Specification - Epson FX 890 - B/W Dot-matrix Printer Service Manual

1.1 SPECIFICATION

The FX-1880/880 is a small foot, 9 pins serial impact dot matrix printer. The main specification is
as follows;
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Print method
Print pin arrangement
Print pin diameter
RESOLUTION
Printing mode
High speed draft
Draft
NLQ
Bit image
PRINTING SPEED
Table 1-2. Printing Speed (cps) and Printable Columns
Printing mode
High speed Draft
FX-1180 Draft
NLQ
High speed Draft
FX-880 Draft
NLQ
When the power supply voltage drops to the lower limit, the printer stops printing once and
then starts printing rest data on that line again more slowly than before.
When the head temperature rises to the upper limit, the printer stops printing once. If the
head temperature falls down to the normal level, it begins to print again more slowly than
before.
FEEDING METHOD
Friction feed
Push tractor feed
Push & Pull tractor feed
Pull tractor feed
FEED SPEED
Normal mode
Copy mode
FEEDER
Front push tractor
Rear push tractor
CSF ( Option, bin1 / bin2 )
Pull tractor ( Option )
Roll paper holder ( Option )
Rev.B
9 pins Impact dot matrix
9 x 1
0.29 mm ( 0.0114 inch )
Table 1-1. Resolution ( dpi )
Horizontal density
90 dpi
120 dpi
240 dpi
60, 72, 80, 90 or 120 dpi
120 or 240 dpi
Character
pitch
10cpi
10cpi
10cpi
10cpi
10cpi
10cpi
Front, Rear
Front, Rear
Front, Rear
Front, Rear, Bottom
62 ms
0.127MPS ( 5.0 IPS)
83 ms
0.078MPS (3.1 IPS)
FX-1880/880 Service Manual
Chapter 1 Product Description
Vertical density
72
72
144
72
72
Printable
column
136
136
136
80
80
80
1/6 inch feed
continuos feeding
1/6 inch feeding
continuos feed
Adjacent dot print
No
No
No
Yes
No
Printing speed
Normal Copy
410cps 345cps
310cps 260cps
77cps 65cps
410cps 345cps
310cps 260cps
78cps 65cps
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