Features - Epson EPL-5700i Service Manual

EPL-5700L/5700i

1.1 FEATURES

T he follow ing sho w s fea tures of E P L-5 700 L/57 00i.
ENGINE

C o m pa ct, ligh tw eigh t A 4 e ngin e

600 dpi reso lution, 8 pp m printin g sp eed

S tand ard p ape r feed ing is b y a casse tte-like universa l pa per tra y (1 50
she ets) and a m a nua l fe ed tra y (1 she et).

O p tion al p ape r feed ing is b y a A 4 or L T lo w e r pape r fee der un it (5 00
she ets).
CONTROLLER

A new ly de veloped host-ba sed con troller


CPU: TMP95C001, TOSHIBA


EDO RAM or FastPage RAM (60 ns)

Inte rface


ECP compatible parallel I/F which conforms to IEEE 1284


USB interface

M ou nted w ith R IT e ch, E nhan ced M icroG ray
A n un derline e rror m a y occu r w h en p rinting a com plicated im age w ith
600 dpi E nha nce d M icroG ray printing.

M ou nted w ith T o ner S a ve M ode

M ou nted w ith b i-dire ctional I/F (IE E E 12 84)


A host -based printer is possible.

D a ta com p ression technology


By sending compressed data from the host, printing with a 2MB
memory is possible.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION


The compressed data is expanded in real-time by the expansion
circuit and transferred to the engine.


Speed is enhanced by compressed data expansion hardware.

T he follow ing functio ns can be u pgrad ed a nd spee d can b e in creased
by R A M S IM M expansion .


Enhanced MicroGray printing


Receive buffer capacity


Printing speed
RESTRICTIONS / DIFFERENCES WITH EPL-5700
1. A network I/F, including external attachment cannot be used.
2. Fonts are not installed.
3. The emulation is not installed.
4. Only the Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0 and Macintosh operating
systems (8.1 or later) are supported.
5. The ROP and fill methods change, so there may be differences in
the output.
6. When using halftones, the printed image may be different.
7. There are differences with operation when "Toner out" occurs.
8. The driver UI is different.
9. It can only be connected to a Macintosh with a standard USB
connection. Optional USB board is not guaranteed.
10. With the standard memory, printing at 600 dpi with MicroGray ON
may not be possible. Also, for a host that is not capable of ECP
communication, printing may not be possible with standard memory.
11. The printer status can be displayed on the screen and printing is
possible upon user's request.
FEATURES
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