Printer Specifications

Printing method:

24-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed:

High speed draft

300 cps at 10 cpi

Draft

225 cps at 10 cpi
270 cps at 12 cpi
337 cps at 15 cpi

Draft condensed

192 cps at 17 cpi
225 cps at 20 cpi

LQ

75 cps at 10 cpi
90cps at 12 cpi
112 cps at 15 cpi

LQ condensed

128 cps at 17 cpi
150 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:

80 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

Color printing (optional):

Method

Print ribbon shifting

Ribbon color

Black, Magenta, Cyan and Yellow

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
Color ribbon:
100 million strokes per wire

Dimensions and
weight:

Height

159 mm (6.26 inches)

Width

366 mm (14.4 inches)

Depth

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

Weight

approx. 4.4 kg (9.7 lb)

Ribbon:

Black ribbon cartridge (#7753)
Color ribbon cartridge (S015077)
Black film ribbon cartridge (#7768)

Ribbon life

(LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/ character)

Black ribbon

2 million characters

Color ribbon

black:
1 million characters

cyan:
0.7 million characters

magenta:
0.7 million characters

yellow
0.5 million characters

Film ribbon

0.2 million characters

Acoustic noise:

Approx. 49 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)

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

Character tables:

One Italic 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

The following 27 graphical character tables are also available in some countries:
PC 437 Greek,
PC 852 (Eastern Europe),
PC 853 (Turkish), PC 855 (Cyrillic),
PC 857 (Turkish), PC 866 (Russian),
PC 864 (Arabic), PC 869 (Greek),
MAZOWIA (Poland),
Code MJK (CSFR),
ISO 8859-7 (Latin/Greek),
ISO Latin 1T (Turkish),
Bulgaria (Bulgarian),
PC 774 (LST 1283: 1993),
Estonia (Estonian),
PC 771 (Lithuanian), ISO 8859-2,
PC 866 LAT. (Latvian),
PC 866 UKR (Ukrainian),
PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic),
PC 720 (Arabic), PC AR 864 (Arabic), PC437 Slovenia, PC MC, PC1250, PC1251

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.

120 V Model

220 to 240 V Model

Input voltage range

AC 99 to 132 V

AC 198 to 264 V

Rated frequency range

50 to 60 Hz

Input frequency range

49.5 to 60.5 Hz

Rated current

0.6 A (maximum1.4 A depending on the character type)

0.3 A (maximum 0.7 A depending on the character type)

Power consumption

Approx. 20 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:
100 to 257mm (3.9 to 10.1 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
182 to 216mm (7.2 to 8.5 inches)

Length

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

Cut-sheet feeder:
257 to 356 mm (10.1 to 14.0 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

100 to 257mm (3.9 to 10.1 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 (12 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)

Width

101.6 to 254 mm (4.0 to 10.0 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 254 mm (4.0 to 10.0 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 257mm (10.1 inches) and the maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

For single sheets wider than 209.2mm (8.23 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 254 mm (10.0 inches) and the maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

For continuous paper wider than 229.2 mm (9.0 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).