Overview; Features - Epson DFX-9000 Service Manual

Epson DFX-9000

1.1 Overview

1.1.1 Features

Columns: 136 columns at 10 cpi
Printing speed:
High speed draft 1550 cps at 10 cpi
Draft 1320 cps at 10 cpi
NLQ 330 cps at 10 cpi
Paper feeding method
Push Tractor feed (front, rear)
Push & Pull Tractor feed (front, rear)
Paper feeders
Front push Tractor
Rear push Tractor
Pull Tractor (Option)
Paper and media
Continuous paper, Multipart paper, Labels, Overlapping multipart
forms, Continuous forms with labels
Fonts
2 Near-Letter Quality (NLQ) and 1 Draft bitmap typefaces
8 Barcode fonts
Character tables
Standard version 13 tables
NLSP version 42 tables
Product Description
Input buffer 128 Kbytes
Acoustic noise
58 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Reliability
MVBF Mean print Volume Between Failures (except
print head) = 1.3 billion lines (MTBF 25% duty
cycle)
MTBF 20,000 POH
Print head life 200 million strokes/wire (approx. 400 million
characters, Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)
Ribbon life 15 million characters (Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/
character)
Interface
Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)
Serial I/F
USB (ver. 1.1) I/F
Type B I/F level 2 (Option)
Control codes ESC/P, IBM PPDS emulation
Multipart copy capability
Front paper path 1 original + 9 copies
Rear paper path 1 original + 6 copies
Control panel functions
Tractor Select (Front/Rear), Font, Pitch, Tear Off, Top of Form,
LF/FF, Load, Micro Feed, Pause, Reset, and Menu
Overview
Revision B
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