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# Printer Specifications

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Electrical
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Paper
Recommended printable area
Paper alignment

## Mechanical

Printing method: | 24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed: | High speed draft | 347 cps at 10 cpi 416 cps at 12 cpi
Draft | 260 cps at 10 cpi 312 cps at 12 cpi 390 cps at 15 cpi
Draft condensed | 222 cps at 17 cpi 260 cps at 20 cpi
LQ | 86 cps at 10 cpi 103 cps at 12 cpi 129 cps at 15 cpi
LQ condensed | 147 cps at 17 cpi 172 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: | 4.23 mm (1/6-inch) or programmable in 0.0706 mm (1/360-inch) increments
Printable columns: | 80 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 (3.61 inches/second)
Intermittent | 57 msec/line at 1/6-inch line spacing
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 and weight: | When using continuous paper:
Height | 199 mm (7.8 inches)
Width | 362 mm (14.3 inches)
Depth | 335 mm (13.2 inches)
(including the paper supports and knob.)
When using single sheets:
Height | 199 mm (7.8 inches)
Width | 362 mm (14.3 inches)
Depth | 307 mm (12.1 inches)
(including the paper supports and knob.)
Weight | approx. 4 kg (8.8 lb)
Ribbon: | Black ribbon cartridge (S015634)
Ribbon life (Draft, 10 cpi, 48 dots/ character) | Black ribbon | 2.5 million characters
Acoustic noise: | Approx. 53 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 EIA-232D serial interface, and one USB (ver. 2.0) interface
Buffer: | 128 KB

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
Indian fonts*1:
CDAC Devanagari proportional *2
CDAC Bengali proportional *2
CDAC Tamil proportional *2
CDAC Telugu proportional *2
CDAC Assamese proportional *2
CDAC Oriya proportional *2
CDAC Kannada proportional *2
CDAC Malayalam proportional *2
CDAC Gujarati proportional *2
CDAC Punjabi proportional *2
*1 These fonts are available for Indian model only.
*2 Each font has two sizes (14 pt and 10.5 pt) and two qualities (LQ and Draft).
Scalable fonts:
EPSON Roman 10.5 pt., 8-32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Sans Serif 10.5 pt., 8-32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Roman T 10.5 pt., 8-32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Sans Serif H 10.5 pt., 8-32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
SV Busaba 10.5 pt., 8-32 pt.(every 2 pt.)*2
SV Jittra 10.5 pt., 8-32 pt.(every 2 pt.)*2
*2 Only for Thai model.
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 graphical character tables:
Italic table, PC 437 (US, Standard Europe), PC 850 (Multilingual), PC 860 (Portuguese), PC 863 (Canadian-French), PC 865 (Nordic), PC 861 (Icelandic), BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15
Expanded:
One Italic and 40 graphical character tables:
Italic table, PC437 (US, Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC437 Greek, PC853 (Turkish), PC855 (Cyrillic), PC852 (East Europe), PC857 (Turkish), PC866 (Russian), PC869 (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), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC865 (Nordic), PC864 (Arabic), PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic), PC 720 (Arabic), PCAR864 (Arabic), PC863 (Canadian-French), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15, PC771 (Lithuania), PC437 Slovenia, PC MC, PC1250, PC1251, KZ1048 (Kazakhstan)
Indian model:
One Italic and 17 graphical character tables:
Italic table, PC 437 (US, Standard Europe), PC 850 (Multilingual), PC 860 (Portuguese), PC 863 (Canadian-French), PC 865 (Nordic), PC 861 (Icelandic), BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15, ISCII, PC-ISCII, EA-ISCII, TAB-Tamil99, TAM-Tamil99
Thai model:
One Italic and 14 graphical character tables:
Italic table, PC437 (US, Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC863 (Canadian-French), PC865 (Nordic), PC 858, ISO 8859-15, KU42 (Thai), TIS11 (Thai), TIS18 (Thai), TIS17 (Thai), TIS13 (Thai), TIS16 (Thai), TSM/WIN (Thai)

Character sets: | 13 international character sets: USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I, Japan, Norway, Denmark 2, Spain 2, Latin America

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## Electrical

This product will enter sleep mode after a period of nonuse. The time interval has been set at the factory to ensure that the product meets Energy Star standards of energy efficiency and cannot be modified by the consumer.

| 110 to 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 | 1.5 A (maximum 4 A depending on the character type) | 0.8 A (maximum 2 A depending on the character type)
Power consumption | Approx. 26 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) Approx. 8 W in standby mode Approx. 1 W in sleep mode* Approx. 0.5 W in auto off mode 0 W in power off | Approx. 24 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) Approx. 8 W in standby mode Approx. 1.3 W in sleep mode* Approx. 0.5 W in auto off mode 0 W in power off

* sleep mode: When 4 minutes and 30 seconds pass in the following condition, the printer enters sleep mode.
- No operation
- No error
- There is no data in input buffer
Note:

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

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## 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

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## Paper

Note:

Use recycled paper, envelopes, and single-sheet multipart forms 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.

Single sheets (standard): paper guide entry

Width | 100 to 257 mm (3.9 to 10.1 inches)
Length | 100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)
Thickness | 0.065 to 0.14 mm (0.0025 to 0.0055 inch)
Weight | 52 to 90 g/m² (14 to 24 lb)

Single-sheet multipart forms: paper guide entry

Width | 100 to 257 mm (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 0.0126 inch)
Weight | 40 to 58 g/m² (12 to 15 lb)
Binding | Line-glued at the top of form

Envelopes: paper guide entry

Size | No. 6: 165 × 92 mm (6.5 × 3.6 inches) No. 10: 241 × 105 mm (9.5 × 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)

Continuous paper (standard and multipart): rear entry

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 0.0126 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 | Point glue or paper staple on both sides

Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holder

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)

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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 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 257 mm (10.1 inches). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). If the paper size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).
C | The minimum bottom margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

Envelopes:

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. The maximum horizontal printable area is 234.9mm (9.25 inch). If the envelope size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 234.9 mm (9.25 inches).
C | The minimum bottom margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

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 254 mm (10.0 inches). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). If the paper size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

Roll paper:

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

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## Paper alignment

For continuous paper, printing starts at the arrow mark on the printer. The unprintable area is to the left of the arrow mark.
For single sheets, printing starts at “0” on the paper guide scale. The unprintable area is to the left of the “0.”
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