Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Technical Reference Guide

1-4 General Information Rev. D
1.3 Consumables
1.3.1 Ribbons
This printer needs a ribbon cassette to print receipts. We provide 3 ribbon cassettes:
❏ EPSON ribbon cassette, ERC-38 (B) (Life: 3,000,000 characters / Color: Black)
❏ EPSON ribbon cassette, ERC-38 (P) (Life: 4,000,000 characters / Color: Purple)
❏ EPSON ribbon cassette, ERC-38 (B/R) (Life: 1,500,000 characters / Color: Black)
(Life: 750,000 characters / Color: Red)
Note:
These ribbon cassette life numbers are under the EPSON test conditions.
1.3.2 Roll paper
We provide roll paper and carbon roll paper with 1 copy for this printer. The widths are 76 mm,
69.5 mm, and 57.5 mm {3.00"/2.74"/2.26"}.

Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Specifications

General

Print Method	9-pin, serial impact dot matrix
MTBF	180, 000 hours
Weight	Approx. 2.5 kg
Data Buffer	4 KB or 40 bytes
Paper Handling	Friction feed
Character Set	95 Alphanumeric, 128 x 12 Graphic
Paper Dimensions	58, 70, 76 mm
Interface	USB, Serial (RS-232C), Parallel (IEEE-1284)
Reliability	18 million lines
Dimensions	160 (W) x 248 (D) x 139 (H) mm
Inked Ribbon	ERC-38
Color Support	Two-color printing (Black and Red)
Print Speed	4.7 LPS (lines per second) at 40 columns, 6.0 LPS at 30 columns
Character Size	1.2 × 3.1 mm (W × H) / 1.6 × 3.1 mm (W × H)