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Table 84. 4232 Impact Printers (continued)
Printhead resolution (pels-per-inch) 144 x 144
Maximum characters per second (cps) per month (duty cycles) 16,000,000
Printable Area
The size of the printable area must be set using a printer configuration option. If the defined printable area
is not large enough to contain the page of data, a data-check exception (position check) occurs.
Media Specifications
The 4232 Impact Printer accepts the following media:
Media types:
Operator-changeable forms modules, continuous forms up to 6 parts, cutsheet,
document-on-demand/zero tear-off
Media widths:
3 inches to 15 inches (76 mm to 381 mm)
Media lengths:
3 inches to 14 inches (76 mm to 356 mm) continuous forms, 5 inches to 14 inches (127 mm to
356 mm) cutsheet
Attachments
The RS-232C serial interface will attach to:
v IBM AS/400 ASCII workstation controller
v 3174 controller via the Asynchronous Emulation Adapter
v RS/6000
v PS/2 computer COMx ports and to a Token-Ring or Ethernet LAN via one of these computers
v LAN Attachment (i.e., Token Ring or Ethernet) via the Novell-certified IBM 4033 LAN adapter
v IBM-compatible PCs utilizing an RS-232C interface
The RS-422A serial interface will attach to:
v RS/6000
v AS/400 ASCII workstation controller
The IBM PC ASCII (Centronics) Parallel interface will attach to:
v RS/6000 workstations, excluding POWERserver 930
v PS/2 computer LPTx ports and to a Token-Ring or Ethernet LAN via one of these computers
v LAN attachment via the Novell-certified IBM 4033 LAN adapter
v IBM-compatible PCs utilizing the IBM PC ASCII (Centronics) Parallel interface
v AS/400 twinax terminals including 348X, 3477 and 3197
v Coax terminal 3482
IBM 4232 Impact Matrix Printer ASCII Software Support
The IBM 4232-302 can use the IBM Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)* in a Proprinter II (4202)
emulation when attached to Serial (RS-232C/RS-422A) interfaces or the IBM PC ASCII (Centronics)
Parallel interface. 4224-emulation may also be available. In 4224-emulation mode, the 4232 will support
PPDS bar code and vector graphics commands. For more information, reference 4224 RPQ 8V0428 or the
4232 Printer User’s Guide Models 102 and 202.
126 Printer Information