Epson EPL-9000, Service Manual

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Service Manual
General Description
1.1 FEATURES
The EPSON
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is a non-impact page printer that combines a semi-conductor laser with
technology. This printer is small and light, and features high-speed,
high-resolution printing. Maintenance is very easy as a result of various built-in diagnostic
functions. The main features are:
L1
No ozone
Printing speed — 8 ppm (pages per minute) (A4 or letter size)
Resolution — 600/300
(dots per inch)
Small footprint
Easy maintenance
LaserJet
@
4 emulation mode
45 built-in scalable fonts (35 and 10 TrueType fonts)
emulation
High-performance controller (the controller’s CPU is a 19.2 MHz
Bi Resolution Improvement Technology the print quality by eliminating
jagged edges from images and characters on 600 and 300 printing.
Optional Level 2 (PostScript
@
compatible) module
EPSON Micro Gray Technology which is when using
Level 2 mode, refines gray scale printing to be comparable to printing on a printer
Small and low-cost optional LocalTalk
TM
interface module
2 MB standard RAM and up to 64 MB RAM with the addition of
Bidirectional parallel interface
High-speed serial communication rate of 57.6K bps
High-speed parallel communication rate of approximately 400 KB/second
A multi-user, multi-emulation mode
(Intelligent Emulation Switch) allows switching between mode and another
mode
SPL (Shared Printer Language) enables switching of the printer mode by command
Figure 1-1 shows an exterior view of the
Paper
/
, Control panel
Figure 1-1. Exterior View of the
Rev. A
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