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 IBM 4230
The low-cost, quiet, robust and compact printing solution.
4230-101 
4230-201
4230-1S2
4230-2S2
4230-1I1
4230-2I1
4230-102
4230-202
4230-4S3
4230-5S3
4230-4I3
4230-5I3
Highlights
- Low-cost, flexible, heavy-duty dot matrix printing solution
- Customizable operator panel
- Flexible forms handling capabilities
- Very quiet for office use
- Superb reliability
- Backed by IBM's unparalleled service and support
The IBM® 4230 Impact Matrix Printer family offers high speed, exceptional reliability and rugged
durability that make it the right choice for the most demanding print environments and applications. With print speeds of up to 600 characters per second (cps), depending on the model, and superb
reliability, the IBM 4230 Printers outperform other impact printers.
Enhanced Productivity
With its auto-forms load, innovative forms handling features, customizable operator panel and menu selections, IBM 4230 printers will improve productivity and virtually eliminate user frustration, paper
jamming and costly paper loss.
The customizable operator panel option allows you to easily lock out specific buttons or make them
active again depending on your specific environment. This option can be preconfigured prior to the shipment of your printer.
The IBM 4230 offers robust benefits and productivity features in a small package. For example, custom setup profiles allow users to store and retrieve as many as four different menus of printer setup values.
This means users can switch instantly from one application to another, thereby improving user productivity and eliminating adjustment errors.
Maximum Flexibility
In addition, the IBM 4230 prints a wide range of applications by offering four print speeds and quality modes. The fast draft quality provides high speed for large print jobs. The near letter quality (NLQ)
mode provides clean, crisp correspondence for word processing applications. Full all-points-addressable graphics capability exists for applications such as bar codes, bar charts and pie
charts, scanned logos, forms designs and CAD/CAM drawings.
Quiet Printing Where You Need It
At only 53 dBA, the IBM 4230 is quieter than many laser printers, making it suitable for virtually any
business environment. And with its small footprint, the IBM 4230 can be placed wherever a need for printing exists. The printer offers either a coaxial, twinaxial, coaxial/ASCII or twinaxial/ASCII
attachment, maximizing flexibility while providing a wide range of printer placement options. The IBM 4230 is well-suited to serve as either a high-speed office printer; a heavy-duty primary printer for small
systems and LAN installations; or a workstation printer for larger systems and LANs.
Versatile Forms Handling
The ability to use cut-sheet paper allows full advantage of NLQ printing on letter- head paper for business correspondence applications. The automatic forms- thickness adjustment feature saves
users from having to manually adjust the printhead gap and ensures consistent, high-quality forms printing and improved printhead reliability.
Additionally, interchangeable paper feed modules permit the IBM 4230 printer to be easily adapted to a variety of different forms applications, including preprinted multi-part forms, labels, cardstock, checks
and mailer forms.
Service Beyond Expectations
IBM offers a full range of services to meet your needs covering your complete print solution from
hardware maintenance to software support--all accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
When the need for service arises, our worldwide staff of Customer Engineers utilize F.I.R.S.TTM*, IBM's
exclusive database containing up-to-date product, parts, diagnostics and repair information. They'll have the knowledge and expertise needed to solve any problem right at their fingertips, ensuring an efficient
service call and maximum printer uptime.
Summary
The IBM 4230 Printer is the workhorse of dot matrix printers and provides these key benefits:
- High-speed print output (up to 600 cps)
- A choice of resolutions: 240, 300 or an option to switch between 240 and 300-dpi
- Excellent print quality and reliability
- Easy-to-use, customizable operator panel
- Versatile paper handling
- Automatic forms loading and thickness adjustment
- Acoustic levels quieter than many laser printers
- Graphics capability, including bar codes
- U.S. Postal Service Postnet bar code printing capability
- Dual purpose feature provides document on demand
- Unmatched IBM service and support
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IBM 4230 Impact Matrix Printers at a glance
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Print Speed (cps)
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xx1
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xx2
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xx3
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Fast draft mode:
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375
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480
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600
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DP mode:
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300
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400
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400
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DP text mode:
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150
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200
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200
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NLQ mode:
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75
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100
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100
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Print Options
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Vertical spacing
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6 or 8 lines per inch (lpi) selectable from operator panel for text
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3, 4, 6, 8, or 9 lpi selectable under program control for text
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1/144" increments under program control available for graphics
(Models 1xx, 2I1, 202, 4x3 and 5x3)
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Horizontal spacing
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10, 12, 15, and 16.7 characters per inch
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17.1 and 20 characters per inch on Models 4x3 and 5x3 (ASCII only)
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Proportional spacing is available in DP text and NLQ modes
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Maximum print line
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13.2"; 13.6" on Models 4x3 and 5x3
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Barcodes
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Postnet, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 3 of 9, Code 128,
Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, MSL Industrial 2 of 5 and Matrix 2 of 5
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Paper Handling
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Operator-changeable forms modules
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Continuous forms up to 6 parts
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Cutsheet
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Document-on-demand/zero tear-off
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Automatic forms loading
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Paper Sizes
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3" to 15" wide
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3" to 14" length continuous forms
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5" to 14" length cutsheet
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Interfaces/Emulations
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101
1S2
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102
1I1
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4I3
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4S3
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201
2S2
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202
2I1
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5I3
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5S 3
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Twinaxial
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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4214 SCS
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Y
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Y
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4224 IPDS
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Y
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Y
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4230 IPDS
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Y
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Serial
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Parallel/Centronics
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Epson FX 1050
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Proprinter II XL
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Proprinter III XL
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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4224 ASCII
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Coaxial
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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3268 SCS
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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3287 SCS
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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4224 IPDS
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Y
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Y
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4230 IPDS
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Y
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Y
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System Attachments
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1xx
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2xx
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4xx
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5xx
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AS/400, System/36
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Y
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Y(1)
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5x94 Control Units
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Y
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Y(1)
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ES/9000, IBM 4300
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Y
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Y
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3174/3274 Control Units
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Y
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Y
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i-data 7913(2)
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Y
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