Printronix T4M

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Product Information

Overview

The T4M™ industrial and commercial thermal bar code printer delivers reliability and dependable performance with its rugged metal design. Based on its Printronix heritage, the T4M provides uncompromised performance and features with the same PSA3™ advanced electronic architecture found in the high performance T5000r™. The PSA3 architecture offers leading edge enterprise printer solutions and connectivity shared across the Printronix product portfolio. Install the T4M seamlessly into other printer brand environments using the widest breadth of embedded printer protocol interpreters. The T4M maximizes productivity and offers flexibility to grow with changing requirements. The user friendly graphical interface offers a unique icon menu driven navigation system for easy configuration and installation. This cost conscious thermal bar code printer provides the perfect printing solution for small and medium printing applications like distribution, shipping and receiving, product identification and manufacturing.

Specifications

4.1″ print width

203 dpi resolution (optional 305 dpi)

10 ips print speed

Thermal transfer or direct thermal

32 MB DRAM

8 MB Flash

Ehternet RS232 Serial (optional wireless)

T4M Thermal Printer

4” Thermal transfer or direct thermal, industrial and commercial grade, RFID Ready

Standard Features

32MB DRAM 8MB Flash Rugged Metal Construction Printer Install Wizard Large Graphic User Interface Color Coded User Cues Adjustable Transmissive Sensor Reflective Sensor Auto-Calibration USB 2.0, Serial, Parallel Embedded Printer Language Support (Printronix, Zebra, TEC, Sato, Intermec, Datamax, IER, Monarch) Label Design Program XML Enabled Printing XML Based Remote Management via PXML PrintNet™Remote Management* Snap-in and Upgradeable Printheads Media Counter Ribbon Life Indicator

Options

PrintNet 10/100 Base-T Ethernet UHF RFID Upgrade Kit Wireless 802.11b/g** Peel without Liner Rewind Peel with Liner Rewind Full Media Rewind Cutter Memory Cartridge Quick Change Memory Cartridge (QCMC) DBCS Font Cartridge Real Time Clock

RFID Field Upgrade Kit

Upgrade the RFID Ready T4M thermal transfer printer with Printronix industry leading MP2 RFID Smart encoding technology:

Gen 2 hardware certified UHF RFID encoder

Configured to approved global frequency standards

Supports EPCglobal Class 1, Gen 2 standards

Multi-position RF coupler, Advanced Printer Encoder Firmware

Interfaces

Standard: RS232 Serial, IEEE 1284 (Centronics) USB 2.0 Optional: Wireless (802.11b/g, 54mbps)** 128bit WEP WPA-PSK / TKIP (Personal) WPA2-PSK / AES CCMP (Personal/Enterprise) PEAPv0 MSCHAv2, LEAP, TTLS (supports PrintNet Enterprise and PXML)

User Interface

Message Display: User friendly interface offering a unique icon menu driven navigation system with up to 8 lines of displayed messages

Printing Specifications

Memory: 32MB DRAM, 8MB FLASH Print Speed: 10 ips @ 203 dpi (254mm/sec @ 8/dpmm), 10 ips @ 305 dpi (254mm/sec @ 12/dpmm) Printing Methods: Thermal transfer or direct thermal Resolution: 203 dpi (8/dpmm), optional 305 dpi (12/dpmm) Printable Width: 4.1” max (104mm)

Media Compatibility

Media Types: Paper, film or synthetic thermal transfer or direct thermal label, tag and ticket stock in roll or fanfold form Media Capacity: Roll Supply – 8” diameter on a 3” core (203mm diameter on a 76mm core) Media and Liner Width: 1.0” to 5.15”(22mm to 127mm) Media Thickness: 0.0023” to 0.010” (0.06mm to .254mm) Label Length (min/max): 0.25” to 99” (6mm to 2,514.6mm) Thermal Transfer Ribbon: Ribbon Width (min/max) – 1.55” to 5.0” (39.5mm to 127mm) Maximum Ribbon Length: 450M Ribbon Core Diameter: 1.0” (25.4 mm) Ribbon Outer Diameter (max): 3.3” (85mm)

Media Sensing Methods

Transmissive (Gap, Notch, Hole), Reflective (Black Mark), Disable (Continuous Media)

Media Handling Modes

Tear-Off Strip, Peel-Off, Cutter, Continuous

Media Handling Options

Full Media Rewind: Rewinds full roll of labels Peel w/ Liner Rewind: Peels labels and rewinds used liner from an 8” (203mm) label roll Peel w/o Liner Rewind: Peels labels without rewinding used liner Cutter: Cuts labels after printing specified number of labels

Programming Languages

Standard: Printronix Graphics Language (PGL)† Zebra Graphics Language (ZGL)† TEC Graphics Language (TGL) Intermec Graphics Language (IGL) SATO Graphics Language (STGL)† Datamax Graphics Language (DGL) IER Siège® Graphic Language (IEGL) Monarch Graphic Language (MGL) XML – XML Enabled Printing

Bar Code Symbologies

Australian Post, Aztec, BC412, Code 128 (A,B,C), Code 35, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar (NW7), Datamatrix, EAN13 (JAN), EAN-8 (JAN), FIM, I-2/5, German I-2/5, IMB, ITF14, Matrix (2 of 5) Maxicode, MSI, PDF-417, Planet, Plessey, PostBar, Postnet, ROYAL BAR, RSS14, Telepen, UCC/EAN 128, UPC A, UPC E, UPC E0, UPC E1, UPC SHIP, UPS 11

Fornts and Character Set

Fonts: Monotype Imaging (Agfa Monotype) – Letter Gothic Bold, Courier Bold, CG Triumvirate Bold Condensed, OCR-A, OCR-B,CG Times, CG Triumvirate, CG Triumvirate Bold, (additional fonts available) Character Set: Unicode with TrueType font support

Graphic Support and Windows Drivers

Graphic Support: PCX and TIFF file formats Windows Drivers: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 server

Electrical Requirements

Power: Auto ranging power supply 90-264 VAC (48-62Hz) PFC Regulatory Compliance: FCC-B, ICES-003, EN 55022, EN 55024, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN 60950, cMETus, CE, BSMI, CCC, C-Tick, GOST-R, MIC, Argentina “S” mark

Environmental Factors

Operating Temperature: 5°C to 40°C Operating Humidity: 0% to 90% non-condensing Storage Temperature: -5°C to +60°C (-23°F to +104°F) Storage Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing Dimensions: 11.75” W x 18.75” D x 12.125” H (298mm W x 476mm D x 308mm H) Printer Weight: 33lbs (15Kg) Shipping Weight: 41lbs (18.6Kg)

*Specifications are subject to change without notice

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