| Printing Method | 24-Wire Dot Matrix |
| Wire Diameter | LA450 & LA700: 0.008 in/0.2 mm |
| Vertical Slow Speed | 15 in per sec |
| Character Cell (hor x ver) | @10 cpi | @12 cpi | @15 cpi |
| Letter Quality | 36 x 24 | 30 x 24 | 16 x 16 |
| Draft | 12 x 12 | 10 x 12 | 8 x 12 |
| Print Speed | @10 cpi | @12 cpi | @15 cpi |
| Letter Quality | 133 cps | 160 cps | 200 cps |
| Near-Letter Quality | 266 cps | 320 cps | 400 cps |
| Draft Quality | 700 cps | 840 cps | 1050 cps |
| Character Spacing | @10 cpi | @12 cpi | @15 cpi | @17.1 cpi | @20 cpi | @24 cpi |
| Characters | 136 cpl | 163 cpl | 204 cpl | 233 cpl | 272 cpl | 326 cpl |
| Throughout (pages per hour) | 32 MB (upgradable to 96 MB) |
| ECMA132 | @10 cpi |
| Letter Quality | 220 |
| Draft | 515 |
| Resolution | |
| Horizontal (dpi) | 60, 90, 120, 180, 240, 360 |
| Vertical (dpi) | 60, 72, 180, 360 |
| Resident Fonts | |
| Print Styles | Draft, Courier, Sans Serif, Script, Prestige, Orator, OCR A, OCR B, Roman |
| Bar Codes | Code 3 of 9, Interleaved 2 of 5, EAN 8, EAN 13, Codabar a/t, Codabar b/n, Codabar c/*, Codabar d/e, UPC-A, UPC-E, Postnet, Industrial 2 of 5, Code 93, MSI mod 101/10, Code 128 (EAN 128) Matrix 2 of 5 |
| Paper Management | STD Front Push for Front Fanfold Feeding and Straight Path | Rear Push for Rear Fanfold Feeding | Opt. Rear Pull for Front Fanfold Feeding and Straight Path | Manual Single Sheet Front Insertion and Straight Path |
| Paper Width | 3-17.5 in/76-
446 mm | 3-17.5 in/76-
446 mm | 3-17.5 in/76-
446 mm | 4.5-17.5 in/114-446 mm |
| Maximum Thickness | 0.025 in/0.64 mm | 0.013 in/0.35 mm | 0.025 in/0.64 mm | 0.025 in/0.64 mm |
| Standard Format | Fanfold | Fanfold | Fanfold | A5, A4, A3,
A2 port, Letter, Legal, Exec |
| Standard Functions | Automatic printhead positioning on paper thickness
Automatic paper path switching by operator or software commands
Paper parking
Setting and storage in non-volatile memory of paper format and print conditions for each paper path |
| Interfaces | DEC423 Serial, Parallel bitronics |
| Number of Copies | 6 (original, plus 5 copies) |
| Acoustic Noise Level | Average 57 dB(A) |
| Baud Rate | From 300 to 38,400 bps |
| Download Buffer | Maximum 32K bytes |
| Protocols | DEC ANSI PPL 2, IBM ProPrinter XL24E, Epson ESC/P |
