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129 The recording equipment shall be able to print information from its data memory and/or from tachograph cards in accordance with the six following printouts:

• driver activities from card daily printout,

• driver activities from Vehicle Unit daily printout,

• events and faults from card printout,

• events and faults from Vehicle Unit printout,

• technical data printout,

• over speeding printout.

The detailed format and content of these printouts are specified in Appendix 4.

Additional data may be provided at the end of the printouts

Additional printouts may also be provided by the recording equipment, if clearly distinguishable from the six aforementioned printouts.

130 The ‘ driver activities from card daily printout ’ and ‘ events and faults from card printout ’ shall be available only when a driver card or a workshop card is inserted in the recording equipment. The recording equipment shall update data stored on the relevant card before starting printing.

131 In order to produce the ‘ driver activities from card daily printout ’ or the ‘ events and faults from card printout ’ , the recording equipment shall:

• either automatically select the driver card or the workshop card if one only of these cards is inserted,

• or provide a command to select the source card or select the card in the driver slot if two of these cards are inserted in the recording equipment.

132 The printer shall be able to print 24 characters per line.

133 The minimum character size shall be 2,1 mm high and 1,5 mm wide.

133a F3The printer shall support the characters specified in Appendix 1 Chapter 4 ‘ Character sets ’ .

134 Printers shall be so designed as to produce these printouts with a degree of definition likely to avoid any ambiguity when they are read.

135 Printouts shall retain their dimensions and recordings under normal conditions of humidity (10 to 90 %) and temperature.

136 The printout paper used by the recording equipment shall bear the relevant type approval mark and an indication of the type(s) of recording equipment with which it may be used.

136a F4Printouts shall remain clearly legible and identifiable under normal conditions of storage, in terms of light intensity, humidity and temperature, for at least two years.

136b The printout paper shall conform at least to the test specifications defined on the website of the laboratory appointed to carry out interoperability testing, as set out in Requirement 278.

136c Any amendment or updating of the specifications described in the above paragraph shall only be made after the appointed laboratory has consulted the type approved digital tachograph vehicle unit manufacturer in conjunction with the type approval authorities.

137 It shall also be possible to add handwritten notes, such as the driver's signature, to these documents.

138 The recording equipment shall manage ‘ paper out ’ events while printing by, once paper has been re-loaded, restarting printing from printout beginning or by continuing printing and providing an unambiguous reference to previously printed part.