FX-870/1170
guide
printer
release
paper-tension unit
ribbon cartridge
inlet
Note: The power cord is attached.
Printer Specifications
Printing
method:
9-pin impact dot
matrix
Printing
speed:
Type of letters
High-speed draft
Draft pica
Draft elite
Condensed draft pica
Print speed
380
(320)
285
342
243
Emphasized
pica
normal pica
Notes:
1) The printing speed for high speed draft is reduced to the value in
with thick paper (over 0.18 mm).
2) The printing speed for high speed draft is reduced to the value of
pica” when any graphic character is in the line.
3) The printing speed for draft is reduced to the value in when any italic
character is in the line.
4) The speed for high duty printing is reduced to approximately
of each
speed, except for the printing speed in
Printing
direction:
Bidirectional
for text
Unidirectional for graphics
Line spacing:
or programmable in
increments of
Paper-feed speed:
Friction: 69
at
line spacing
Tractor: 77
at
line spacing
Continuous
3.7 inches per second
Buffer:
24 KB or 0 KB
(Selectable in the default setting mode)
Printable columns:
Draft, Epson Roman, or Epson
Serif
in normal or condensed mode. You can
also select other font/pitch combinations
using
commands.
Character tables
Mode):
Europe:
One italic and 15 graphic character tables
One italic and 7 graphic character tables
One italic and 5 graphic character tables
13
character sets
Character tables
Emulation):
2 Character tables
Symbol sets
Paper
Single
sheets (top insertion):
Width
257 mm (5.8 to 10.1 inches) for standard
148 to 420 mm (5.8 to 16.5 inches) for wide
max. 364 mm (14.3 inches)
Thickness
0.065 to 0.14 mm (0.0025 to 0.0055 inches)
Weight
52.3 to 90
(14 to 24 lb)
Single-sheet
bad single sheet multi-part forms only into the front slot
with the optional front sheet guide.
Use carbonless multi-part forms only.
Continuous paper:
Width
to 254 mm (4 to inches) for standard
to
mm (4 to 16 inches) for wide
Copies
Four sheets (one original plus up to three copies)
Thickness
0.065 to 0.32 mm (0.0025 0.012 inch) for one sheet
0.12 to 0.32
mm
(0.0047 to 0.012 inch) total
Weight
52.3
to
82
(14 to 22
lb) for one sheet
40 to 58.2
(12 to 15
lb) per sheet in
multi-part forms
Use carbonless multi-part forms only.
9-Pin Printers
10/13/92
FX-870/1170-1
