2361 McGaw Ave
Irvine, California 92614
PHONE: (949) 660-7080
FAX: (949) 975-1557
CYAN
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YELLOW
BLACK
PMS 652
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
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Epson America, Inc.
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Epson Canada, Ltd.
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Epson Latin America, Inc.
6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126 1-305-265-0092
Printed on recycled paper
P R I N T E R S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Printer Language
EPSON ESC/P
®
, IBM
®
2380+/2381+
Physical Dimensions
Height
6.1"
Width
23.2"
Depth
13.8"
Weight
21.2"
Power Requirements
120V AC ± 105; 49.5 to 60.5Hz; 120 VA maximum
Rated Current: 1.0 Amp, Energy Star compliant
Environmental Conditions
Temperature
41º to 95ºF; 5º to 35ºC
Humidity
10 to 80% RH (no condensation)
Hardware Features
Control panel selection of: power, fonts, pause, paper feed,
top-of-form adjustment, paper parking, tear-off, default feature
setting
Sound Level
55 dB(A)
Ribbon Life
Black - approximately 7.5 million characters (Draft 10 cpi,
14 dots per character)
Reliability/Life Expectancy
Total print volume
7.5 million lines (except print head)
MTBF
10,000 power-on hours (POH)
@25% duty, 35% coverage
Print head life
300 million characters
@14 dots per character
Control Panel
Buttons
Operate, Pause, Load/Eject, LF/FF,
Tear Off/Bin, Font, Pitch
Indicators
Pause, Paper Out, Tear Off/Bin
selection, Pitch Selection, Font
Selection
Product/Accessories Part Numbers
EPSON FX-980 printer
C276001
EPSON FX-980 ribbon cartridge
S015091
Additional Pull Tractor Unit
C800331
Cut Sheet Feeder
High-capacity/envelope
C806841
Single bin
C806851
Interfaces—Type B
Serial
C823051
Serial w/32KB Buffer
C823071
Multiprotocol 10 Mbps Ethernet Print Server C823622
Multiprotocol 10/100 Ethernet Print Server
w/AC adapter
C823642
Twinax
C823151
Coax
C823141
Roll paper holder
8310
Warranty
Two year limited in the U.S. and Canada
Support–The Epson Connection
TM
Pre-Sales Support U.S. and Canada 800-463-7766
Automated Technical Support 800-922-8911
Internet Website
http://www.epson.com
Printing Method
9-pin, impact dot matrix
Print Direction
Bidirectional with logic seeking for text and graphics
printing and unidirectional text or graphics printing via
software commands
Print Speed
High Speed Draft
569 cps (12 cpi)
Draft
380 cps (10 cpi)
Near Letter Quality
95 cps (10 cpi)
Character Sets
13 character tables, NLSP 37 character tables,
13 international character sets
Residential Bitmapped Fonts (cpi)
EPSON Draft
10, 12, 15
EPSON NLQ Roman
10, 12, 15, proportional
EPSON NLQ Sans Serif
10, 12, 15, proportional
8 Bar Code Fonts
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved
2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code-39,
Code-128, POSTNET
Paper Feeding
Friction feed
Front, rear
Push tractor feed
Front, rear
Push/pull tractor feed
Front, rear
Pull tractor feed
Front, rear, bottom
Feeder
Front, push tractor, rear push tractor,
CSF
Paper paths
Manual insertion
Front or rear in, top out
CSF
Rear in, top out
Tractor
Front, rear, bottom in, top out
Advanced Paper Handling
Micro-adjustment for top-of-form and tear-off mode, paper
parking for loading single sheet paper without removing
continuous paper. Optional: additional push/pull tractor,
standard-capacity cut sheet and envelope feeder, and front
sheet guide, roll paper holder.
Paper Handling
Forms
Continuous multipart, original plus 6 carbon
less copies; maximum thickness 0.018 inches
(.46mm)
Cut sheet size (single sheet or multipart)
Width
3.9 to 10.1" (100 to 257 mm)
Length
Max 14.3" (364 mm)
Envelopes-top entry
No. 6, No.10
Continuous paper size (single sheet, multipart or labels)
Width
4.0 to 10.0" (102 to 254 mm)
Length
Max 22.0" (559 mm)
Paper thickness
Cut sheet
0.0025 to 0.0055" (0.065 to 0.14 mm)
Cut sheet multipart forms thickness
0.0047 to 0.015" (0.12 to 0.39 mm); 12 to 15 lb
Continuous paper multipart forms thickness
0.0025 to 0.018"(0.065 to 0.46 mm)
Input Buffer
64KB or 0KB (User selectable)
Interface
Bidirectional Parallel interface (IEE-1284 nibble mode
supported), serial; optional Type B interface
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