Comparison of IBM Impact / Non-Impact Industrial Printers
4 part forms - rear path
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Comparison of IBM Impact / Non-Impact Industrial Printers |
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| 4230 / 4232 | 4247 | 4400 | 6400 Series | Infoprint 62 | |
| Printer Type | Impact serial matrix | Impact serial matrix | Thermal label printer | Impact line printer/Shuttle matrix | Continuous forms |
| Printer Use | Batch or transaction printing in manufacturing, shipping, retail, wholesale, finance, etc. | Batch or transaction printing in manufacturing, shipping, retail, wholesale, finance, etc. | Produce labels in the manufacturing, shipping, retail, distribution, wholesale, etc. | Manufacturing, shipping, wholesale, retail, etc | High speed, high quality batch printing in manufacturing, shipping, retail, wholesale, finance, etc. |
| Multipart Copy Capability | 6 part forms |
8 part forms - front
path 4 part forms - rear path |
n/a | up to 6 part forms | n/a |
| Maximum Speed / Duty Cycle | 600 cps @ 10 cpi in Fast Draft mode | 700 cps @ 10 cpi in DP mode | 10 ips @ 203 dpi (254 mm/sec) | 500, 1000, 1500, 2000 lpm | 62 ipm |
| Media Supported | Pinfed continuous forms | Pinfed continuous forms/cut sheet | Continuous form labels | Pinfed continuous forms | Pinfed continuous forms |
| Operating Acoustics | 53dBA | 55dBA | 63dBA | 50, 50, 52, 55dBA | 65dBA |
| Attachments | Parallel, Serial, Coax, Twinax, Ethernet IPDS support over Twinax and Coax | Parallel, Serial, Coax, Twinax, 10/100BaseT Ethernet IPDS support over Twinax and Coax | RS-232/RS-422 serial port/EEE 1248 parallel port, 10/100BaseT Ethernet, Coax/Twinax | Parallel, Serial, Twinax, Coax, 10/100BaseT Ethernet | Ethernet, Token-Ring, S/370 parallel channel |