DASCOM T2280+

Dascom Say:

The T2265+ and T2280+ 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, thanksto the 24 pin print head.

Fully automatic operation instills operator confidence and virtually eliminates errors caused by poor userintervention. 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.

The T2265+ and T2280+ printers are the first high speed matrix printers to incorporate Ethernet on-board.

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 1000 characters per second.

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

Print Speed HS Draft: >1000cps 15cpi, >1000cps 12cpi, >800cps 10cpi; NLQ: 222cps; LQ: 111cps

Throughput (ECMA 132) Letter Performance 680pages per hour, Spreadsheet: 349pages per hour.

Print Resolution:

up to 360 x 360 dots per inch

Character Density: 10, 12, 15, 17.1, 20 cpi.

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

Duty Cycle:

Workload: 50,000 pages per month.

Printhead Life: 500 million strokes.

Consumables: Ribbon 20 million characters.

MTBF: 10.000 hours.

Standard Paper Handling:

Standard Paper Handling: Push tractors with paper parking and AGA; 2nd rear push tractor - T2280-2T only, 1+1 copies; Cut sheet frontinsertion with AGA.

Optional Paper Handling: 2nd front tractor (user installable); Dual bin automatic sheet feeder*, 190 sheets per bin; Face down output bin*;Paper cutting device, paper pedestal; Front feed sheet feeder, 190 sheets capacity

Number of Copies: 1+5 copies. (1+1 for rear tractors of T2280-2T).

Paper Type: Continuous forms; Cut sheet.

Paper Weight: Continuous forms: 60-120gsm; Cut sheet: 60-90gsm.

Paper Size : Length: 3“ min, 22“ max; Width: 3“ min, 16.5“ max.

Duplex:

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

Processor:

Not stated.

Interface:

Standard: Bi-directional parallel plus Ethernet 10/100BaseT with 128Kb buffer.

Optional: Serial RS232, adapters, Ethernet IPDS: 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: MTPL + barcode/LCP, Epson LQ (Esc P/2), IBM ProPrinter XL24e.

Optional Emulation: MT50, MT460, Digital/Compaq model (LA800) contextual Arabic, IGP Version: IGP/PGL, Code V, MT660, Printronix P6000, HP2564C.

Fonts:

Fonts: Draft, Copy Draft, Courier, Roman, Sans Serif, Prestige, Script, OCR-A/B*, 19 Barcodes and scaleable LCP Font. Range of Arabic fonts (Arabic model)

System Compatability:

Drivers are provided for: Windows 9x/ME, 2000, 2003 Server, XP, Vista and SAP

Power Requirements:

Power Voltage: AC 230V and 120V (selectable).

Power Consumption:

Power Consumption: 75W printing.

Environment:

Temperature: +10ºC to +35ºC.

Humidity: 20% to 80%.

Acoustics:

Acoustic: 57 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 277mm x 623mm x 430mm (Approx. 11" x 24.5“ x 17“) (H x W x D)

Weight:

Physical Weight: 41.89 lbs.

Consumables:

The only consumeable is a ribbon with a typical life of 20 million characters.

Printhead

Ribbon mask

Trailing cable

light

dark

Warranty:

90 days onsite warranty

Options and Accessories:

No Options: this is a basic simple printer.

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