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Chapter5 appendixes, Specifications, 44 chapter5 appendixes – Citizen Systems CD-S500A User Manual

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Chapter5

Appendixes

Specifications

Printing mode

Serial impact dot matrix

Printing direction

Bi-directional

Head pins

9 pins (

φ: 0.3mm, Pin interval; 1/72inch)

Printing line columns

Paper width of 76.2mm

40/42 or 33/35 columns

Paper width of 69.5mm

36/40 or 30/32 columns

Paper width of 57.5mm

30/33 or 25/27 columns

200/400 dots (full dot/including half dot)

Font configuration

7Ω9 or 9Ω9 dots

Character types

ASCII (96 characters), International characters, Katakana
Code pages: 437, KATAKANA, 850, 860, 863, 865, 852, 866, 857, 858, WPC1252

Panel/switches

1 switch (FEED), 3 LED (POWER/PAPER OUT/ERROR), 1 buzzer

Printing speed

Printing:

240CPS (3P paper 200CPS)

Through-put: 76.2mm wide, 40 columns (7Ω9+3sp, 6LPI) 5.0LPS

69.5mm wide, 36 columns (7Ω9+3sp, 6LPI) 5.4LPS
57.5mm wide, 30 columns (7Ω9+3sp, 6LPI) 6.0LPS

Paper feed

Friction feed
Minimum pitch: 1/144 inch
Paper feed speed: 40LPS (6LPI)

Paper

Types:

1P roll paper
2P copy roll paper (1 original + 1 copy)
3P copy roll paper (1 original + 2 copies)
* When 3P, printing speed falls 16%

Paper widths:

76.2 / 69.5 / 57.5 (

±0.5)mm

Roll diameter:

φ30mm to φ83mm

Core diameter: Interior diameter

φ10 mm, exterior diameter φ27mm or less

Paper thickness: 1P 0.06 to 0.085mm

Copy paper 0.05 to 0.20mm (total thickness)
But the total thickness that can be cut is from 0.05 to 0.14mm.

* No glue on the core or end of the paper.

Ribbon

Method: special ribbon cassette
Colors: Single color (purple, black), 2 color (black and red)
Life:

Purple, approx. 4 million characters (continuous printing at 25°C)
Black, approx. 3 million characters (continuous printing at 25°C)
Red/black, black 1.5 million characters, Red 750,000 characters

Interface

Standard model: 2 models, either RS232C or IEEE1284

Emulation

ESC/POS (Page mode)
CBM mode, STAR mode

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