Hitachi announced the with me BF-240 personal word processor in 1996. It came with support for the new seven-digit postal codes, a color DSTN LCD screen, and a color bubble-jet printer.
Feature list
- （1）Came standard equipped with a color bubble-jet printer and connectivity with color inkjet printers intended as computer peripherals
- （2）Able to import color photos and illustrations thanks to its support for color hand readers (scanners), video readers, and digital cameras
- （3）Able to print seven-digit postal codes from the address book
- （4）The postcard “jet” print function accelerated the printing of the second and subsequent copies of a postcard
- （5）The standard trackball was supported by all document editing and graphics functions
- （6）Standard document convertor for other document formats
- （7）Parallel processing permitted editing and printing of one document while editing a second
| Input devices | Keyboard | JIS standard (with an additional 10 keys) | ||||
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| Pointing device | Trackball (optional mouse also available) | |||||
| Display device | Screen | 640 x 480 pixel dual-scan 16-color STN LCD | ||||
| Display size | 40 characters x 25 lines (four lines reserved for system use) |
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| Character size | 16 x 16 pixels | |||||
| Storage | Drive | One 3.5-inch floppy drive (1.6 MB) | ||||
| Internal storage capacity | One document up to 30,000 characters long | |||||
| External storage capacity | ~250 pages/disk (850 characters/page) |
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| Printer （CLP-1） |
Print process | Bubble jet | ||||
| Typefaces | Mincho | Mouhitsu | Gothic | Maru Gothic | Pop | |
| Print head | 128 nozzles per row (monochrome printing) 24 nozzles per color (YMC) per row and 64 nozzles for black per row (color printing) | |||||
| Character sizes | 7 to 30 points, in one-point increments | |||||
| Print speed | 230 characters/sec. (monochrome printing) | |||||
| Paper sizes | Inkjet printer paper (A4, A5, B5), manuscript paper sizes (B5, A4), prepaid postcard size | |||||
| Auto sheet feeder | Prepaid postcard (10-sheet capacity) and A4 (30-sheet capacity) | |||||
| External dimensions [mm] and weight | Unit | 320 x 250 x 36.2 (w x d x h), ~2.2 kg | ||||
| Printer | 300 x 158 x 57 (w x d x h), ~1.4 kg | |||||
| Power supply | Internal rechargeable NiCad battery (6 VDC) With dedicated AC adaptor: 100 ± 10 VAC, 23 W max. / 12.5 W standby, 50/60 Hz | |||||
