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HEAD OFFICE
3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi, Nagano, 392-8502 Japan
Phone: 0266-52-3131  Telex: 3362-435 (EPSON J)
Fax: 0266-53-4844

SPECIFICATIONS

PRINTER TYPE

PRINTING METHOD

Impact dot matrix

NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD

9 pins

PRINT DIRECTION

Bi-directional with logic seeking

PRINT SPEED

HIGH SPEED DRAFT 15 CPI

337 cps

HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12 CPI

337 cps

HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10 CPI

300 cps

HIGH SPEED DRAFT 20 CPI CONDENSED

300 cps

HIGH SPEED DRAFT 17 CPI CONDENSED

321 cps

DRAFT

15 CPI

225 cps

DRAFT

12 CPI

270 cps

DRAFT

10 CPI

225 cps

DRAFT

20 CPI CONDENSED

225 cps

DRAFT

17 CPI CONDENSED

191 cps

NLQ

20 CPI

56 cps

NLQ

17 CPI

47 cps

NLQ

15 CPI

56 cps

NLQ

12 CPI

67 cps

NLQ

10 CPI

56 cps

PRINT CHARACTERISTICS

CHARACTER SETS

12 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

BITMAP FONTS

EPSON Draft:

10, 12, 15 cpi

EPSON Roman:

10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional

EPSON Sans Serif:

10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional

BAR CODE FONT

EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A
UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet

PRINTABLE COLUMNS

PITCH (CPI)

CHARACTERS PER LINE             CHARACTER 

10 CPI

136

10

12 CPI

163

12

15 CPI

204

15

17 CPI CONDENSED

233

17.1

20 CPI CONDENSED

272

20

PAPER HANDLING

PAPER PATH

Manual Insertion: 

(Rear in, Top out)

Tractor: 

(Rear in, Top out)
(Bottom in, Top out)

Cut Sheet Feeder: (Rear in, Top out)

CUT SHEET SIZE

Width:

148~420mm (5.8~16.5")

Length: 100~364mm 

(3.9~14.3")

ENVELOPES

No.6, No.10

CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE

Width: 

101.6~406.4mm (4.0~16.0")

Length: Max. 

559mm 

(22.0")

Can also print labels

PAPER THICKNESS

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”)

PAPER FEEDING
      STANDARD 

Friction: 

(Rear in, Top out)

Push Tractor: 

(Rear in, Top out)

Pull Tractor:

(Rear in, Top out)
(Bottom in, Top out)

      OPTIONAL FEEDER

Cut Sheet Feeder:  (Rear in, Top out)
Push-Pull Tractor:

(Rear in, Top out)

COPIES

Or 4 copies

LINE SPACING

1/ 6" inch or programmable by 1/ 432" inch

INPUT DATA BUFFER

8 K Byte

INTERFACE 

STANDARD

Centronics

®

-type 8-bit parallel interface

(IEEE-1284 Nibble mode)
RS-232C Serial Interface

OPTION

EpsonNet 10/100 Base TX Ext. Print Server

RIBBON CARTRIDGE

COLOUR

Black

TYPE

Fabric ribbon cartridge

RIBBON LIFE

Black Ribbon: Approx. 3 million characters  
(Draft 10cpi, 14 dots/ character)

ACOUSTIC NOISE

Approx. 49dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

RELIABILITY

MVBF (Mean Print Volume Between Failure) 

12 million lines (Except print head)

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) 

6000 POH (25% duty cycle)

PRINT HEAD LIFE

400 million strokes/ wire 

CONTROL PANEL

4 switches, 4 LEDs

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)

TEMPERATURE  

5~35˚C

HUMIDITY   

10~80% RH

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

RATED VOLTAGE

AC 120V or AC 220~240V

RATED FREQUENCY

50~60Hz

POWER CONSUMPTION

Approx. 23W (ISO 10561 Letter pattern) 
Energy Star compliant

DIMENSIONS

WIDTH

546mm

DEPTH

275mm

HEIGHT

163mm

WEIGHT   

Approx. 6.3 kg 

PRINTER DRIVER/ UTILITY

OS

Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

 95/98/2000/Me and Microsoft

®

 

Windows

®

 NT

®

 operating system Version 4.0

UTILITY

EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

 

95/98/2000/Me and Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

 NT

®

operating system Version 4.0 environment only)

OPTIONS

RIBBON CARTRIDGE

#8755

RIBBON PACK

#8758

SINGLE BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER

C806392

PULL TRACTOR UNIT

C800342

ROLL PAPER HOLDER

#8310

EpsonNet 10/100 Base TX Ext. Print Server*

1

C82378*

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

275mm

546mm

163mm

*

1  

Regional AC Adapter Set (C82525) is required.

As an international 

E

NERGY 

S

TAR Partner, EPSON has determined that this 

product meets the international 

E

NERGY 

S

TAR Program for energy efficiency.  

    

“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.

9-PIN
DOT MATRIX PRINTER

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