TallyGenicom 6306 Maintenance Manual - 1. Technical Overview
Chapter 1. Technical Overview
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1. Technical Overview
1.1 Introduction
The 6306 and 6312 are high speed, low cost, line impact dot matrix printers. They print a variety
of fonts in a number of languages and plot raster graphics and images at a wide range of dot
densities.
These printers are
compatible with the T6215/T6218 series printers. They support the same
interface types, emulations, graphics options, languages, and are software compatible. The fonts
in the printers are identical to the fonts in the T6215/T6218 printers. They
employ an updated
operator control panel with a similar but not identical user interface. They
come standard with
Serial and Parallel interfaces and support other interfaces through the use of user installable PSIO
interface cards. OEM add-in cards are supported via an internal IEEE 1284 connector.
The 6306 and 6312 build on the success of previous generations of TallyGenicom LIDM
technology, providing the following features:
Reduced cost through the introduction of new hammerbank and print mechanism assemblies.
Improved mechanical design:
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A resonant shuttle system that is simpler, quieter, and consumes less power.
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A direct drive paper system that eliminates the belts and sprockets previously
employed.
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Motorized platen gap adjustment controlled from front panel. Also allows pre-set
platen gaps.
Standard print line width of 13.6 inches.
Mixed text and graphics at the single shuttle frequency.
A two-line control panel with added buttons for platen gap adjustment.
Up to ten separate configurations can be stored in memory. The user can assign alphanumeric
names to the configurations to make it easy to associate a configuration to a specific form.
6312 Ribbon: The ribbon platform has separate ribbon motion and ribbon re-inking motors for
actively controlled re-inking. Includes ribbon motion sensing and “skip over weld” features.
These features extend the ribbon life up to 250 million characters while providing more
uniform print density over the life of the ribbon. The 6312 may use 40 million non re-inking,
60 million re-inking, or 250 million character re-inking ribbon cartridges.