Star Micronics TSP1000 Printer User Manual


 
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Reliability Specifications
Life
1. Mechanical Unit: 20 million lines
2. Thermal Head: 100 Million Pulses, 100 Km (Head average resistance value change rate: Max.
±15%)
3. Auto-cutter: For Paper Thickness
100 µm: 1 Million Cuts
For 100 µm < Paper Thickness: 300,000 Cuts
Note 1: Mechanical parts life is defined as the period at which failures from wear out is entered.
Note 2: The following outlines the conditions for this printer to satisfy the outlined life conditions.
<Conditions>
Average printing rate: 12.5%
• Recommended thermal paper: 80 µm
Paper Thickness 85 µm
• Print Density Standard Setting (In Black/White Print Mode)
3. If the recommended paper is not used, the life of the printer cannot be guaranteed. Always use the
recommended paper types.
4. Life for the head is prescribed when two or more adjacent dots have become damaged. However, this
excludes damage (scratches) caused by the adherence of foreign matter or man-made damages.
5. When repeated printing under extremely high printing rates, the life of the thermal head will notable decrease.
Carefully consider your print format before printing.
2-7-2 MCBF
1. MCBF: (Pending)
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