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18-PIN DOT MATRIX PRINTER

....Epson Dot Matrix Printers....

ROCK SOLID RELIABILITY

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

FOR

MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

FOR

MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS

Regional Offices

New Delhi - 26447201-3
Mumbai - 28261515-7
Chennai - 28203940-1,28218658
Hyderabad - 55331738/39

Kolkata - 22831589/90
Ahmedabad - 26407176-7
Pune - 24335460/90
Cochin - 2356652, 2357638
Coimbatore - 2380002

www.epson.co.in

12th Floor, The Millenia, 
Tower A, No. 1, Murphy Road,
Ulsoor, Bangalore - 560 008.

Tel

: 080-30515000 

Fax

: 080-30515005

As an international ENERGY STAR Partner, EPSON has determined that 
this product meets the international ENERGY STAR Program for energy 
efficiency.

PRINTER TYPE

Impact dot matrix
18 pins (9x2 Staggered)
Bi-directional with logic seeking

PRINTING METHOD
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD
PRINT DIRECTION

INTERFACE

STANDARD

OPTION

Bi-directional parallel interface
(IEEE-1284 Nibble mode)
USB (ver 1.1) I/F
Type B I/F level 2

“EPSON ESC/P stands for EPSON standard code for printers. This
system of commands gives you software control of your printer from
your computers. It is standard for all EPSON printers and supported

by most application software for personal computers.”
EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. Microsoft, 
Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft 
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product names and other 
company names used herein are for identification purpose only and maybe the trademarks or 
registered trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those 
marks. Print samples shown herein are simulations. Specifications are subject to change without 
notice.

PRINT SPEED

571 cps
520 cps
539 cps
476 cps
419 cps
463 cps
314 cps
416 cps
347 cps
350 cps
300 cps

44 cps
38 cps
78 cps

105 cps

ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 12 CPI
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 15 CPI
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12 CPI
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10 CPI
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 20 CPI CONDENSED
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 17 CPI CONDENSED
DRAFT 15 CPI
DRAFT 12 CPI
DRAFT 10 CPI
DRAFT 20 CPI CONDENSED
DRAFT 17 CPI CONDENSED
NLQ 20 CPI
NLQ 17 CPI
NLQ 15 CPI
NLQ 12 CPI

PRINT CHARACTERISTICS

13 international character sets
13 character code tables (Standard)
Italic , PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865,
Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858,
ISO 8859-15
EPSON Draft: 10, 12, 15 cpi
EPSON Roman: 10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional
EPSON Sans Serif: 10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A
UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet

CHARACTER SETS

BITMAP FONTS

BAR CODE FONT

PRINTABLE COLUMNS

CHARACTERS PER LINE

136
163
204
233
272

PITCH (CPI)
     10 CPI
     12 CPI
     15 CPI
     17 CPI CONDENSED
     20 CPI CONDENSED

CHARACTER

10
12
15

17.1

20

PAPER HANDLING

Manual Insertion:

(Front or Rear in, Top out)

Tractor:

(Front or Rear in, Top out)
(Front/Rear/Bottom in, Top out)

Cut Sheet Feeder:

(Rear in, Top out)

Width:

100~420mm (3.9~16.5")

Length:

100~364mm (3.9~14.3")

No.6, No.10
Width:

101.6~406.4mm (4.0~16.0")

Length:

Max. 559mm (22.0")
*Can also print labels

Cut Sheet:
Single sheet

0.065~0.14mm (0.0025~0.0055")

Multi-part forms

0.12~0.39mm (0.0047~0.015")

Envelopes:

0.16~0.52mm (0.0063~0.0205")

Continuous Paper:
Single sheet/ Multi-part forms

0.065~0.39mm (0.0025~0.015")

Continuous forms with label:
Base Sheet

0.07~0.09mm (0.0028~0.0035”)

Total Sheet

0.16~0.19mm (0.0063~0.0075”)

Friction:

(Front, Rear)

Push Tractor:

(Front, Rear)

Push & Pull Tractor: (Front, Rear)
Pull Tractor:

(Front, Rear, Bottom)

CSF Bin1/Bin2, Pull Tractor, Roll Paper Holder

Or 4 copies
1/ 6" inch or programmable in increments of 1/ 432" 

128 Kbytes

PAPER PATH

CUT SHEET SIZE

ENVELOPES
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE

PAPER THICKNESS

STANDARD

     OPTIONAL FEEDER

COPIES
LINE SPACING

PAPER FEEDING
     

INPUT DATA BUFFER

RIBBON CARTRIDGE

COLOUR
TYPE
RIBBON LIFE

Black
Fabric ribbon cartridge
Black Ribbon: Approx. 12 million characters
(Draft 10cpi, 14 dots/ character)

ACOUSTIC NOISE

Approx. 55dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

RELIABILITY

MVBF (Mean Print Volume Between Failure)

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure)

PRINT HEAD LIFE

25 million lines (Except print head)

12000 POH (25% duty cycle)
200 million strokes

TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)

5~35°C
10~80% RH

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RATED VOLTAGE
RATED FREQUENCY
POWER CONSUMPTION

AC 220~240V
50~60Hz
Approx. 55W (ISO/IEC10561 Letter pattern)
Energy Star compliant

DIMENSIONS

WIDTH
DEPTH
HEIGHT
WEIGHT

589mm
350mm
167mm
Approx. 9.1 kg

PRINTER DRIVER/ UTILITY

OS

®

®

®

Microsoft  Windows  95/98/2000/Me & Microsoft

®

®

Windows  NT  operating system Version 4.0

®

®

EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft  Windows

®

®

®

95/98/2000/Me and Microsoft  Windows  NT
operating system Version 4.0 environment only)

UTILITY

OPTIONS

HIGH CAPACITY CUT SHEET FEEDER
SINGLE BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER
PULL TRACTOR UNIT
ROLL PAPER HOLDER
FRONT SHEET GUIDE
FRONT PAPER GUIDE
RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK)

SERIAL INTERFACE CARD
32KB INTELLIGENT SERIAL I/F CARD
IEEE-1284 PARALLEL I/F CARD
EpsonNET 10/100 BASE TX INT. PRINT SERVER 2

C80640
C80639
C80021
#8310
C81404
C81403
S015327

C82305/C82306
C82307/C82308
C82345
C82391

For information on Epson Products and to order Genuine Epson

Consumables, 

Call Epson Toll Free Number

 

- 1600 4250011

Accessible 9AM to 9PM

CONTROL PANEL

6 Switches and 10 LEDs

589mm

350mm

16

7m

m

Dealer's stamp:

18-PIN DOT MATRIX PRINTER

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