Like Two Printers In One The 3860D serial matrix printers from TG offers a patented, dual paper handling system with auto-switching paper paths. Two sets of 6-pin push tractors are used for rear and front/bottom paper feeding. The 3860S (S Models) is available if you are looking for a single-path alternative.
3860 Serial Printer Features
Tally® T2365 versus GENICOM® 3860
Tallygenicom 3860 Serial Printer Specifications
Technology type - Serial Matrix
Print Speed (text) - At 10,12,16.7 cpi - Draft: 600, 720, 584; LG: 175, 180, 140
Print Method - 4 user-defined stored formats
Character Density - 10, 12, 13, 15, 16.7, 17.1, and 20 cpi, plus program selectable
Line Density - 3, 4, 6, and 8 lpi, plus n/144 in. program selectable
Character Modes - Proportional, compressed, shadow, double strike, underline, expanded (2 to 8 times), superscript, subscript, oversize (2 to 187 times)
Character Sets - DEC® VT100 Line Draw; IBM® Set I, II, and All Character Set; 18 international character set substitution; IBM Code Page - 437, 850, 852, 863; ISO 8859-1, -2, -3, -4, -9; Roman 8; Mazowia (Poland)
Resolution - 60 to 400H x 72 to 144V (emulation dependent); supports DEC Sixel Graphics
Printhead Life - 700 million characters
Printhead Type - 18 pin
Standard Connectivity - CENTRONICS® parallel - 36-pin Amphenol; speed: 30Kbytes/sec; EIA/TIA-232 (RS-232) serial - 25-pin type DB female; speeds: 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 baud. Serial/Parallel auto interface switching. 64K Input Buffer.
Optional Connectivity - RS-422, IBM Coax/Twinax, TCP/IP, Novell
Emulation - ANSI X3.64, GENICOM 3410, Epson® FX286e, IBM Proprinter III XL, IBM-GP, DEC LA210
Fonts - Gothic, Courier, Wide Gothic, Gothic Italic, Courier Italic, Micro-Gothic, OCR-A, OCR-B; Bar Codes: Interleaved 2 of 5, Bidirectional 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Code 3 of 9, EAN-2, EAN-5, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 11, Code BCD, Codabar a/t, Codabar b/n, Codabar c/*, Codabar d/e, UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC-2, UPC-5, Code 93, Code 128 (A-B-C), MSI, POSTNET
Paper Handling - Paper parking, auto top of form, zero-inch tear-off, paper out sensor, auto forms thickness adjustment, and paper motion sensor
Number of Copies - Original plus 6 in front/bottom path; original plus 5 in rear paper path
Forms Thickness - 0.025 in.
Paper Drive - 6-pin push tractors
Paper Type - Continuous forms
Paper Size - 3" to 16" W x 22" L maximum
Drivers - Windows XP, 2000, 2003, 95/98/Me, NT 4.0, UniDriver, IBM AS/400 WSCST, SAP, HPUX Model File, Baan IV ERP, HP-UX Driver, SUN Solaris 2.x, SUN OS 5.x Model File, IBM AIX 4.x
Physical Specifications - 3" to 16" W x 22" L maximum Unit: 52 lbs (23.6 kg); Shipping: 63 lbs (28.5 kg)
Environment - Energy Star compliant
Acoustics in db(A) - Less than 60 dBa
Temperature - 50° to 104° F (10° to 40° C)
Humidity - 20% to 90% relative
Power Requirements - 115 or 230 ±15% autosensing
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