Why use dot-matrix or fiber-tip pen printing when Fuji Electric’s patented, cutting-edge recording technology offers an affordable inkjet recorder? With an excellent rating for measuring range accuracy and analog trace accuracy, and a three-year warranty, these strip chart recorders represent the latest recording technology on the market today.

The PHC Series 100mm and the PHA Series 180mm recorders offer brilliant six color recording utilizing Fuji Electric’s patented inkjet mechanism. Tiny piezo elements electronically dispense small dots of colored ink, 0.3mm in diameter, onto the chart paper. This non-contact printing advancement traces vibrant trend lines and prints sharp alphanumeric characters.

This technology, previously available on expensive printers only, now comes in a strip chart recorder at an affordable price — one that falls below the cost of most dot-matrix type printers. If you note the difference in print quality between the dot-matrix and the inkjet typefaces, you’ll conclude there’s simply no reason to use a dot-matrix type recorder anymore.

The inkjet cartridges can have a long life of up to 6 months of continuous operation. Each channel is assigned its own color, and reports generated in reference to that channel are printed in the corresponding color. As this method of printing requires only one mechanism, these recorders require fewer moving parts than conventional recorders — that means years of extremely reliable, trouble-free operation for you. With fewer moving parts comes a depth of less than 8”, making it ideal for installation in shallow panels.

General Capabilities
The PHC 100mm and PHA 180mm recorders offer recording in either continuous trace or intermittent (dot) printing. The PHC comes in three or six channels and the PHA comes in six or twelve channel versions. As each channel has its own 16-bit A/D converter, these instruments offer high speed sampling of the input signal. These inputs include most thermocouple and RTD types plus a wide range of DC currents/voltages; each input can be scaled for your particular application from the recorder’s front panel. With advanced math functions, these recorders provide filtering, square root extraction, subtraction, and scaling for each channel.

Furthermore, these recorders are fully programmable from their easy-to-read, fluorescent front panels for a variety of parameters such as:

• Pass Code

• Main and Sub Chart Speeds

• Record Mode — Trend/Logging

• Recording Range

• Input Signal

• Tag Number

• Communication Parameters

• Ink Monitor Status

• Language (English, French, or German)

• List Print Request

• Daily Report, Date and Time, and Alarm Settings

• Illumination Status

• And More...

Report Capabilities
One of the most powerful features of the PHA and PHC recorders is their ability to create a full complement of status reports — scheduled or on demand. You may specify daily and summation reports for any period of time from one to 24 hours automatically or upon demand. These reports are printed in crisp digital type and provide you with important information such as:

• Periodic Data for Each Channel

• Totalized Values for Each Channel

• Maximum and Minimum Recorded Value for Each Channel and Time of Occurrence

• Average Value for Each Channel

Configurations
The 100mm PHC series recorders are available in three or six channel versions; the 180mm PHA series recorders come in six or twelve channel versions. Both the PHC and the PHA are available in either continuous trace or dotting print versions. The continuous trace and dotting models are nearly identical in features except that the dotting recorder has a slower sample time and has limited scale print or periodic printout capabilities. Therefore, the dotting recorder carries a lower price. Both recorders are capable of data logging in addition to trend recording and can transmit data via an RS-485 communications link.