KF2003-GF50A Printheads Compact low voltage thick film thermal printhead (8dots / mm) KF2003-GF50A A world first, ROHM offers the KF2003-GF50A of thermal printheads that allow operation using a single standard lithium ion battery: required voltage has been reduced to just 2.7V. Compact and lightweight they are ideal printheads for handheld printers and PDAs (personal digital assistants). !Applications Mobile printers FET-POS printers Hand-held printers Debit printers !Features 1) Using advanced LSI technology, ROHM has developed a dedicated low voltage driver chip. Compared with previous products, power consumption has been reduced by more than 30%. Because the print head circuits draw just 2.7 volts, the printer can be driven using a single lithium ion battery. 2) One rank resistance value of 123Ω ± 4% eliminates the inconvenience of rank selection. 3) The GP10 series has a resistance value of 123Ω and can be used in devices designed to operate with a single 3V lithium ion battery. 80 Dot #576 (1.1) Dot #1 (11.35) Max.1.7 72 (Effective Print Width) Exposed Conductor Side No.1 Insert Direction M No.28 ax .φ 14 .0 (14) 2.1±0.3 MAX.16.5 !External dimensions (Units : mm) Connector 1/4 KF2003-GF50A Printheads !Equivalent circuit VH L-GND P-GND STB5 STB4 STB1 AEO2 AEO1 LAT DI CLK DO VDD NC TM TM DOT #576 1,2,3,26,27,28 DOT #1 18 13,14,15,16,17 9 8 7 2 1 22 21 8 20 19 5 LATCH REGISTER 25 SHIFT REGISTER 6 4 7 23,24 11 THERMISTOR 30kΩ B:3950 12 Fig.1 !Pin assignments No. Circuit No. Circuit 1 VH 15 P-GND 2 VH 16 P-GND 3 VH 17 P-GND 4 L-GND DO 18 5 LAT 19 AEO1 6 CLK 20 AEO2 7 VDD 21 STB4 8 STB1 22 STB5 9 STB2 23 NC 10 STB3 24 NC 11 TM 25 DI 12 TM 26 VH 13 P-GND 27 VH 14 P-GND 28 VH L-GND : LOGIC GROUND P-GND : POWER GROUND 2/4 KF2003-GF50A Printheads !Timing chart tw CLK CLOCK (CLK) t setup DI t hold DI DATA IN (DI) "High":BLACK "Low" :WHITE td DO DATA OUT (DO) "High":BLACK "Low" :WHITE t hold LAT t setup LAT LATCH (LAT) "High":HOLD "Low" :THROUGH tw LAT t setup STB STROBE (STB) AEO tdo tdo DRIVER OUT Fig.2 !Characteristics Parameter Symbol Typical Unit Effective printing width − 72 mm Dot pitch − 0.125 mm Total dot number − 576 dots Rave 123 Ω VH 3.6 V Average resistance value Applied voltage Applied power PO 0.07 W/dot Print cycle SLT 2.50 ms Pulse width TON 2.02 ms Maximum number of dots energized simultaneously − 64 dots Maximum clock frequency − 8 MHz Maximum roller diameter − φ14.0 Running life / pulse life − 50/1×10 Operating temperature − 0~50 mm 8 km/pulses °C 3/4 KF2003-GF50A Printheads !Electrical characteristic curves 0.8 0.8 1.8 0.6 1.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 SCANNING LINE TIME (ms/line) SLT : 2.50ms/line 0.7 0.6 ENERGY (mJ/dot) 1.6 OPTICAL DENSITY ENERGY (mJ/dot) Paper : KF50-HDA (OJI) 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 ENERGY (mJ/dot) Fig.3 Adaptive speed chart 0.5 Fig.4 Representative density curve 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 SCANNING LINE TIME (ms/line) Fig.5 Maximum energy curve 180 160 RESISTANCE : (kΩ) 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 −20 −10 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 TEMPERATURE : (°C) Fig.6 Thermistor curve 4/4 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. The contents described herein are subject to change without notice. The specifications for the product described in this document are for reference only. Upon actual use, therefore, please request that specifications to be separately delivered. Application circuit diagrams and circuit constants contained herein are shown as examples of standard use and operation. Please pay careful attention to the peripheral conditions when designing circuits and deciding upon circuit constants in the set. Any data, including, but not limited to application circuit diagrams information, described herein are intended only as illustrations of such devices and not as the specifications for such devices. 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