(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 277mm x 623mm x 430mm (H x W x D)
Weight:
Physical Weight: 19 kg (42 lbs.).
Consumables:
The only consumeable is a ribbon with a typical life of 20 million characters.
Toner: Spares:
Printhead
Ribbon mask
Trailing cable
light
dark
Warranty:
2 years onsite
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.