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ND 475 Matrix Printer, GENICOM 3024

Introduction

The ND 475 is ideally suited to provide hard copy output for small business and personal computer systems. The printer emulates the most widely-used professional and personal computer printers and provides many other standard features and options. These include operator-selectable print styles, tractor-feed capability and five different print modes. In addition, high resolution, dot addressable graphics are a standard feature, providing added capabilities for professional system requirements.

Features

  • Up to Five Selectable Print Modes (*)
  • Up to Four Character Styles (*)
  • Five Character Pitches
  • Fifteen National Character Sets (*)
  • Dot-Addressable Graphics
  • Flexible Paper Handling
  • Operator Convenience
  • Universal Power Supply

Technical Specifications

Data Transmission

Code USASCII/ISO 7 bits, plus optional parity
Interface Serial RS232C (ND 272)
Speed 110/300/600/1200/1800/2400/4800/9600 baud
Data Connectors EIA 25 pin type female

Printing

Type Matrix Impact
Speed Draft printing: 200 cps
NLO printing: 40 cps
Print Modes (*) Emphasized, double strike, underscore, bi-directional/uni-directional (*)
Character Sets 96 ASCII/ISO, 15 national character sets (), 96 user-definable downline loaded characters () and up to 64 graphics (*)
Character Styles Draft, draft italic (), NLO gothic (), NLQ italic (*), NLO OCR-B

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Technical Specifications

Character Formation

  • Draft: 5 of 9 dots H x 9 dots V
  • NLQ Gothic: 9 dots H x 18 dots V
  • NLQ Italic: 11 dots H x 18 dots V
  • Emphasized mode doubles the dots horizontally; double strike mode doubles the dots vertically.
  • Type: Nine wire impact
  • Speed: 22 in./sec (559 mm/sec)

Head Slew

  • Interval: 40 msec at 6 lpi

Line Feed Interval

  • Character Spacing: 10, 12, and 17 cpi

Line Spacing

  • Resolution: 6, 8, N/72, N/144 lpi
  • Size: 13.2 in. (335 mm) (132 columns @ 10 cpi)

Graphics Mode (*)

  • H Resolution: 60 to 204 dpi
  • V Resolution: 72 or 144 dpi
  • Speed: 570 dots/sec max

Buffer Size

  • Capacity: 2K character

Ribbon

  • Type: Cartridge, black inked nylon, 4 x 10⁶ character nominal life (draft printing)

Test

  • Type: Local self test
  • Horizontal Tabs: 64
  • Vertical Tabs: 54 (*)
  • Top of Form: Form lengths to 22 in. (559 mm) (*)
  • Perforation Skip: 0 or 1 in. (25.4 mm), 1 to 127 line (*)
  • Automation: New Line, LF

(*) Emulation mode dependent

Paper Handling

  • Paper Drive: Adjustable push tractors at rear and upper pinch rollers for continuous forms
  • Paper Slew: 7 in./sec (178 mm/sec)
  • Paper Width: Continuous forms: 5.1 to 15.5 in. (130 to 394 mm)
  • Copies: Original plus 3; max thickness: 0.018 in. (.46 mm)
  • Paper Tear Dimension: 1.35 in. (34 mm)

Operator Controls

  • Program Mode Select: On Line/Mode Select
  • Line Feed/Font Select: FF/Forms Length Select
  • TOF Set/Character per Inch: Self Test

Power Requirements

  • Voltage: 105 to 129 and 198 to 264 VAC
  • Frequency: 48/62 Hz
  • Current: 1A max operating

Operating Environment

  • Temperature: + 40° to + 104° F (+ 4° to + 40° C)
  • Humidity: 20% to 90% relative

Dimensions

  • Height: 5.0 inches (126 mm)
  • Width: 24.7 inches (627 mm)
  • Depth: 15.6 inches (396 mm)
  • Weight: 34 lbs. (15.4 kg)
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| CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS                     Nkeinander OC                 |
| Oslo, tel. 02-309030, ttx. 18661 nd n         Trondheim, tel. 07-921222  |
| Bergen, tel. 05-26900                      Stockholm, tel. 0760-84100    |
| Sandnes, tel. 04-67580                     Odense, tel. 09-571140        |
| Tromsø, tel. 083-77692                     Dusseldorf, tel. 021-688368   |
| Trondheim, tel. 07-911222                  Newbury, tel. 0635-35544      |
| Stockholm, tel. 0760-00040                                                |
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| REPRESENTED BY AGENT IN:                                                  |
| Intech Enterprises Ltd., tel. 46-1347 416765, dk. 417620                  |
| Finland: Scantrace Co., tel. 686 25 005, ttx. 215796                      |
| France and Italy: Matra Datavsysteme S.A., Paris, tel.                    |
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[Note: Some phone numbers and addresses have been summarized for brevity.]