Epson FX-2180 Manual

EPSON FX-2180
2 - EPSON FX-2180
11/98
Printer Specifications
Mechanical
Printing method: 9-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed: High speed draft: 506 cps at 10 cpi
Draft: 380 cps at 10 cpi
Near letter quality: 95 cps at 10 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 1/216-inch
increments
Printable
columns:
136 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution: Maximum 240 × 144 dpi (near letter
quality)
Interfaces: One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel
interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode
support and one optional interface slot.
Paper feed
methods:
Friction (front, rear)
Push tractor (front, rear)
Pull tractor (front, bottom, rear)
Push and pull tractor (additional tractor is
required)
Cut-sheet feeder (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)
Paper feed speed: Continuous: 5 inches/second
Intermittent: 61 ms/line at 1/6-inch line
spacing
Paper capacity: High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:
up to 150 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m
2
) paper
up to 25 plain or bond envelopes
up to 30 airmail envelopes
up to 30 postcards
a stack of multi-part forms up to
0.59 inch (15 mm) thick
Note:
The total thickness of the paper stack can be up
to 0.59 inch (15 mm).
Second-bin cut-sheet feeder holds up to
50 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m
2
) paper
Note:
The total thickness of the paper stack can be up
to 0.20 inch (5 mm).
Buffer: 64KB or 0KB (selectable in the default-
setting mode or the EPSON Remote! utility
with Windows
®
95)
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
Barcode fonts:
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5,
UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128,
POSTNET
Character tables: One Italic and 10 graphical character tables.
(Nineteen graphical character tables are
available in some countries.)
Character sets: 13 international character sets
Reliability: Total print 7.5 million lines
volume: (except print head)
Print head life: approx. 300 million
characters
(draft 10 cpi,
14 dots/character)
Dimensions
and weight:
Height 10.1 inches (257 mm)
Width 25.2 inches (639 mm)
Depth 15.8 inches (402 mm)
Weight approx. 28.8 lb (13 kg)

Epson FX-2180 Specifications

General

Brand	Epson
Model	FX-2180
Category	Printer
Language	English