M180 Series Miniature Needle Print Mechanisms

The M180 series are Epson industry standard miniature printer mechanisms using impact dot matrix method. They are later versions of the popular 4 needle M150/M160/M164 range of mechanisms but have 6 needles. They operate 2 at a time to double the print speed.

They also have a separate fast paper feed operation. The increased printing speed increases the power requirements. Their increased speed makes them ideal for receipt or ticket issuing. Their compact lightweight design enables them to be used in hand held terminals.

The low cost D193 interfaces enable them to be easily run from serial and parallel sources. The D193 accepts data while printing to maximize the mechanisms print speed. The D165 and D211 plastic assemblies utilise the mechanisms. The mechanisms can be mounted vertically for panel mount applications. All versions are the same size with the same paper width hence as the number of columns increases the character width decreases.