| PRINTER TYPE |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| * 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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