Epson FX-980 - Impact Printer, Service Manual

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FX-980 Revision A
Product Description Overview 9
1.1 Overview
The EPSON FX-980 serial impact dot matrix printeris designed based
on the existing FX-2170. Both products are common in most features,
but vary in width; the FX-980 is narrower than the FX-2170. So this
manual only provides information specific to the FX-980.
1.2 Specifications
These specifications provide statistical information for the FX-980. For
information that is not included in this section, refer to the FX-2170
Service Manual.
1.2.1 Features
The main features of this printer are:
Print speed: High speed draft: 506 cps at 10 cpi
Draft: 380 cps at 10 cpi
NLQ: 95 cps at 10 cpi
Character tables: Standard version: 13 tables
NLSP version: 37 tables
Reliability: Total print volume:25 million lines
(except printhead)
MTBF: 10,000 power on hours (POH)
Printhead life: 300 million cahracters
Ribbon life:7.5 million characters
Interface: Bi-directional parallel interface
Type-B interface
Serial interface
Control codes: ESC/P2 and IBM 2380 plus emulation
Copy capability: 1 or 5 copies always
1 or 6 copies at pull tractor feed
(front, bottom)
Control panel functions: Font, Pause, Condensed Pause, Tear off,
Bin, LF/FF, Load/Eject, Micro Adjust,
Self-Test, Data Dump, and the Default
Setting
Power supply: Universal Power Supply version
supported
Figure 1-1. Exterior View of the FX-980