DL3700, DL3800 Specifications

This printer, which primarily operates with the DPL24C PLUS command set, is compatible with the IBM Proprinter XL24E command set and the Epson ESC/P2 command set.

Multiple fonts.

The printer has eighteen resident fonts: Nine bitmap fonts - Courier 10, Pica 10, Prestige Elite 12, Boldface PS, OCR-B, Correspondence, Compressed, Draft, and High-speed Draft and nine outline fonts - Timeless, Nimbus Sans, and Courier, each in upright, italic, and bold.

High-speed printing.

At 10 cpi, print speed ranges from 100 cps for letter quality to 333 cps for high-speed draft quality.

Bar Code printing as standard.

The printer has built in support for Barcode printing, 8 industry standard codes without 3rd party boxes or software

Large print buffer.

128K bytes are available in total for storing input data and downloading fonts. A large input data buffer allows you to send files to the printer and return quickly to your application.

Simple switching of paper types.

"Parking" continuous forms makes it easy to switch between continuous forms and single sheets.

Bottom feeding capability.

The tractor unit is removable and convertible between push-feed and pull-feed tractors. Installing it on the platen allows the paper to be fed via the slot at the bottom of the printer as well as via the back of the printer.

Auto tearoff.

Continuous forms are fed automatically up to the tear-off position at the end of each job.

Maintenance-free.

Periodic cleaning and changing the ribbon cartridge are all that's required.

Various character sets.

IBM PS/2 character sets (code page 437, 850, 852, 855, 860, 863, 865, 866, and DHN), ISO 88594 /ECMA 94 etc (a total of 37 or 39 national character sets depending on the emulation) are available. IBM PC character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Pro-printer XL24E emulation. Italic character set and graphics character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Epson ESC/P2 emulation.

 
Part Numbers and Options

Functional Specifications

Model		DL3700	DL3800
Printing technology		24-wire dot matrix, impact type
Colour printing		user installable option
Resolution	letter	360 x 180 dots/inch
	report	180 x 180 dots/inch
	draft	120 x 180 dots/inch
	high draft	90 x 180 dots/inch
	graphics	360 x 360 dots/inch
Printing Speed (chars per second)	letter (12cpi) (10cpi)	120 100
	report (12cpi) (10cpi)	240 200
	draft (12cpi) (10cpi)	360 300
	high draft (12cpi) (10cpi)	400 333
Performance at ECMA 132 (pages/hour)	best quality	154
	lowest quality	299
	graphic	90
Line feed speed		60 milliseconds @ (6 lpi)
Form Feed Speed		5.6 inches /second
Command Set		DPL24C+
Emulations		IBM Proprinter XL24E, Epson ESC/P2
Resident Fonts	bitmap	Courier10, Pica10, Prestige Elite12, Boldface PS, Compress17, Correspondence10, OCR-B, Draft
	scalable	Courier, TimelessPS, Nimbus Sans (U/I/B)
Optional fonts (EPROM)		OCR-A, OCR B, Orator
Character Sets		437, 850, 851, 852, 855, 860, 863 865, 866, ISO8859-1/ECMA 94
Code Pages		USA, UK, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungary, Slovenia, Mazowia, Polish, Latin7, Latin2, Latin P, ISO-Latin, Kamenicky, Turkish, ELOT928, Cyrillic
Print line	10 cpi	80 columns	136 columns
	12 cpi	136 columns	163 columns
Paper thickness		0.35mm maximum
Paper width (mm)		102 to 267	102 to 420
Paper handling	standard	Manual paper feeder Bi-directional push feed tractor Bi-directional pull tractor (for bottom feed)
	optional	Automatic top cut sheet feeder Second bin for top cut sheet feeder
Paper park function
Automatic loading for manual feed
Automatic paper edge detection
Number of copies		5 including original
Data buffer size		128 kb (selectable)
Interface	standard	Centronics
	optional	RS232C serial

Physical Specifications

Reliability Specifications