ToughWriter® 640

Product catalog summary

Overview: The ToughWriter® 640 is a state-of-the-art narrow-format flight deck printer developed by AstroNova. It is the smallest ARINC 740 flight deck printer, designed for narrow body aircraft and business jets, offering significant reductions in size, weight, and power consumption.

Specifications:

Meets or exceeds ARINC 740 requirements.
Equipped with 12 ARINC 429 ports.
Capable of printing weather maps and graphics via Ethernet.
Highly reliable with a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) of over 15,000 hours.
Weighs 5.75 pounds with a full roll of paper.

Technical Characteristics:

Lighting: Dimming control via PWM, VAC, and VDC.
Front Panel Switches: Includes Power/Fault, Test/Abort, and Slew/Paper controls.
Interface Options: ARINC 429 and optional Ethernet via Quadrax connector.
Connectors: MIL-DTL-26482 type for power and Ethernet.
Paper: Supports 40 column printing, 4.25 inches wide, 140 feet roll length.

Printing Capabilities:

Direct thermal print method with 300 x 300 dpi resolution.
Supports PostScript® Level 3 with 35 standard fonts.
Print speed: 0.62 inches/second for text, 0.43 inches/second for text and graphics.

Physical and Electrical Specifications:

Weight: 5.05 lbs without paper, 5.75 lbs with paper.
Dimensions: 5.75” W x 6.00” H x 6.50” D.
Input Voltage: 115VAC, 360-800Hz.
Power: 20 watts idle, 55 watts maximum.

Environmental and Mechanical Standards:

Operational temperature range: -15°C to +55°C.
Storage temperature range: -55°C to +85°C.
Complies with DO-160F standards for humidity, shock, vibration, explosion proofness, fluid susceptibility, fungus resistance, magnetic effect, and various susceptibilities and emissions.

Certifications: AstroNova is AS9100 and ISO9001 certified.

Contact Information: AstroNova's headquarters are located in West Warwick, Rhode Island, with branch offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

Catalog excerpts

Designed for Narrow Body Aircraft and Business Jets • Meets or Exceeds ARINC 740 Requirements • 12 ARINC 429 ports • rint weather maps, approach places and other P graphics via Ethernet • ighly reliable, with an MTBF (Mean Time H Between Failures) of 15,000 hours The ToughWriter ® 640 is the very latest technology in narrow-format flight deck printing, from the industry leader, AstroNova. Incredibly compact, and half the weight of existing narrow format printers, the ToughWriter 640 is the world’s smallest ARINC 740 flight deck printer. It features graphical printing, and combined with its minimal power consumption, offers the lowest size, weight, and power in the industry. BFE on B737 MAX aircraft • Weighs just 5.75 pounds with a full ro

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?! AstroNova® Aerospace aerospace.astronovainc.com World Headquarters 600 East Greenwich Avenue West Warwick, Rhode Island 02893 U.S.A. + 1 401-828-4000 Toll-Free U.S.A.: 877-867-9783 [email protected] AstroNova is AS9100 certified and system certified to ISO9001. AstroNova and ToughWriter are trademarks of AstroNova, Inc. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. AS00820171221

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