The Mitsubishi Electric M8720, rolled out in 1994, was a kanji-character printer with an LED array chip with a higher emission efficiency to achieve a print speed of 5,200 lines per minute (when printing at 6 lines per inch), which was 1.5 times the speed of the previous M8350 model. The M8720 was marketed through Mitsubishi Electric’s OEM partners.
Additional features included a form overlay function, a function that condensed B4 prints to fit on A4 paper, a graphing and image function that could print both forms and documents together, and two typefaces, a Mincho face and a Gothic face.
| Print process | Xerographic process using an LED array | |
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| Print speed | 5,200 lpm (at 6 lpi) 6,930 lpm (at 8 lpi) |
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| Font memory size | Basic configuration | Text: 8,000 characters Overlay: 4,000 characters |
| Full configuration | Text: 16,000 characters Overlay: 16,000 characters |
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| Character sizes | Kanji characters | 7，9，12， and 24 points |
| Alphanumeric | 10，12， and 15 characters/inch | |
| Print resolution | 240 x 240 dpi | |
| Typefaces | Mincho＋ one additional typeface | |
| Character spacing | Kanji characters | 2.5，5，6，7.5，8，10 characters/inch |
| Alphanumeric | 10，12，15 characters/inch | |
| Line spacing | Kanji characters | 3, 6, and 8 lines/inch |
| Alphanumeric | 3, 6, 8, and 12 lines/inch | |
| Overlay printing | Yes | |
| Graph printing | CORE standard | |
| Image printing | Printing of uncompressed data and G III and G IV compressed data | |
| Vertical / horizontal text | Yes (but only for characters in text) | |
| Condensed printing | Prints reduced to 75% | |
| Print media | Folded paper with sprocket holes on both edges | |
| Paper sizes | Width | 7 to 18 inches |
| Folded dimension | 7 to 14 inches | |
| Preprinted paper | Acceptable | |
| Specialty paper | Acceptable for designed paper (including recycled paper) | |
| Hopper sheet capacity | 2,000 sheets (55 kg weight paper) | |
| Stacker sheet capacity | 2,000 sheets (55 kg weight paper) | |
| Power supply | 200 VAC three-phase | |
| Power consumption | 8.5kVA | |
| External dimensions (w x d x h) | 1,600 x 870 x 1,250 mm | |
| Emitted heat | 8,598 kcal/hour | |
| Weight | 800kg | |
| Operating conditions | Temperature | 15−35℃ |
| Relative humidity | 20−80% | |
