Printer Specifications - Epson LX-300 Manual

Epson LX-300+II

Printer Specifications

Mechanical
Printing method 9-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed High-speed draft
300 cps at 10 cpi
337 cps at 12 or 15 cpi
High-speed draft condensed
321 cps at 17 cpi
300 cps at 20 cpi
Draft
225 cps at 10 cpi
270 cps at 12 cpi
225 cps at 15 cpi
Draft condensed
191 cps at 17 cpi
225 cps at 20 cpi
Draft emphasized
112 cps at 10 cpi
NLQ
56 cps at 10 cpi
67 cps at 12 cpi
56 cps at 15 cpi
47 cps at 17 cpi
56 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 1/6 inch or programmable in
1/216-inch increments
Printable columns 80 columns (at 10 cpi)
240 × 144 dpi maximum
Resolution
Emulation Epson ESC/P
(see the Reference Guide for control
codes)
Interfaces One standard bidirectional, 8-bit
parallel interface with IEEE-1284
nibble mode support, one EIA-232D
serial interface, and one USB (ver 1.1)
interface
2 - Epson LX-300+II
® and IBM ® 2380 Plus
7/06
Paper feed methods Friction (top paper entry)
Push tractor (rear paper entry)
Pull tractor (rear paper entry)
Push and pull tractor (optional)
Cut-sheet feeder (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)
Paper feed speed Continuous
3 inches/second (76 mm/second)
Intermittent
63ms/line at 1/6-inch line spacing
Buffer 64KB
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
Bar code fonts
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5,
UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39,
Code 128, POSTNET
Character tables One Italic table and 12 graphical
character tables (26 graphical character
tables are available in some countries)
Character sets 13 international character sets
Reliability Total print volume
12 million lines (except print head)
MTBF 6,000 POH (25% duty)
Print head life
approximately 400 million strokes
per wire
Dimensions Height
and weight
Width
Depth
Weight
Ribbon Black ribbon cartridge (#8750)
Ribbon life: 3 million characters
Acoustic noise Approx. 49 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
6.3 inches (160 mm)
14.4 inches (366 mm)
10.8 inches (275 mm)
9.7 lb (4.4 kg)