Printer Specifications

Printing method:

9-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed:

High speed draft

300 cps at 10 cpi
337 cps at 12 cpi
337 cps at 15 cpi

High speed draft condensed

321 cps at 17 cpi
300 cps at 20 cpi

Draft

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

Draft condensed

191 cps at 17 cpi
225 cps at 20 cpi

Draft emphasized

112 cps at 10 cpi

NLQ (Near Letter Quality)

56 cps at 10 cpi
67 cps at 12 cpi
56 cps at 15 cpi
47 cps at 17 cpi
56 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:

50 columns (at 10 cpi)

Resolution:

240 × 144 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 with normal mode
(3.6 inches/second)

57 mm/second at 1/6-inch line spacing with copy mode
(3.3 inches/second)

Reliability:

Total print volume

20 million lines
(except print head)
MTBF 10,000 POH
(25% duty)

Print head life

400 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/S015629)
Black ribbon pack (S010086)

Ribbon life

(Draft, 10cpi, 14dots/character)

Black ribbon

2.5 million characters

Acoustic noise:

Approx. 53 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Interfaces:

One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support, and one USB (ver. 2.0) 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 OCR-B 10 cpi

Barcode 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, PC437 (US, Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC865 (Nordic), PC863 (French-Canadian), PC861 (Icelandic), BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15

Expanded:

One italic and 41 graphics character tables:
Italic table, PC 437 (US, Standard Europe), PC 850 (Multilingual), PC 437 Greek, PC 853 (Turkish), PC 855 (Cyrillic), PC 852 (East Europe), PC 857 (Turkish), PC 866 (Russian), 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 (Estonia), ISO 8859-2, PC 866 LAT. (Latvian), PC 866 UKR (Ukraina), PC 860 (Portuguese), PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic), PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic), PC 720 (Arabic), PCAR 864 (Arabic), PC 863 (Canadian-French), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, Hebrew 7, Hebrew 8, PC 862 (Hebrew), PC 858, ISO 8859-15, PC 771 (Lithuania), PC 437 Slovenia, PC MC, PC 1250, PC 1251

Character sets:

13 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, Legal
Letter 7 sets can be selected only with the ESC R command.

Rated voltage range

AC 220 to 240 V

AC 120 V

Input voltage range

AC 198 to 264 V

AC 99 to 132 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

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

0.6 A (maximum 1.4 A depending on the character type)

Power consumption

Approx. 23 W (Original test pattern)
Approx. 2.3 W in sleep mode*
0 W in power off mode

Approx. 23 W (Original test pattern)
Approx. 2.1 W in sleep mode*
0 W in power off mode

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

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 3 copies

Thickness

0.065 to 0.32 mm (0.0025 to 0.0126 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

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)

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).

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).