Product Information

Printer Specifications

System requirements
Mechanical
Electronic
Electrical
Environmental
Paper
Recommended printable area

System requirements

FX-875

FX-2175

Operating System

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Windows 2000

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows XP

Windows 2000

Windows NT 4.0

Windows Me

Windows 98

Windows 95

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Mechanical

Printing method:

9-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed:

Ultra high speed draft

476 cps at 10 cpi
571 cps at 12 cpi

High speed draft

476 cps at 10 cpi
539 cps at 12 cpi
520 cps at 15 cpi

High speed draft condensed

463 cps at 17 cpi
419 cps at 20 cpi

Draft

347 cps at 10 cpi
416 cps at 12 cpi
314 cps at 15 cpi

Draft condensed

300 cps at 17 cpi
350 cps at 20 cpi

Draft emphasized

173 cps at 10 cpi

Near letter quality

87 cps at 10 cpi
105 cps at 12 cpi
78 cps at 15 cpi
38 cps at 17 cpi
44 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 1/432-inch increments

Printable columns:

FX-875:
80 columns (at 10 cpi)

FX-2175:
136 columns (at 10 cpi)

Resolution:

Maximum 240 x 144 dpi (near letter quality)

Paper feed methods:

Friction (front, rear)
Push tractor (front, rear)
Pull tractor (front, bottom, rear)
Push and pull tractor (additional tractor is required) (front, rear)
Cut-sheet feeder (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)

Paper feed speed:

Continuous

78 mm/second
3.1 inches/second

Intermittent

69 msec/line at 1/6 inch line spacing

Paper capacity:

Single-bin cut-sheet feeder

up to 50 sheets of 82 g/m² (22 lb) paper

Note:

The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 5 mm (0.20 inch).

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder

up to 150 sheets of 82 g/m² (22 lb) paper

up to 25 plain or bond envelopes

up to 30 airmail envelopes

Note:

The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 15 mm (0.59 inch).

Reliability:

Total print volume

25 million lines
(except print head)

MTBF:

FX-875:
15,000 POH (25% duty)

FX-2175:
12,000 POH (25% duty)

Print head life

200 million strokes/wire

Approx. 200 million characters (Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

Dimensions and weight:

FX-875:

Height

167.5 mm (6.6 inches)

Width

414 mm (16.3 inches)

Depth

350 mm (13.8 inches)
(not including the knob, paper guide, and paper release lever)

Weight

approx. 7.2 kg (15.9 lb)

FX-2175:

Height

167.5 mm (6.6 inches)

Width

589 mm (20.7 inches)

Depth

350 mm (13.8 inches)
(not including the knob, paper guide, and paper release lever)

Weight

approx. 9.1 kg (20.1 lb)

Ribbon:

Black ribbon cartridge

S015329 for FX-875

S015327 for FX-2175

Ribbon life

FX-875:
approx. 7.5 million characters
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

FX-2175:
approx. 12 million characters
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

Acoustic noise:

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

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Electronic

Interfaces:	One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode support, one USB (ver 1.1) interface and one optional Type B interface slot
Buffer:	128KB
Fonts:	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 fonts
	EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
Character tables:	Standard One italic and 12 graphics character tables: Italic table, PC 437 (US, Standard Europe), PC 850 (Multilingual), PC 860 (Portuguese), PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic), PC 863 (Canadian-French), BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15
Character sets:	13 international character sets: USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I, Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America

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Electrical

	FX-875 Universal (UPS) Model	FX-2175 220 to 240 V Model
Rated voltage range	100 to 240 V	220 to 240 V
Input voltage range	90 to 264 V	198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range	50 to 60 Hz	50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range	49.5 to 60.5 Hz	49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current	1.1A (maximum 3.0 A depending on the character type)	0.6 A (maximum 1.3 A depending on the character type)
Power consumption	Approx. 56 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) 115 V: Approx. 4.5 W in sleep mode* 230 V: Approx. 4.8 W in sleep mode* Approx. 0 W in power-off mode	Approx. 55 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) Approx. 3.4 W in sleep mode* Approx. 0 W in power-off mode

* When 5 minutes pass in the following condition, the printer enters sleep mode.
- not pause.
- not error.

Note:

Check the label on the back of the printer for the voltage of your printer.

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Environmental

	Temperature	Humidity (without condensation)
Operation (plain paper)	5 to 35°C (41 to 95°F)	10 to 80% RH
Operation (recycled paper, envelope, label, or roll paper)	15 to 25°C (59 to 77°F)	30 to 60% RH
Storage	-30 to 60°C (-22 to 140°F)	0 to 85%

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Paper

Note:

Use recycled paper, multipart paper, labels, envelopes, and roll paper only under normal temperature and humidity conditions described below.

Temperature	15 to 25°C (59 to 77°F)
Humidity	30 to 60% RH

Do not load paper that is curled, folded, or crumpled.

Single sheets:

		Front entry			Rear entry
		Minimum	Maximum		Minimum	Maximum
Width*	(mm) (inch)	100 3.9	FX-875: 257 10.1	FX-2175: 420 16.5	100 3.9	FX-875: 257 10.1	FX-2175: 420 16.5
Length**	(mm) (inch)	100 3.9	364 14.3		100 3.9	364 14.3
Thickness***	(mm) (inch)	0.065 0.0025	0.14 0.0055		0.065 0.0025	0.14 0.0055
Weight****	(g/m²) (lb)	52 14	90 24		52 14	90 24
Quality		Plain paper and recycled paper

* 182 to 216 mm (7.2 to 8.5 inches) for the optional cut-sheet feeder for FX-875.
182 to 420 mm (7.2 to 16.5 inches) for the optional cut-sheet feeder for FX-2175.

** 210 to 364 mm (8.3 to 14.3 inches) for the optional cut-sheet feeder.

*** 0.07 to 0.14 mm (0.0028 to 0.0055 inch) for the optional cut-sheet feeder.

**** 64 to 90 g/m² (18 to 24 lb) for the optional cut-sheet feeder.

Single-sheet multipart forms (for the optional front sheet or front paper guide only):

		Minimum	Maximum
Width	(mm) (inch)	100 3.9	FX-875: 257 10.1	FX-2175: 420 16.5
Length	(mm) (inch)	100 3.9	364 14.3
Copies		1 original + 4 copies
Total thickness	(mm) (inch)	0.12 0.0047	0.39 0.015
Weight per sheet of multipart	(g/m²) (lb)	40 12	58 15
Quality		Carbonless multipart forms with a line of glue at the top side of the form

Cards:

		Front entry		Rear entry
		Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Width	(mm) (inch)	100 3.9	148 5.8	100 3.9	148 5.8
Length	(mm) (inch)	148 5.8		100 3.9	148 5.8
Thickness	(mm) (inch)	0.22 0.0087
Weight	(g/m²) (lb)	192 51
Quality		Plain paper and recycled paper

Continuous paper (ordinary and multipart):

		Minimum	Maximum
Width	(mm) (inch)	101.6 4.0	FX-875: 254.0 10.0	FX-2175: 406.4 16.0
Length, one page	(mm) (inch)	101.6 4.0	558.8 22.0
Copies		1 original + 4 copies
Total thickness	(mm) (inch)	0.065 0.0025	0.39 0.015
Weight, ordinary paper	(g/m²) (lb)	52 14	82 22
Weight, per sheet of multipart	(g/m²) (lb)	40 12	58 15
Quality		Plain paper, recycled paper, and carbonless multipart forms with point gluing or paper stapling on both sides

Note:

Do not load thick paper, such as multipart forms with five parts, in the rear slot.

The ratio of the cut/uncut length at the perforation should be between 3:1 and 5:1.

The thickness of the perforation part when extended should be 1mm or less.

The perforation between pages should not extend all the way to the edges of the paper. Uncut length on the edges should be 1mm or more.

The horizontal and vertical perforation cuts should not cross.

Continuous labels (front and bottom entry only):

Note:

Use only labels mounted on continuous backing sheets.

		Minimum	Maximum
Label size		See the figure below.
Width, backing sheet	(mm) (inch)	101.6 4.0	FX-875: 254.0 10.0	FX-2175: 406.4 16.0
Length, backing sheet	(mm) (inch)	101.6 4.0	558.8 22.0
Thickness, backing sheet	(mm) (inch)	0.07 0.0028	0.09 0.0035
Total thickness	(mm) (inch)	0.16 0.0063	0.19 0.0075
Label weight	(g/m²) (lb)	64 17
Quality		Plain paper or the same quality labels

A. 2.5 inches (63.5 mm) min.

B. 15/16 inch (23.8 mm) min.

C. Corner radius = 0.1 inch (2.5 mm) min.

Envelopes (rear entry only):

			Minimum	Maximum
Envelope size (No. 6)	Width	(mm) (inch)	165 6.5
	Length	(mm) (inch)	92 3.6
Envelope size (No10)	Width	(mm) (inch)	241 9.5
	Length	(mm) (inch)	105 4.1
Total thickness		(mm) (inch)	0.16 0.0063	0.52 0.0205
			Differences in thickness within the printable area must be less than 0.25 mm (0.0098 inch).
Weight		(g/m²) (lb)	45 12	90 24
Quality			Bond envelopes, plain envelopes, and airmail envelopes without glue on the flap

Roll paper (rear entry with optional roll paper holder only):

		Minimum	Maximum
Width	(mm) (inch)	216 8.5
Length	(mm) (inch)	— —
Thickness	(mm) (inch)	0.07 0.0028	0.09 0.0035
Weight	(g/m²) (lb)	52 14	82 22
Quality		Plain paper

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Recommended printable area

Note:

For best results, print within the recommended printable area. The printer may not print outside this area.

Single sheets
	A	The minimum top and bottom margins are 4.2 mm (0.2 inch).
	B	FX-875: The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm (0.1 inch). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). For paper wider than 209.2 mm (8.2 inches), the side margins increase to match the width of the paper. FX-2175: The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm (0.1 inch). The maximum printable width is 345.44 mm (13.6 inches). For paper wider than 351.44 mm (13.8 inches), the side margins increase to match the width of the paper.
Continuous paper
	A	The minimum top and bottom margins (above and below the perforation) are 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).
	B	FX-875: The minimum left and right margins are 13 mm (0.51 inch). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). For paper wider than 229.2 mm (9.0 inches), the side margins increase to match the width of the paper. FX-2175: The minimum left and right margins are 13 mm (0.51 inch). The maximum printable width is 351.8 mm (13.9 inches). For paper wider than 377.8 mm (14.9 inches), the side margins increase to match the width of the paper.

Envelopes

The minimum top and bottom margins are 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm (0.12 inch).

Roll paper

The minimum top and bottom margins are 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm (0.12 inch). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

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