Printer Specifications

Printing method:

24-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed:

High speed draft

300 cps at 10 cpi
360 cps at 12 cpi

Draft

250 cps at 10 cpi
300 cps at 12 cpi
375 cps at 15 cpi

Draft condensed

214 cps at 17 cpi
250 cps at 20 cpi

LQ

83 cps at 10 cpi
100 cps at 12 cpi
125 cps at 15 cpi

LQ condensed

142 cps at 17 cpi
166 cps at 20 cpi

Printing direction:

Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics printing. Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands.

Line spacing:

1/6-inch or programmable in 1/360-inch increments

Printable columns:

136 columns (at 10 cpi)

Resolution:

360 x 360 dpi maximum

Feeding method:

Friction feed (rear paper entry)
Push tractor feed (rear paper entry)
Push and Pull tractor feed (rear paper entry)
Pull tractor feed (rear or bottom paper entry)

Feeder:

Rear push tractor
Cut-sheet feeder (Optional)
Pull tractor unit (Optional)
Roll paper holder (Optional)

Paper feed speed:

Continuous

92 mm/second
(3.6 inches/second)

Intermittent

53 msec/line at 1/6-inch line spacing

Reliability:

Total print volume

12 million lines
(except print head)
MTBF 6,000 POH
(25% duty)

Print head life

Black ribbon:
200 million strokes per wire

Dimensions and
weight:

Height

164 mm (6.6 inches)

Width

546 mm (21.5 inches)

Depth

275 mm (10.8 inches)
(excluding the knob, paper release lever, etc.)

Weight

approx. 6.8 kg (15.0 lb)

Ribbon:

Black ribbon cartridge (#7754)

ribbon life

3 million characters
(Draft, 10 cpi)

Black film ribbon cartridge (#7770)

ribbon life

0.3 million characters
(LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/
character)

Acoustic noise:

Approx. 55 db (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Interfaces:

One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support, one EIA-232D serial interface, and one USB (ver1.1) interface

Buffer:

32KB

Built-in fonts:

Bitmap fonts
EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi
EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional
EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional
EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi
EPSON Prestige 10, 12 cpi
EPSON Script 10 cpi
EPSON OCR-B 10 cpi
EPSON Orator 10 cpi
EPSON Orator-S 10 cpi
EPSON Script C proportional

Scalable fonts
EPSON Roman 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt)
EPSON Sans Serif 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt)
EPSON Roman T 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt)
EPSON Sans Serif H 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt)

Indian fonts (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Devanagari Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Bengali Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Tamil Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Telugu Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Assamese Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Oriya Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Kannada Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Malayalam Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Gujarati Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)
CDAC Punjabi Proportional (14 pt and 10.5 pt, LQ and Draft)

Bar code fonts
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET

Character tables:

One Italic, five Indian and 12 graphical character tables:
Italic table,
PC 437 (US, Standard Europe),
PC 850 (Multilingual),
PC 860 (Portuguese),
PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic),
PC 863 (French-Canadian),
BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1,
Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15,
ISCII, PC-ISCII, EA-ISCII,
TAB-Tamil99, TAM-Tamil99

Character sets:

14 international character sets and one legal character set:
USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I,
Sweden, Italy, Spain I
Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II,
Latin America, Korea, Legal
Letter 7 sets can be selected only with the ESC R command.

Rated voltage range

AC 100 to 240 V

Input voltage range

AC 90 to 270 V

Rated frequency range

50 to 60 Hz

Input frequency range

49.5 to 60.5 Hz

Rated current

0.8 A (maximum 2.6 A depending on the character type)

Power consumption

Approx. 30 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)

Temperature
(without condensation)

Humidity
(without condensation)

Operation

5 to 35 °C (41 to 95 °F)

10 to 80% RH

Storage

-30 to 60 °C (-22 to 140 °F)

0 to 85% RH

Width

Paper guide:
148 to 420 mm (5.8 to 16.5 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
182 to 420 mm (7.2 to 16.5 inches)

Length

Paper guide:
100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
210 to 364 mm (8.3 to 14.3 inches)

Thickness

Paper guide:
0.065 to 0.14 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0055 inch)

Cut-sheet feeder:
0.07 to 0.14 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0055 inch)

Weight

Paper guide:
52 to 90 g/m² (14 to 24 lb)

Cut sheet feeder:
64 to 90 g/m² (18 to 24 lb)

Width

148 to 420 mm (5.8 to 16.5 inches)

Length

100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)

Copies

1 original + up to 3 copies

Thickness

0.12 to 0.32 mm (0.0047 to 0.013 inch)

Weight

40 to 58 g/m² (14 to 15 lb)

Binding

Line-glued at the top or one side of form

Size

No. 6: 165 x 92 mm (6.5 x 3.6 inches)
No. 10: 241 x 105 mm (9.5 x 4.1 inches)

Thickness

0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0205 inch)

Weight

45 to 90 g/m² (12 to 24 lb)

Size

148 x 100 mm (5.8 x 3.9 inches)

Thickness

0.22 mm (0.0087 inch)

Weight

192 g/m² (51 lb)

Width

101.6 to 406.4 mm (4.0 to 16.0 inches)

Length (one page)

101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)

Copies

1 original + up to 3 copies

Thickness

0.065 to 0.32 mm
(0.0025 to 0.013 inch)

Gathering area up to 0.9 mm
(0.035 inch)

Weight
(not multipart)

52 to 82 g/m² (14 to 22 lb)

Weight
(one sheet of multipart)

40 to 58 g/m² (12 to 15 lb)

Binding

Spot glued or crimp bound on both sides

Label size

23.8 x 63.5 mm (15/16 x 2.5 inches) minimum
2.5 mm (0.1 inch) corner radius, minimum

Backing sheet width

101.6 to 406.4 mm (4.0 to 16.0 inches)

Backing sheet length

101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)

Backing sheet thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

Total thickness

0.16 to 0.19 mm (0.0063 to 0.0075 inch)

Label weight

64 g/m² (17 lb)

Width

216 mm (8.5 inches)

Thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

Weight

52 to 82 g/m² (14 to 22 lb)

A

The minimum top margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

B

The minimum left and right margins are 3.0 mm (0.12 inch) each.

For single sheets the maximum paper width is 420 mm (16.5 inches) and the maximum printable width is 345.44 mm (13.6 inches).

For single sheets wider than 364 mm (14.3 inches), the side margins increase proportionally to match the width of the paper.

C

The minimum bottom margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

A

The minimum top and bottom margins above and below the perforation are 4.2 mm (0.17 inch) each.

B

The minimum left and right margins are 13 mm (0.51 inch) each.

The maximum paper width is 406.4 mm (16.0 inches) and the maximum printable width is 345.44 mm (13.6 inches).

For continuous paper wider than 377.8 mm (14.9 inches), the side margins increase proportionally to match the width of the paper.

A

The minimum top margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

B

The minimum left margin is 3.0 mm (0.12 inch).

The minimum right margin is 3.0 mm (0.12 inch).

The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

A

The minimum left margin is 13.0 mm (0.51 inch).
The minimum right margin is 13.0 mm (0.51 inch).

B

The minimum top margin is 1.2 mm (0.05 inch).

C

The minimum top/bottom/right/left margin on the label is 3.0 mm (0.12 inch).

The minimum printable width is 63.5 mm (2.5 inches).
The maximum base sheet width is 406.4 mm (16.0 inches).