
KA2004-BE51A 
Printheads 
For Mobile, FET-POS, Debit Card, PDA, ECR 
2.7V Print Voltage (B Series) 
KA2004-BE51A 
Not only hand-held printers, but card payment terminals (EFT-POS) and compact label printers require less than 8.5V of 
supply voltage. 
ROHM’s B Series of thermal printheads, de veloped using cutting -edge LSI technolog y, can operate on a single lithium 
ion battery and contribute to end-product miniaturization.  
zApplications 
Mobile printers 
EFT-POS printers 
Hand-held printers 
Debit printers 
zFeatures 
1) The B series brings reduced height of protective resin for IC and enla r ged paper pathway for thermal papers. Thanks 
to ROHM’s latest LSI high in tegrated moun ting technology and i t’s ultra slim driver IC. 
2) The B series accede the great world class low energy consumption characteristics of GP series. 
3) Because the print heads circuits draw 2.7V, the printer can be driven using a single lithium battery. 
zDimensions (Unit : mm) 
117
104 (
Effective Print Width
Connector
 Rev.A 1/4 
)
Exposed 
Conductor Side
Insert Direction
 

Printheads 
zEquivalent circuit 
zPin assignments 
V
L-GND
P-GND
STB7 
STB6
STB2
STB1
/AEO2 
/AEO1
/LAT
CL
D
DO
VDD
TM 
TM
CONNECTO
DOT#832
~
#769
#
832
KA2004-BE51A 
DOT #1
~
~
#705
#
768
~
#641
#
704
#193
#
LATCH REGISTE
SHIFT REGISTE
LATCH REGISTER
30kΩ B:3950K
#129
~
#
256
192
THER MISTOR
#
64
128
~
~
#1
#65
#
No.
10 
11
Circuit 
1V 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9
H
V
H
V
H
DO 
/LAT 
CLK
DD
V 
STB1 
STB2 
STB3
TM
TM12
P-GND13
14
P-GND
No.
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28
Circuit 
P-GND 
P-GND 
P-GND 
L-GND
/AEO1
/AEO2
STB4 
STB5 
STB6 
STB7
DI
H
V 
V
H
V
H
 Rev.A 2/4 
 

KA2004-BE51A 
Printheads 
zTiming chart 
(CLOCK)
CLK
DI(DATA IN)
DO (DAT A OUT)
"High":BLACK 
"LOW" :WHIT E
"High":BLACK
"LOW" :WHIT E
t setu p D
/LAT
(LATCH)
"High": HOLD
"LOW" : THR OUGH
STB
(STROBE)
/AEO (AREA 
ENABLE OU T)
DRIVE
OUT
*If delay time for Driver Out can not be secured enough, there is a possibility that VH would fluctuate 
greatly. Please design the circuit so that VH does not exceed peak voltage (Vp).
zCharacteristics 
Parameter 
Effective printing width 
Dot pitch 
Total dot number 
Average resistance value 
Applied voltage 
Applied power 
Print cycle 
Pulse width 
Maximum number of dots energized simultaneously 
Maximum clock frequency 
Maximum roller diameter 
Running life / pulse life 
Operating temperature
 Rev.A 3/4 
tw CLK
t hold DI
td DO
t setu p LA
tw LAT t setu p STB
t hold LA
t do
Symbol Typical Unit
−
−
−
Rave
H
V 
P
O
SLT
ON
T
−
−
−
−
−
104
0.125 
832 
176
7.2
0.24
1.25
0.55 
64
8
φ14
50/1×10
5 to 45
8
mm 
mm
dots
Ω
V
W/dot
ms
ms 
dots 
MHz
mm
km/pulses
°C
min.10μsec
Min.10µs∗ 
(Max. tdo)*
t do
 

Printheads 
zElectrical characteristic curves 
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
ENERGY (mJ/dot)
0.2
0.1
0
012345
SCANNING LINE TIME (
Fig.1 Adaptive speed chart
180 
160 
140 
120 
100
80 
60
RESISTANCE : (kΩ)
40 
20
0
−20 −10 10 30 50 700204060
Paper : KF50-HDA (OJI)
ms/line)
TEMPERATURE : (°C)
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
OPTICAL DENSITY
0.4
0.2
0.0
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 
ENERGY (
Fig.2 Representative density curve
SLT : 2.50ms/line
mJ/dot)
KA2004-BE51A 
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
mJ/dot)
0.4
0.3
ENERGY (
0.2
0.1
0
012345
SCANNING LINE TIME (
Fig.3 Maximum energy curve
ms/line)
Fig.4 Thermistor curve
 Rev.A 4/4 
 

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