
8.2.3 Receipt Throughput
Models 7156-3xxx are the original models. Models 7156-4xxx have higher receipt print
speed and were introduced in 1997.
Model 7156-3xxx Model 7156-4xxx
Dot line period
5.0 ms. maximum 3.0 ms. maximum
Paper speed
1.3 “/second
33 mm./second
2.25”/second
57 mm./second
Print line rate,
at 7.6 lpi standard pitch
600 lines/minute
10 lines/second
1020 lines/minute
17 lines/second
Note on models 7156-4xxx:
In order for an application to fully realize the faster print speed it must ensure that data to be
printed arrives at the printer at least as fast as it is printed. And it must allow receipt lines to
be buffered ahead at the printer, so the printer will be able to print each line immediately after
the preceding line, without stopping to wait for more data. Ideally, an application will send all
the data for an entire customer receipt without pausing between characters or lines
transmitted.
At 9600 baud data rate, it takes approximately 1 millisecond to transmit one character of
data; at 19.2 K baud it takes 500 microseconds. The application should maintain this rate for
all the data to be printed. It takes approximately 60 milliseconds for the printer to process the
data and print one line. If individual characters are sent at 9600 baud, but the application
pauses between lines for merely 50 milliseconds, the printer will never be able to print at full
speed.
Some timing examples, with an application delay of 50 milliseconds after each line, show that
for either baud rate the transmit time equals or exceeds the print time, forcing the printer to
pause between lines, waiting for data to print:
characters/line lines/receipt transmit time,
9600 baud
transmit time,
19.2 K baud
print time
20 20 1.4 sec 1.2 sec 1.2 sec
20 40 2.8 sec 2.4 sec 2.4 sec
44 20 1.88 sec 1.44 sec 1.2 sec
44 40 3.76 sec 2.88 sec 2.4 sec
The same examples, with no delay between lines transmitted, show that for either baud rate
the transmit time is much less than the print time, allowing the printer to print the lines at full
speed:
characters/line lines/receipt transmit time,
9600 baud
transmit time,
19.2 K baud
print time
20 20 0.4 sec 0.2 sec 1.2 sec
20 40 0.8 sec 0.4 sec 2.4 sec
44 20 0.88 sec 0.44 sec 1.2 sec
44 40 1.76 sec 0.88 sec 2.4 sec
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