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  Mini Printers | Thermal |CT-S280, CT-S281 and CT-S281L | In-Depth
 
 

The CT-S280, CT-S281 and CT-S281L printers are compact yet highly featured thermal printer which prints at up to 80 mm per second on media that is 58mm wide (2.28 inches)

Just some of the features are shown below:

bullet Drop-in paper loading for quick and easy media changing

bullet USB, parallel or serial interfaces available, depending on model

bullet Integrated auto cutter for full and partial cuts on CT-S281

bullet Label printing support on CT-S281L

bullet Integral barcode printing including standard 1D barcodes.

bullet 2D codes such as PDF417 and QR-Code on CT-S281, CT-S281L

bullet Logos can be stored in flash memory

bullet Integral barcode printing

bullet Range of font styles for different text sizes

bullet Mains power supply or drive directly from an 8.5v supply



   

Full technical specification.

Model
CT-S280 CT-S281 CT-S281L
Printing method
Line thermal dot printing
Printing width
48mm (384 dots/line)
Printing speed
Max. 80mm/sec. Max. 60mm/sec.
Number of columns
Font A: 32 columns.
Font B: 42 columns.
Font C: 48 columns.
Character size (WxH)
Font A: 1.50x3.00 mm (12x24 dots)
Font B: 1.13x3.00 mm (9 x24 dots)
Font C: 1.00x2.00 mm (8x16 dots)
Character table
Code page 437, 850, 852, 857,
858, 860, 863,864,865,866
WPC1252,Thai Code 18
Dot pitch
8x8 dots/mm(203dpix203dpi)
1D Barcode types
UPC-A/E, JAN-13/8, ITF, CODABAR, CODE39, CODE128,CODE93
2D Barcode types
None PDF417
QR-Code
Line spacing
4.23mm (1/6 inch)
Can be set by a command (Min. 1/203 inch)
Media Types
Width
OD Max
Thickness
Length

Thermal paper
58mm wide
83mm OD (max)
0.065-0.075mm
n/a

Thermal paper
58mm wide
83mm OD (max)
0.065-0.100mm
n/a

Label Media
54mm wide, 83mm OD
-
25mm (min)
Auto Cutter
No Full or partial cut
1 million cuts
Full or partial cut
400,000 cuts
Interface

Serial RS-232C
Parallel IEEE1284
USB (Printer)
USB (VCOM)

Serial RS-232C
USB (Printer)
USB (VCOM)

Input buffer
4K bytes/45 bytes
NV user memory
256K bytes
Power supply
DC8.5V
AC adapter
AC adapter(28AD),
Input:AC-100-240V,
output:DC8.5V
Weight
Printer:Approx.430g
Adapter:Approx.240g
Printer:Approx.630g
Adapter:Approx.240g
Dimensions (W xDxH)
106x170x116.5mm
Operating environment
0-40°C, 10-85%RH
Storage environment
-20-60°C, 5-90%RH
Reliability
Thermal head:100,000,000 pulses or 50 km
EMC and safety
standards
UL, C-UL, FCC class B, TUV-GS, CE marking, VCCI Class A UL, C-UL, FCC class B, TUV-GS, CE marking, VCCI Class B