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
