EPSON

Printer Specifications

Mechanical

Printing method:
24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed:
High speed draft
300 cps at 10 cpi
360 cps at 12 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:
50 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution:
360 × 180 dpi maximum
Feeding method:
Friction feed (rear paper entry)
Push tractor feed (rear paper entry)
Feeder:
Rear push tractor
Roll paper holder (Optional)
Paper feed speed:
Continuous
53 mm/second at 1/6-inch line spacing
(3.6 inches/second)
Reliability:
Total print volume
20 million lines
(except print head)
MTBF 10,000 POH
(25% duty)
Print head life
200 million strokes per wire
Dimensions
Printer only:
Height
Width

Depth

153 mm (6.0 inches)
275 mm (10.8 inches) (including the knob)
240 mm (9.4 inches)
With optional roll paper holder:
Height
Width

Depth


247 mm (9.7 inches)
275 mm (10.8 inches) (including the knob)
282 mm (11.1 inches)
With optional printer stand:
Height
Width

Depth


254 mm (10.0 inches)
279 mm (11.0 inches) (including the knob)
249 mm (9.8 inches)
With optional roll paper holder and printer stand:
Height
Width

Depth


348 mm (13.7 inches)
279 mm (11.0 inches) (including the knob)
286 mm (11.3 inches)
Weight:
approx. 3.3 kg (7.3 lb)
Ribbon:
Black ribbon cartridge (S015621)
Black ribbon pack (S010086)
Ribbon life
(LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/ character)
Black ribbon
3 million characters
Acoustic noise:
Approx. 54 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Electronic

Interfaces:
One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support, and one USB (ver2.0) interface
Buffer:
64KB
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
CDAC Bengali Proportional
CDAC Tamil Proportional
CDAC Telugu Proportional
CDAC Assamese Proportional
CDAC Oriya Proportional
CDAC Kannada Proportional
CDAC Malayalam Proportional
CDAC Gujarati Proportional
CDAC Punjabi Proportional
Barcode fonts:
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
Character tables:
One italic, five Indian table and 13 graphics character tables:
Italic table, PC437 (US, Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC865 (Nordic), PC863 (French-Canadian), BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC858, 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.

Electrical

 
220 to 240 V Model
Input voltage range
AC 198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range
50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range
49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current
0.3 A (maximum 0.9 A depending on the character type)
Power consumption
Approx. 20 W (Original test pattern)
Approx. 2.3 W in sleep mode*
0 W in power off mode
* sleep mode: When it passes 4 minutes and 30 seconds in the following condition, the printer enters a sleep mode.
- Not paused and no error
- There is no data in input buffer

Environmental

 
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

Paper

Note:
Use recycled paper only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows:
Temperature: 15 to 25 ˚C (59 to 77 ˚F)
Humidity: 30 to 60 % RH
Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled.
Continuous paper (standard and multipart): rear entry
Width
101.6 to 152.4 mm (4.0 to 6.0 inches)
Length (one page)
101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)
Copies
1 original + up to 2copies
Thickness
0.065 to 0.25 mm (0.0025 to 0.0098 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
Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holder
Width
101.6 to 127 mm (4.0 to 5.0 inches)
Thickness
0.065 to 0.09 mm (0.0025 to 0.0035 inch)
Weight
52 to 82 g/m² (14 to 22 lb)

Recommended printable area

Note:
For best results, print within the recommended printable area. The printer may not print outside this area.
Continuous paper:
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 152.4 mm (6.0 inches) and the maximum printable width is 127.0 mm (5.0 inches).
Roll 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 121.0 mm (4.8 inches).