March 2004
	Portable thermal printer has Bluetooth® and IrDA® communications interfaces
Able Systems has introduced a new thermal portable printer that offers options of RS 232, full implementation IrDA and Bluetooth® communication interfaces. The Ap1300 also has a unique one handed paper loading system making it simple to load. Featuring a high speed, high quality fixed head thermal mechanism, the Ap1300 delivers very high quality text and graphics. The new printer is small enough to be held in the hand and has a strong case design that eliminates hinge stress while still allowing for the drop-in insertion of up to a 16m paper roll. There is a choice of battery management options; the unit can be fitted with re-chargeable cells or primary cells can be used. In-vehicle solutions and mains versions are also available. Typical applications for the Ap1300: mobile ticketing and recording, PDA printing, utility billing, in-vehicle receipting, test and measurement equipment and medical systems. Individual character sets can be chosen by software selection, while the default character set is IBM® 224, CP 437, which includes the Euro currency character. Customisation of character fonts by the user is also possible through the use of the Font Editor Utility software, available separately. The unit comes with an RS-232 interface as standard, with optional Bluetooth and IrDA interfaces. Both offer full implementations of their respective standards with the IrDA supporting: IrPHY V1.0, IrLAP, IrLMP, IAS TinyTP and IrCOMM 9-wire. The interfaces operate up to 57,600 baud. The printer also includes a 20K bytes data buffer. Dimensions are 47 x 92 x 108mm and weight 330g including a full paper roll and battery. The printer uses a Fujitsu FTP-628MCL103 printhead that prints 384 dots per line at up to 60mm/s. A full set of WindowsTM drivers are available from Able Systems. contact@able-systems.com