Epson FX-890

Epson FX-890

9-Pin Dot Matrix Printers

Fast, reliable, Dot Matrix Printing


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PRINTER TYPE Impact Dot Matrix
PRODUCT NAME FX-890
PRODUCT CODE C11C524041
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 9 pins
PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking
PRINT SPEED
ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 10CPI 566 cps
ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 12CPI 680 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10CPI 559 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12CPI 627 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 15CPI 629 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 17CPI (Condensed) 595 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 20CPI (Condensed) 541 cps
DRAFT 10CPI 419 cps
DRAFT 12CPI 503 cps
DRAFT 15CPI 405 cps
DRAFT 17CPI (Condensed) 359 cps
DRAFT 20CPI 419 cps
DRAFT 10CPI (Emphasised) 209 cps
NLQ 10CPI 104.6 cps
NLQ 12CPI 125.9 cps
NLQ 15CPI 100.8 cps
NLQ 17CPI 89.7 cps
NLQ 20CPI 104.6 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS 13 International character sets
13 character code tables (standard)
Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASC II, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15
BITMAP FONTS Epson Draft, 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI
Epson Roman, 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI Proportional
Epson Sans Serif, 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI Proportional
BAR CODE EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet
PRINTABLE COLUMNS (CHARACTERS PER LINE)
PITCH   FX-890
10CPI   80
12CPI   96
15CPI   120
17CPI   137
20CPI   160
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH Manual Insertion : (Front or rear in, top out)
  Push Tractor : (Front or rear in, top out)
  Pull Tractor : (Front or rear or bottom in, top out)
CUT SHEET FEEDER Width 100 - 257 mm
  Length 100 -364 mm
ENVELOPES No.6, No.10    
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE Width 101.6 - 254 mm
  Length 101.6 - 558.8 mm
PAPER THICKNESS  
CUT SHEET Single sheet 0.065 - 0.14mm  
  Multi part 0.12 - 0.46mm  
ENVELOPES   0.16 - 0.52 mm- 0.14mm  
CONTINUOUS PAPER (single sheet / multi part)
    0.065 - 0.46mm (0.0025 - 0.018 inch)
  Label Base Sheet 0.07 - 0.09mm (0.0028 - 0.0035 inch)
LABEL Total Label 0.16 - 0.19 mm (0.0063 - 0.0075 inch)
PAPER FEEDING Standard Friction (rear in, top out)
      (front in, top out)
    Push Tractor (rear in, top out)
      (front in, top out)
    Pull Tractor (rear in, top out)
      (front in, top out)
      (bottom in, top out)
  Optional Feeder Cut Sheet Feeder (rear in, top out)
    Push Tractor (rear in, top out)
      (front in, top out)
INPUT DATA BUFFER 96 K Byte
INTERFACE
STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface
(IEEE - 1284 nibble mode supported), USB (ver 1.1) I/F
OPTION Type B I/F level 2
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOUR Black
TYPE Fabric
RIBBON LIFE Approx. 7.5 million characters
(Draft 10cpi, 14 dots/character)
RELIABILITY
(25% duty cycle) Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF)
  52 million lines (except print head)  
MTBF 20000 POH  
PRINT HEAD LIFE 400 Million strokes / wire
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)		  
CONTROL PANEL
  6 Switches and 10 LEDs
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5 - 35° C
HUMIDITY 10 - 80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 - 240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50 - 60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 53W
(ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)
DIMENSIONS
width 414 mm
DEPTH 350 mm
height 167.5 mm
WEIGHT Approx. 7.2Kg
PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY
OS Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0 / 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
UTILITY Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0/95/98/2000/Me/XP environment only)
WARRANTY
Standard Warranty 12 months return to base
Optional Additional 2 years return to base warranty   -   3YWFX890
* For more information visit www.epson.com.au/warranty/
  Options
RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK) C13S015329
HIGH CAPABILITY CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806382
SINGLE BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806372
PULL TRACTOR UNIT C12C800202
SERIAL I/F CARD C12C823061
32KB INTELLIGENT SERIAL I/F CARD C12C823081
EpsonNET 10/100 BASE TX INT. PRINT SERVER2 C12C824352

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Usage Conditions
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