Epson LX 300+II User Manual

Getting to Know Your Printer 15
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Chapter 1
Getting to Know Your Printer
Features
Your EPSON
®
LX-300+II/LX-1170II 9-pin dot matrix printer
provides high-quality printing and superior performance in a
compact design. Its features include:
❏ A variety of paper paths to suit your printing needs.
❏ The ability to handle a wide range of paper types, including
continuous paper, multipart forms (with one original and up
to four copies), labels, single sheets, and envelopes.
❏ High-speed printing of up to 300 cps (characters per second)
at 10 cpi (characters per inch).
Your printer comes packaged with the printer driver and other
software, including the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility for
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Vista, XP, Me, 98, 2000, or NT 4.0. The
EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility lets you check the status of your
printer quickly and easily.
Note:
The illustrations in this manual are from LX-300+II. LX-1170II is wider
than LX-300+II. However, the explanations are the same.

Epson LX 300+II Specifications

Power

rated voltage	120V AC
input voltage range	99 to 132V, 198 to 164V
rated frequency range	50 to 60 Hz
input frequency range	49.5 to 60.5 Hz
power consumption	Approx. 23W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)

Performance

print speed high speed draft	337 cps (12 cpi)
print speed draft	225 cps (10 cpi)
print speed near letter quality	56 cps (10 cpi)
sound level	49 dBA (ISO 7779 pattern)
mtbf	6, 000 POH (25% duty cycle)
print head life	400 million characters
ribbon life	3 million characters (draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

Weight and Dimensions

carton dimensions	14.5" x 17.6" x 8.6" (W x D x H)
carton weight	12.10 lb
height	6.26" (159 mm)
width	14.42" (366 mm)
depth	10.84" (275 mm)
weight	9.7 lb (4.4 kg)