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How should your printer be configured?
With all of the options available, it's easy to get confused and purchase
capabilities that aren't required for your application. That's a mistake you
won't want to make because system costs typically increase as you add options
and functionality. Here are some of the choices you'll be faced with when
choosing your printer:
- Print speed: this can range from 2-12 inches per second (ips).
Throughput, a combination of print speed plus formatting time, is equally
important.
- Printhead resolution: commonly from 100 dpi to 300 dpi. �
Memory: from 256K to 8Mb or more.
- Special media handling: internal or external rewind, peel
and present, media cutters, ribbon savers.
- Font offerings: stored on memory cards, EPROMs or
cartridges.
- Communication interfaces: serial, parallel, coax, twinax or
other.
When choosing your printer, understand just
exactly what you'll need to produce the correct output. You may determine that
your application requires everything listed above -- or you may find that your
application only requires a 2 ips printer with 256K of memory.
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