Print Zones

This section shows the printable area for the receipt station.

Receipt station

For 80-mm paper

The receipt station centers characters (standard pitch and compressed pitch) and graphics on a receipt with a width of 27 dots or 80 mm (3.15 inches).

Standard pitch: 13 x 24 dots in character cell, 44 characters (columns) per line

Compressed pitch: 10 x 24 dots in character cell, 56 characters (columns) per line

Double byte character: 24 x 24 dots in character cell, 24 characters (columns) per line

Graphics: 576 addressable bits

The minimum print line height is 24 dots for characters and 24 dots for graphics. The standard print line height is 27 dots or 3.38 mm (0.133 inches) for characters (with three extra dot rows). Refer to the illustration below (not to scale).

For 58-mm paper

The receipt station centers characters (standard pitch and compressed pitch) and graphics on a receipt with a width of 58 mm (2.28 inches).

Standard pitch: 13 x 24 dots in character cell, 32 characters (columns) per line

Compressed pitch: 10 x 24 dots in character cell, 42 characters (columns) per line

Double byte character: 24 x 24 dots in character cell, 17 characters (columns) per line

Graphics: 424 addressable bits

The minimum print line height is 24 dots for characters and 24 dots for graphics. The standard print line height is 27 dots or 3.38 mm (0.133 inches) for characters (with three extra dot rows). Refer to the illustration below (not to scale).