Epson DFX-8500 Product Information Guide - Page 1

EPSON DFX-8500 front cover control panel power switch sprockets* * front tractor unit parts paper supports* sprockets** top cover ribbon cartridge paper supports** ** rear tractor unit parts paper bail print head paper separator cover paper separator rear flap rear cover serial interface parallel interface Accessories Ribbon cartridge Use the #8766 EPSON replacement cartridge only Printer Specifications Printing Printing method: 9-pin impact dot matrix Printing speed: Characters per inch 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 12 cpi Quality High-speed draft Normal draft Near letter quality Draft Near letter quality Characters/second/line 1120 840 210 1008 252 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 increments of 1/216-inch Paper feed speed: Continuous 0.25/m/sec/line (9.9 inches per second) Note: Paper feed speed drops to 6 inches per second when the optional pull tractor is mounted. Printable columns: Characters per inch Maximum printed characters per column 10 cpi 136 12 cpi 163 15 cpi 204 17 cpi 233 20 cpi 272 Buffer: Character fonts: 128KB or 0KB (DIP switch selectable) Characters per inch available Font Available pitches (cpi) EPSON Super Draft 10 EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 EPSON Roman (NLQ) 10, 12, 15, proportional EPSON Sans serif (NLQ) 10, 12, 15, proportional 5/98 EPSON DFX-8500 - 1