KF2003-GM50A Printhead Thick film thermal printhead (with thermal historical control) KF2003-GM50A GM50 series is the new product that newly added the future history control and driver LSI which has the function of thermal historical control, to GL50 series which is employing the conventional thick-film fast response thermal element. !Applications High speed label printer High speed bar code printer High speed ticket printer Various high speed terminal printers !Features 1) Newly developed thick-film fast response thermal element and driver LSI with the function of thermal history control which is added the future history control are employed for this series. It is possible to print with super high speed of 10 inches / s or 250 mm / s. 2) 150km life realized by attributing durable new protection film. 3) New partial glaze construction makes it compatible with the thermal transfer application. 4) Market-proven G-series printhead construction ensures high reliability. !External dimensions (Units : mm) LABEL 3-M3(Effective Depth 3) 6.1±0.4 91 (5) 80(Effective Print Width) Dot #1 Dot #640 φ3H10 Length 4 (Effective Depth 3) DOT #640 40±0.3 20±0.3 (20.8) 25±0.5 60.5±0.3 φ3H10 (Effective Depth 3) #2 #20 #1 CONNECTOR A #19 #6 #1 CONNECTOR B 20.5±0.3 17.8±0.2 7.3±0.3 Max.12 Max.5.5 15.3±0.3 φ2 0 (3) Max.36 Max.45 20±0.2 KF2003-GM50A Printhead !Equivalent circuit DOT #1 DOT #640 VH(COM) 220µF 35V GND 0.1µF 50V VDD(+5) / STB2 / STB1 / RESET LATCH REGISTER CLKIN2 DI2 DO2 CLKOUT2 CLKIN1 DI1 DO1 / LOAD START TO EACH IC INC SEL2 SEL1 TM THERMISTOR 30kΩ B : 3950 TM DI,STB DIVISION DOT No. CORRESPONDENCE DI No. DOT No. / STB No. DOT No. CLK No. DOT No. DI2 640~385 / STB2 640~385 CLKIN2 640~385 DI1 384~ / STB1 384~ CLKIN1 384~ 1 Fig.1 !Pin assignments CONNECTOR A CONNECTOR B No. Circuit No. Circuit No. Circuit 1 VDD 11 / RESET 1 VH (COM) 2 VDD 12 START 2 VH (COM) 3 SEL2 13 DO1 3 VH (COM) 4 SEL1 14 DO2 4 GND 5 CLKIN2 (CP) 15 TM 5 GND 6 NC 16 TM 6 GND 7 DI2 17 / STB2 8 DI1 18 / STB1 9 INC 19 CLKOUT2 10 / LOAD 20 CLKIN1 1 1 KF2003-GM50A Printhead !Characteristics Symbol Parameter Typical Unit Effective printing width − 80 mm Dot pitch − 0.125 mm Total dot number Average resistance value Applied voltage − 640 dots Rave 550 Ω VH 24 V PO 0.897 W/dot Print cycle SLT 0.49 ms Pulse width Applied power TON 0.246 ms Maximum number of dots energized simultaneously − 640 dots Maximum clock frequency − 8 MHz Maximum roller diameter − φ20.0 Running life / pulse life − 150/(1×10 ) km/pulses Operating temperature − 5~45 °C mm 8 !Data sheets 1.6 1.0 SLT : 0.82ms/line MAXIMUM ENERGY (mJ/dot) OPTICAL DENSITY Level1 0.9 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 Level2 0.8 0.7 Level3 0.6 0.5 Level4 0.4 Level5 Level6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.0 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 ENERGY (mJ/dot) SCANNING LINE TIME (ms/line) Fig.2 Representative density curve Fig.3 Maximum energy curve 1.4 Appendix Notes No technical content pages of this document may be reproduced in any form or transmitted by any means without prior permission of ROHM CO.,LTD. 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