Printronix MVP Series - Manual (Page 16)

Overview 1–6
L150 Printers
In addition to the standard features and functions listed in “MVP Printers,”
the L150 printers print approximately a 0.017 inch diameter dot that assures
printed bar codes will meet demanding size and quality specifications. L150
printers also have various print modes that match dot density and resolution
to specific bar code applications:
• MODE 2 prints text at a character pitch of 10 cpi for data processing
applications.
• MODE 4 provides a plot density designed for bar codes such as Code
3/9, Interleaved 2/5, and Code 128. In addition, text can be printed at a
character pitch of 12.1 cpi.
• MODE 5 provides a plot density designed for Universal Product Code
(UPC) and European Article Numbering (EAN) bar codes. In addition,
text can be printed at a character pitch of 13.3 cpi.
150B/L150B Printers
In addition to the standard features and functions listed in “MVP Printers,”
the 150B/L150B printers offer a configuration lock and unlock feature.
Special to the 150B and L150B is a raster dot matrix code configured in a
character format, which allows multi–mode character printing. These dot
matrix codes are accessed by an ASCII character code transmitted by the
computer. The flexibility of the dot matrix code structure permits the
configuration of a wide variety of characters and symbols for international
languages and graphic applications. The 150B/ L150B multi–density
graphics capabilities include plots, bar codes, graphs, block printing, and
complex curves.