TM-T88III User’s Manual 7
English
lps: lines per second dpi: dots per 25.4 mm (dots per inch)
TM-T88III Specifications
Printing method Thermal line printing
Dot density 180 dpi × 180 dpi [dots per 25.4 mm {1"}]
Printing direction Unidirectional with friction feed
Printing width 72 mm {2.83"}, 512 dot positions
Characters per line
(default)
Font A: 42; Font B: 56
Character spacing
(default)
Font A: 0.28 mm {.01"} (2 dots); Font B: 0.28 mm {.01"} (2 dots)
Character size Standard/Double-height/Double-width/Double-width and Double-height
Font A: 1.41 ×3.39 mm/1.41 ×6.77 mm/2.82 ×3.39 mm/2.82 ×6.77 mm
Font B: 0.99 ×2.40 mm/0.99 ×4.80 mm/1.98 ×2.40 mm/1.98 ×4.80 mm
Number of characters Alphanumeric characters: 95; International characters: 37
Extended graphics: 128 × 11 pages (including one space page)
Print speed High-speed:
Approx. 150 mm/s {5.9"/s} max.; 47.2 lps, max. (3.18 mm {1/8"} feed); 35.5
lps, max. (4.23 mm {1/6"} feed, at 24 V, 28°C {82°F}, density level 1).
Speed is adjusted automatically depending on the voltage applied and
head temperature.
Low-power: Approx. 16.5 lps (4.23 mm feed {1/6"}); 70 mm/s {2.76"/s}
Ladder bar code: Approx. 42 mm/s {approx. 1.7"/s}
Paper feed speed Approx. 150 mm/s {approx. 5.9"/s} continuous paper feed
Line spacing (default) 4.23 mm {1/6"}
Character structure Font A: 12 ×24; Font B: 9 ×17 (including 2-dot horizontal spacing)
Font A is the default.
Paper roll (single-ply) Size: Width: 79.5 mm ± 0.5 mm {3.13" ± 0.02"}
Maximum outside diameter: 83 mm {3.26"}
Paper roll spool diameter: Inside: 12 mm {0.47"}; Outside: 18 mm {0.71"}
Thermal paper type Specified: Nakagawa Seisakujo, NTP080-80
(Original: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.,TF50KS-E)
Packaged paper roll: original: Oji Paper Mfg. Co., Ltd., PD160R
Interface
(compatible)
RS-232C/Bi-directional parallel
Dealer option: RS-485, USB, 10 Base T I/F
Receive buffer 4KB/45 bytes
DKD Function 2 drives
Power supply + 24 VDC ± 7%
Current consumption
(at 24V)
High-speed mode: Mean: Approx. 1.8A Peak: Approximately 7.7A
Low-power mode: Mean: Approx. 1.2A Peak: Approximately 6.6A
Life Mechanism: 15,000,000 lines
Thermal head: 100 million pulses, 100 km
Autocutter: 1,500,000 cuts
MTBF 360,000 hours
MCBF 52,000,000 lines
(Average failure interval based on failures relating to wearout and random
failures up to the life of 15 million lines.)
Temperature Operating: 5 to 45°C {41 to 113°F}
Storage: –10 to 50°C {14 to 122°F}, except for paper
Humidity Operating: 10 to 90% RH
Storage: 10 to 90% RH, except for paper
Overall dimensions 148 ×145 ×195 mm {5.83 ×5.71 ×7.68"} (H ×W ×D)
Weight (mass) Approximately 1.8 kg {3.96 lb}
