Except for the serial type, the thermal printhead (TPH) numbering system covers all conventional flat, real edge, corner edge and other varieties of thermal printheads.
| KPA-
KYT- |
104-
48- |
8
8 |
M
|
T
P |
A
AB |
1
>1 |
-STA
-STF2 |
| TPH series, 3 chars and a dash. * |
Width of print line, in mm, and a dash. |
Reso- lution in dots per mm(rounded) 8: ~200 dpi
12: ~300 dpi
16: ~400 dpi |
M or omitted. ** |
Glaze code, 1 char. See glaze types. |
Driver IC design code> |
Number of data-in signals |
Custom- ization code, preceded by dash. Optional in many contexts. |
*With a few exceptions, printhead series are defined by ceramic substrate cross section width or by significant capability, such as history control, edge type, multiple substrateｓ, and other characteristics.
**If M, the next characters are a one character glaze code and a one character IC code. If not M, this code is omitted, and the next characters are a one character glaze code followed by a two character IC code. |
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