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Line Printing at High
Speed
The Model 6218 Line Printer goes where no line
printer has gone before. The 6218 is the first and only line matrix printer to achieve a print speed of 1800 lines per minute, while maintaining
all the versatility, functionality and flexibility Tally line printers have
delivered for many years.
Unprecedented print speed is possible through a combination
of innovations specifically geared for maximum throughput. First, the 6218's
proprietary controller provides significant advancements in data management.
This controller, featuring "Page Segment Architecture’ intelligently arranges
data into segments prior to printing. With the need for time-consuming forms
reversal eliminated, text and graphics are printed in just one pass. Also, the
6218 features a dual dot row hammer bank. This inherently reliable stored energy
hammer bank actually prints two rows of dots simultaneously in the time it takes
a conventional printer to print just one. Using the constant density font
mode, characters of 10,12, 13, 15 and 17 CPI can all be printed at 1800 lines per
minute, even if intermixed on the same line.
In Command of Multi-Part Forms
The 6218 handles 6-part forms and prints a line up to 13.6"
wide . A new platen position sensor and high torque dual motor paper drive
system boost energy for heavy form control. Stability, tension and high slew
speeds are achieved by four tractors-each with six steel pins in contact with
paper at all times-a precise forms tension lever, a forms thickness "Helm"
wheel, and a new four point shuttle mount. And conductive platen supports,
serving as brush replacements, dissipate static for jam-free, unattended
operation.
Extraordinary Print Quality
Sharp text is produced by a proprietary, injection-molded
impact element engineered specifically for uniform, solid dot creation. Teamed
up with our Read/Right bar code algorithm and an extremely stiff frame, hammer
bank carriage and platen, this element also produces the highest quality bar
codes and graphics.
LANPlex IO
The Model 6218 comes standard with auto switching parallel
and serial interfaces and easily adapts to a variety of environments. FourPlex
(with or without IPDS), LANPlex, and Extended Parallel interfaces equip the 6218
to function fully with PC’s, IBM midrange/mainframe systems or networks. All
interfaces are user installable and all ports are hot. Standard graphics
features include both QMS Code V and PGL languages as well as POSTNET bar code.
And the extremely versatile 1800 emulates twelve popular printer
models.
Highly
Reliability
The 6218 is a tribute to engineering ingenuity. A
streamlined power system outputs a single voltage. Hammer coils are
double-insulated and monitored for current consumption, while a distributed
cooling system is monitored by firmware. And besides speed, hammer bank
redundancy brings greater reliability to this already highly reliable
technology. In the unlikely event of a print element failure, printing can
continue with no loss of print quality.
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