Other features
| Recommended media weight |
60 - 120 g/m² |
| Fonts included |
Courier, Prestige Elite, Boldface, Compressed, Draft, High-Speed Draft, Correspondence, Pica, Nimbus Sans,Timeless, OCR-A/B, 8 Barcodes |
| Line density |
8 lpi |
| Networking features |
Ethernet, Fast Ethernet |
| Print technology |
Dot Matrix |
Endurance
| Maximum duty cycle |
8000 pages per month |
| Ribbon life |
4 million characters |
| Print head life |
400 million characters |
Ports & interfaces
| Optional connectivity |
Ethernet |
Print technology
| Print head |
24-pin |
| Print direction |
Bi-direction |
Paper handling
| Continuous paper width range |
102 - 420 mm |
| Paper feed |
Pull tractor, Manual |
| Cut sheet length range |
76 - 420 mm |
| Cut sheet width range |
102 - 420 mm |
Printing
| Maximum print speed |
448 cps |
| Character density |
20 cpi |
| Maximum print speed (LQ) |
113 cps |
| Maximum print speed (draft) |
360 cps |
| Maximum number of copies |
5 copies |
Print quality
| Maximum printing width (columns) |
136 |
Additionally
| Wireless technologies |
Wired |
Dot Matrix Printer, 136 Columns, 24-pin printhead, Max. 360 x 360dpi, 128kB Input Buffer, Parallel, USB2.0, Ethernet (Optional), 10 cpi: 448 cps (Fastest Draft), 360 cps (Draft), 113 cps (LQ), Printhead Life: 400 million characters, Consumables: 4 million Character Ribbon, Number of Copies: original + 5 copies, 49dB, 9.7kg
- Print speeds up to 480cps @ 10cpi (LA48N).
- 24-pin print head for clear, crisp output of text andgraphics.
- Standard parallel with USB or Serial interface.
- Print head protection.
- Auto interface switching on multiple I/F version.
- Quiet operation.
The narrow-carriage LA48N and wide-carriage LA48W are designed for a broad spectrum of applications and are specially optimized for the DEC environment. There’s support for DEC ANSI, IBM ProPrinter X24e, and Epson ESC/P2 emulation.
The 24-pin print head produces clear, crisp output of texts and graphics. The printer has nineteen resident fonts and eight resident bar code fonts ensuring fast, high quality text and dependable bar code printing.
The printer offers simple switching of paper types and auto tear-off functionality. Parking continuous forms makes it easy to switch between continuous forms and single sheets. Continuous forms are automatically fed up to the tear-off position at the end of each job.
With a maximum noise level of only 49dB(A) the LA48N and LA48W are very quiet printers compared with many competitive models.
