Epson DFX-9000 Reference Guide

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Contents
Chapter 1 Safety Instructions
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hot Parts Caution Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
For United Kingdom users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Paper Handling
Using the Two-Tractor System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Positioning the paper supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What paper types you can use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Loading Paper onto the Front Tractor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Loading Paper onto the Rear Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adjusting the Paper Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting the top-of-form position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adjusting the printing position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adjusting the label position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tearing Off the Printed Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Tear Off button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting the tear-off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching Between Front and Rear Tractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Printing on Multi-Part Forms and Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using multi-part forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 3 Printer Software
About Your Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Printer Driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95 . . . . . . . . 47
Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications . . 48

Epson DFX-9000 Specifications

General

Color	No
Built-in barcodes	Code 39, POSTNET, UPC-A, UPC-E
Maximum resolution	240 x 144 DPI
Maximum print size	A4 (210 x 297 mm)
Standard interfaces	Serial
Dimensions (WxDxH)	700 x 378 x 363 mm
Power requirements	100-240V, 50-60Hz
Connectivity technology	Wired
Compatible operating systems	Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP/ Windows NT 4.0
Sound pressure level (printing)	58 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	20000 h
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Power consumption (standby)	1.85 W
Power consumption (typical)	7.5 W
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 80 %