Table 8. Industrial / Impact and Non-Impact Printer Characteristics (2 of 2) (continued)
Printer Characteristics
6400–050/P50
6400–010/P10
6400–015
4400 Thermal
Printer
4400–004
4400–006
4400–008
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(4370–002)
(4370–003)
1–up landscape (210 mm long) simplex
n/a
64
1–up landscape (210 mm long) duplex n/a
2–up portrait (297 mm long) simplex n/a
2–up portrait (297 mm long) duplex n/a
Maximum usage in pages per month (duty cycles)
2
Letter: 1–up landscape (8.5 inches long)
n/a
600,000 simplex
Letter: 2–up portrait (11 inches long) n/a
A4: 1–up landscape (210 mm long) 600,000 simplex
A4: 2–up portrait (297 mm long) n/a
1. Maximum printing rate is the maximum number of pages of the indicated size and configuration that can be
printed at the constant speed of paper movement shown for each printer. Rates for pages of different sizes and
configuration can be calculated by dividing the form length into the printer speed. Actual printing rate will be less
if the printer cannot reach this rate due to complexity or density of the data or the ability of the system to deliver
data at this rate.
2. Maximum usage is based on operating 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, at maximum printing rate with normal
maintenance and operations activity. IBM does not recommend reaching this monthly maximum on consistent
basis.
AFP Font Collection
The AFP Font Collection provides a comprehensive set of fonts and utility programs that enable you to
optimize font usage on Advanced Function Printing devices. The fonts provided by this product, or
transformed using its utilities, can be installed on any IBM operating system, providing consistency across
platforms and AFP printers. Resident IPDS fonts are supplied for the printers marketed by IBM Printing
Systems. The single-byte raster and outline fonts shipped with the AFP Font Collection are already marked
correctly for activating resident fonts and for capturing fonts.
A raster font is a sequence of dots that form the character. The number of dots per inch that a printer
generates is called the print resolution, or density. A resolution of 240 pels means that a printer prints 240
pels per inch both vertically and horizontally, or 57,600 pels per square inch (240 x 240). The ability to
print at a given pel density is determined by the type of printer. Because IBM fonts are provided for
specific resolutions, different fonts are available for printers with different resolutions (for example, 240–pel
and 300–pel printers).
Outline fonts describe their characters by mathematical formulas rather than by pels. These formulas are
used by rasterizing software to create bitmap characters based on two variables: resolution and point size.
This means that a single outline font can offer many print resolutions and point sizes.
The Font Collection Version 2 product numbers are: 5648-B33 (MVS, VM, and VSE) and 5648-B45 (AIX,
OS/400, and OS/2). For more information, see the Printing Systems web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/printers
Font Technologies
Resident fonts are installed in the printer and are always available. Their use can significantly decrease
the amount of data that must be sent to the printer across communication lines. A list of which resident
fonts are available on the printer can usually be obtained from the printer’s menu.
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