DEC LA400 Dot Matrix Printer

A heavy-duty form printer designed for average usage of up to 10,000 pages per month. The LA400 MultiPrinter is also designed for the IBM personal computer environment with its built-in IBM Proprinter XL24 emulation mode and parallel interface.

Features

• 400 ch/s draft printing speed (burst); 133 ch/s letter-quality printing speed (burst)
• Prints in black or optional color ink using snap-in ribbon cartridges
• Compatibility with Digital and IBM Proprinter applications through Digital and IBM protocols
• Wide carriage enables printing 17.5 inch (44.6 centimeter) wide paper
• Handles up to six-part forms as well as envelopes and labels
• Superior paper handling such as document-on-demand, autoload, autopark, and automatic paper path sensing
• 400 million character print head life

Specifications
Print Speed	@10 cpi	@12 cpi		@15 cpi
Letter Quality	133 cps	160 cps		200 cps
Draft Quality	400 cps	480 cps		600 cps
Resolutions
Horizontal	60, 90, 120, 180, 240, 360
Vertical	60, 72, 180, 360
Printing method	24-Wire Dot Matrix Printer
Protocols	DEC ANSI PPL 2, IBM ProPrinter XL24E, Epson ESC/P2
Wire diameter	0.008 in/0.2 mm
Vertical Slew Speed	8 inches per second
Line length	cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 17.1 cpi 20 cpi 24 cpi		cpl 136 cpl 163 cpl 204 cpl 233 cpl 272 cpl 326 cpl
Throughput(pages per hour)	ECMA 132 @ 10 CPI
Letter Quality (pph)	210
Draft (pph)	400
Fonts
Print Styles	Draft, Courier, Sans Serif, Script, Prestige, Orator, OCR A, OCR B, Roman UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 39, Code128, Postnet,
Bar Codes	Codabar, Interleaved 2/5, 2/5 Industrial, 2/5 Matrix
Interfaces	DEC423 Serial, Parallel bitronics
Number of copies	6 (Original + 5 copies)
Noise	Average 56 dB(A)
Baud Rate	From 300 to 38,400 bps
Safety/Performance	UL 1950, CSA C22.2/950, TUVEN 60 950 Class B of FCC Part 15B, CE marking
Duty cycle	10,000 pages/month
MTBF	10,000 hours at 25% duty cycle
Printhead/Ribbon life
Printhead	400 million characters
Ribbon	Black up to 15.0 million characters Color up to 2.0 million characters
Height	12.2 in/31.0 cm
Width	26.1 in/66.5 cm
Depth	14.9 in/38.0 cm
Weight	39.6 lbs18 kg
Temperature	50 to 104 F/10 to 40 C(operating)
Relative Humidity	10% to 90% (operating)
Altitude	8000 ft/2400 m maximum (operating)

Accessories
Supplies and Options
LA400 black ribbon	LA40R-KA Ribbon - Black Fabric Cartridge (For use with printer without the color option kit installed) 9M characters New LA40R-KA Compatible (New) $59.00
LA400 color ribbon	LA40R-KC
LA400 color motor	LA40X-CK
Additional push tractor	LA40X-PT
Pull tractor	LA40X-PL
Printer stand	LA40X-PS
Cables and Adapters
20 mA active host Mate-N-Lok-to-EIA-423 DECconnect MMJ passive converter	H8673-AA
20 mA active host RJ11 (6-pin) EIA-423 DECconnect MMJ passive converter	H8673-AB
IBM/Centronics parallel cable	BC19M-10
25-pin female-to-MMJ adapter	H8575-A
9-pin male-to-MMJ adapter (DEC)	H8575-B
25-pin cable-to-MMJ adapter	H8571-C
25-pin male-to-MMJ adapter (modem)	H8571-D
9-pin PC-type-to-MMJ adapter	H8571-J