HP 3000 Manuals

General Information Manual

System Printers 

HP 256xC family 

The HP 256xC family of dot matrix line printers is designed for a wide
variety of printing applications and offers many special printing
capabilities, such as raster graphics, compressed print, double-size and
block characters, OCR characters, bar code printing, and math and
multinational character sets.  Other convenience features include
paper-out and paper-jam detection, a 16-channel downloadable vertical
forms control, and easy forms alignment.  In addition, this family
features:

   *   high reliability
   *   excellent print quality
   *   interfacing flexibility


          Figure 7-1.  The HP 2566C Line Printer 

The HP 256x family is composed of the following printers:

   *   HP 2562C--a 300 line per minute (lpm) industrial printer built to
       provide fast and reliable performance for high-volume printing.

   *   HP 2563C--a 420-lpm printer comes standard as a 55-dBA unit with
       noise-reduced cabinet, sound enclosure, and passive paper stacker.
       A 65-dBA desktop model is also available without the cabinet,
       sound enclosure, and passive paper stacker.

   *   HP 2564C--a 840-lpm printer that comes standard as a 55-dBA unit
       with noise-reduced cabinet, sound enclosure, and passive paper
       stacker.  A 65-dBA cabinet model is also available without the
       sound enclosure and passive paper stacker.
   *   HP 2566C--a 1200-lpm printer
   *   HP 2567C--a 1600-lpm printer

Also available for each of these printers is the HP Label Card, which
adds versatile forms, graphics, and labeling capabilities.  This option
greatly expands the types, sizes, and shapes of printed characters and
also generates forms, lines, and bar codes.  It provides the ability to
create and print labels, minimizing the need for preprinted labels.  The
HP Label Card uses the powerful and easy-to-use QMS Magnum programming
language.

In addition to being HP-IB devices, members of the 256X family can also
be connected serially through an RS-232 or RS-422 interface.

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