Features; Figure 1-1. Exterior View Of The Epl-9000 - Epson C11C605001 - DFX 9000 B/W Dot-matrix Printer Service Manual

1.1 FEATURES

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The EPSON
high-resolution printing. Maintenance is very easy as a result of various built-in diagnostic
functions. The main features are:
No ozone
L1
Printing speed — 8 ppm (pages per minute) (A4 or letter size)
Resolution — 600/300 dpi (dots per inch)
Small footprint
Easy maintenance
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4 emulation mode
45 built-in scalable fonts (35 Intellifonts and 10 TrueType fonts)
High-performance controller (the controller's CPU is a 19.2 MHz SPARKlite (MB86930))
Bi Resolution Improvement Technology (BiRITech) r#fh& the print quality by eliminating
jagged edges from images and characters on 600 dpi and 300 dpi printing.
Optional EPSONScript Level 2 (PostScript
EPSON Micro Gray Technology (EMGTech), which is availabie when using EPSONScript
Level 2 mode, refines gray scale printing to be comparable to printing on a 12~dpi printer
Small and low-cost optional LocalTalk
2 MB standard RAM and up to 64 MB RAM with the addition of optioml SIMMS
Bidirectional parallel interface
High-speed serial communication rate of 57.6K bps
High-speed parallel communication rate of approximately 400 KB/second
A multi-user, multi-emulation mode
mode
SPL (Shared Printer Language) enables switching of the printer mode by command
Figure 1-1 shows an exterior view of the EPL-9000.
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Figure 1-1. Exterior View of the EPL-9000

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interface module
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General Description
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