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Printer Features

High-speed tandem printing engine
Pre-defined color settings in the printer driver
Toner save mode
Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology
Wide variety of fonts
Adobe PostScript 3 Mode
PCL Emulation Mode
Secure direct printing with USB memory

The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to ease of use and consistent, high-quality output. The main features are described below.

High-speed tandem printing engine

Your printer’s state-of-the-art tandem engine features 600 MHz image processing and single-pass technology that delivers 20 ppm (pages per minute) at 4800 RIT* color printing and 25 ppm black and white printing on A4 paper.

* Epson AcuLaser Resolution Improvement Technology

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Pre-defined color settings in the printer driver

The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for color printing, allowing you to optimize print quality for various types of color documents.

For Windows, see Making the print quality settings for more information.
For Macintosh, see Making the print quality settings for more information.

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Toner save mode

To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents, you can print rough drafts using the Toner Save mode.

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Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology

Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original Epson printer technology that works by smoothing out the jagged edges of diagonal and curved lines in both text and graphics. Enhanced MicroGray improves the halftone quality of graphics.

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Wide variety of fonts

The printer comes with a selection of 84 scalable fonts, and 7 bitmap fonts in ESC/Page mode to provide you with the fonts you need to create professional-looking documents.

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Adobe PostScript 3 Mode

The printer’s Adobe PostScript 3 Mode provides you with the ability to print documents formatted for PostScript printers. Seventeen scalable fonts are included. IES (Intelligent Emulation Switch) and SPL (Shared Printer Language) support allow the printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer.

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PCL Emulation Mode

The PCL Emulation mode provides you with the ability to print documents in the PCL6/5c printing language with this printer.

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Secure direct printing with USB memory

The printer can print files that are in a USB memory via a USB Host interface without starting the computer, installing the printer driver, or connecting the printer to a network. This function helps you to keep your files secure by printing them as you are standing in front of the printer. See Printing Directly from a USB Memory for more information.

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