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IBM 4230 Family
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Models:
Highlights
- Low-cost, flexible, heavy-duty dot matrix printing solution
- Customizable operator panel
- Flexible forms handling capabilities
- Very quiet for office use
- Superb reliability
- Backed by IBM's unparalleled service and support
The
IBM 4230 Impact Matrix Printer family offers high speed, exceptional
reliability and rugged durability that make it the right choice for the
most demanding print environments and applications. With print speeds
of up to 600 characters per second (cps), depending on the model, and
superb reliability, the IBM 4230 Printers outperform other impact
printers. Enhanced Productivity With its auto-forms load,
innovative forms handling features, customizable operator panel and
menu selections, IBM 4230 printers will improve productivity and
virtually eliminate user frustration, paper jamming and costly paper
loss.
The customizable operator panel option allows you to easily lock out
specific buttons or make them active again depending on your specific
environment. This option can be preconfigured prior to the shipment of
your printer. The IBM 4230 offers robust benefits and productivity
features in a small package. For example, custom setup profiles allow
users to store and retrieve as many as four different menus of printer
setup values. This means users can switch instantly from one
application to another, thereby improving user productivity and
eliminating adjustment errors.
Maximum Flexibility In addition, the IBM 4230 prints a
wide range of applications by offering four print speeds and quality
modes. The fast draft quality provides high speed for large print jobs.
The near letter quality (NLQ) mode provides clean, crisp correspondence
for word processing applications. Full all-points-addressable graphics
capability exists for applications such as bar codes, bar charts and
pie charts, scanned logos, forms designs and CAD/CAM drawings.
Quiet Printing Where You Need It At only 53 dBA, the IBM
4230 is quieter than many laser printers, making it suitable for
virtually any business environment. And with its small footprint, the
IBM 4230 can be placed wherever a need for printing exists. The printer
offers either a coaxial, twinaxial, coaxial/ASCII or twinaxial/ASCII
attachment, maximizing flexibility while providing a wide range of
printer placement options. The IBM 4230 is well-suited to serve as
either a high-speed office printer; a heavy-duty primary printer for
small systems and LAN installations; or a workstation printer for
larger systems and LANs.
Versatile Forms Handling The ability to use cut-sheet
paper allows full advantage of NLQ printing on letter- head paper for
business correspondence applications. The automatic forms- thickness
adjustment feature saves users from having to manually adjust the
printhead gap and ensures consistent, high-quality forms printing and
improved printhead reliability. Additionally, interchangeable paper
feed modules permit the IBM 4230 printer to be easily adapted to a
variety of different forms applications, including preprinted
multi-part forms, labels, cardstock, checks and mailer forms.
Summary The IBM 4230 Printer is the workhorse of dot matrix printers and provides these key benefits:
- High-speed print output (up to 600 cps)
- A choice of resolutions: 240, 300 or an option to switch between 240 and 300-dpi
- Excellent print quality and reliability
- Easy-to-use, customizable operator panel
- Versatile paper handling
- Automatic forms loading and thickness adjustment
- Acoustic levels quieter than many laser printers
- Graphics capability, including bar codes
- U.S. Postal Service Postnet bar code printing capability
- Dual purpose feature provides document on demand
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IBM 4230 Impact Matrix Printers at a glance |
| Print Speed (cps) |
xx1 |
xx2 |
xx3 |
| Fast draft mode: |
375 |
480 |
600 |
| DP mode: |
300 |
400 |
400 |
| DP text mode: |
150 |
200 |
200 |
| NLQ mode: |
75 |
100 |
100 |
| Print Options |
| Vertical spacing: 6 or 8 lines per
inch (lpi) selectable from operator panel for text; 3, 4, 6, 8, or 9
lpi selectable under program control for text ; 1/144" increments under
program control available for graphics (Models 1xx, 2I1, 202, 4x3 and
5x3) |
| Horizontal spacing: 10, 12, 15, and
16.7 characters per inch; 17.1 and 20 characters per inch on Models 4x3
and 5x3 (ASCII only); Proportional spacing is available in DP text and
NLQ modes |
| Maximum print line: 13.2"; 13.6" on Models 4x3 and 5x3 |
| Barcodes: Postnet, UPC-A, UPC-E,
EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 3 of 9, Code 128, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, MSL
Industrial 2 of 5 and Matrix 2 of 5 |
| Paper Handling: Operator-changeable
forms modules; Continuous forms up to 6 parts; Cutsheet;
Document-on-demand/zero tear-off; Automatic forms loading |
| Paper Sizes: 3" to 15" wide; 3" to 14" length continuous forms; 5" to 14" length cutsheet |
| Interfaces/Emulations |
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101 1S2 |
102 1I1 |
4I3 |
4S3 |
201 2S2 |
202 2I1 |
5I3 |
5S3 |
| Twinaxial |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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| 4214 SCS |
Y |
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Y |
| 4224 IPDS |
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Y |
Y |
| 4230 IPDS |
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Y |
| Serial |
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Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
| Parallel/Centronics |
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Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
| Epson FX 1050 |
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Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
| Proprinter II XL |
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Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
| Proprinter III XL |
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Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
| 4224 ASCII |
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Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
| Coaxial |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 3268 SCS |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 3287 SCS |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 4224 IPDS |
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Y |
Y |
| 4230 IPDS |
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Y |
Y |
| System Attachments |
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1xx |
2xx |
4xx |
5xx |
| AS/400, System/36 |
Y |
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Y |
| 5x94 Control Units |
Y |
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Y |
| ES/9000, IBM 4300 |
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Y |
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Y |
| 3174/3274 Control Units |
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Y |
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Y |
| i-data 7913 |
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Y |
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| 4230-6xx |
Y |
Y |
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trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries: IBM, AS/400, ES/9000, IPDS, InfoWindow, Proprinter, PS/2,
PSF, RISC System/6000, S/390 and System/36. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. IBM hardware products are manufactured from new parts, or new and used parts. Regardless, our warranty terms apply.
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