Technical Brief

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Printing technology

Control code/emulation

Paper handling

SmartPark™ settings

Contents

This technical brief provides detailed information on the following topics, related to all EPSON impact

printers:

Functionality

Flexible interfacing

Built-in fonts

Computer-based set-up

Versatility

Functionality—Printing technology

Impact printers are either 9- or 24-pin, which determines the type of printing and the number of multi-part

forms that the printer are capable of printing.

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Ribbon quality

Ribbon cartridge reliability

Total Print Volume vs. MTBF

Off-carriage motor assembly

Reliability

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Nine-pin impact printers — These printers have the sturdiest printhead pins which:

Twenty-four-pin impact printers

— These printers have finer printhead pins which:

Why buy an impact printer? An impact printer has several advantages over any other type of printer:

Low cost — both in purchase price and low cost of ownership

Flexible paper handling — only impact printers can handle multi-part forms and multiple paper paths

that can all have paper loaded and waiting.

Reliability — EPSON impact printers are renowned for their reliability with tireless printheads and

superior quality ribbons.

Hit the paper hard to make impressions through the thickest multi-part forms

Offer the fastest print speeds

Print from High Speed Draft up to Near Letter Quality

Hit the paper less hard to make impressions through most multi-part forms

Offer finer Letter Quality printing

Print from High Speed Draft up to Letter Quality

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The name of an EPSON's impact printer tells you if it is a 9- or a 24-pin printer, and whether it has a narrow

or wide carriage:

FX-980—Nine-pin

narrow carriage

Nine-pin printers all begin with FX, LX, or DFX

Twenty-four pin printers all begin with LQ

Wide carriage printers have 4 number in their names

Narrow carriage printers have 3 numbers in their names

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Summary of content (7 pages)

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Contents This technical brief provides detailed information on the following topics, related to all EPSON impact printers: Functionality ▼ Printing technology Control code/emulation ▼ Paper handling ▼ SmartPark™ settings ▼ Versatility ▼ Flexible interfacing Built-in fonts ▼ Computer-based set-up ▼ Reliability Ribbon quality Ribbon cartridge reliability ▼ Total Print Volume vs.
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Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Page 2 Functionality—Control code/emulation All EPSON impact printers utilize EPSON Standard Code (ESC/P and ESC/P 2) printer control language, which is the industry standard for simple, efficient operation of impact printers. EPSON 9-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P, the original printer control language.
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Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Page 3 Single sheet paper paths: EPSON impact printers all can handle single sheet paper and single sheet multi-part forms, many EPSON impact printers have both front and top paper paths: Front paper path The front paper path has an almost straight-through paper path, which helps eliminate paper jams and minimizes misfeeds, especially when printing on multi-part forms.
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Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Page 4 Functionality—SmartPark™ settings EPSON SmartPark settings, which help you save paper and trouble, and precisely line up documents, include automatic tear-off, paper parking, and microfeed adjustments. Automatic tear-off ▲ ▲ ▲ Can be automatic or activated by a button on the control panel. After a document is printed, the printer will automatically advance the paper to the tear-off position.
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Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Page 5 Versatility—Computer-based set-up EPSON Remote! Utility EPSON Remote! is the DOS-based printer setup utility that allows you to easily change the printer's default settings. ▲ Simplifies setup when installing multiple printers–just make the necessary changes in the software utility, and download the settings to each printer EPSON Remote! Start UP Utility Ver. 1.22 Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP.
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Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Page 6 Reliability—Ribbon quality EPSON brand impact printer ribbons are superior to the less expensive compatible ribbons. EPSON brand ribbons are ...
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Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Page 7 Reliability—Total Print Volume vs. Mean Time Between Failures EPSON impact printers are more accurately rated for reliability in Total Print Volume, and are also rated in Mean Time Between Failures. ▲ ▲ Total Print Volume estimates the total number of lines that the printer can print before it may fail.