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DASCOM‘s mid range serial matrix printers include the T2240/T2340 series products. These printers feature great ergonomics as the paper is front loaded rather than installed in the rear. With automatic top of form and zero tear the printers are easy to set up with no wasted forms.
The products are ideal for back office applications which include retail, local government, hospitals, warehousing and distribution. They include printing labels, shipping documents and multipart forms. Both 9 and 24 pin models are available for different print quality requirements; narrow and wide format machines offer the choices of small footprint and diverse range of forms. In line with market demands, the new printers are quieter and easier to use than competitive products in their class. All products support graphics and barcodes.
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 409 characters per second.
24 wire printhead: At 10 cpi; Draft: 409 cps; Copy Draft 275 cps; LQ 92 cps
As usual with dot-matrix printers there is a substantial trade-off between speed, print quality and resolution.
Print Speed 9 wire printhead: At 10 cpi; Draft: 413 cps; Copy Draft 310 cps; NLQ 77 cps
Throughput (ECMA 132) T2x40/9: Letter Performance 363; Spreadsheet 185
Print Resolution:
9 pin: up to 144 x 240 dots per inch
24 pin: up to 360 x 360dpi
Character Density: 10, 12, 15, 17.1, 20 cpi.
Line Density: 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 lpi.
Duty Cycle:
Workload: 14,000 pages per month.
Printhead Life: 300 million strokes.
Consumables: Ribbon 4 million characters.
MTBF: 12.500 hours.
Standard Paper Handling:
Standard Paper Handling: Tractor paper - push tractors with paper parking, view and tear at top of form cut sheet front insertion withintegrated table.
Optional Paper Handling: 2nd push tractor
Paper Type: Continuous and Cut Forms.
Paper Weight: Continuous Forms 60-120gsm. Cut sheet 80-120gsm.
Paper Size : Width: 3–10“; Length: continuous Forms 3“-22“, Cut Forms 3“-14“.
Duplex:
There don't seem to be any duplex dot matrix machines.
Processor:
Not stated.
Interface:
Standard: Parallel (Bi-directional)
Optional: Serial RS232, external ethernet 10/100baseT, USB - parallel adapter
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: 9 pin: MTPL, IBM ProPrinter XL, Epson FX850+/FX1050 + barcodes. 24 pin: MTPL, IBM ProPrinter XL24e, EpsonLQ850+/LQ1050+/Esc P
Fonts:
Fonts: 9 pin: Draft, Draft Copy, Quadrato, Courier, 24 pin: Draft, Draft Copy, Courier, Roman, Sans Serif, Prestige Elite,Script, OCR-A/B*, 13 barcodes, scaleable LCP fonts for 9 + 24 pin machines
Power Requirements:
Power Voltage: 9 pin: 54dB(A); 24 pin: 53dB(A).
Power Consumption:
Power Consumption: 55W printing
Acoustics:
Acoustic: 9 pin: 54dB(A); 24 pin: 53dB(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 200mm x 483mm x 245mm (Approx. 7.9“ x 19“ x 9.7“) (H x W x D)
Weight:
Physical Weight: Approx. 19.84 lbs..
Consumables:
The only consumeable is a ribbon with a typical life of 4 million characters.
Black toner
Black toner
Cyan toner
Magenta toner
Yellow toner
Spares:
Printhead
Ribbon mask
Trailing cable
light
dark
Warranty:
One Year return to depot
Options and Accessories:
No Options: this is a basic simple printer.
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