EPSON FX-980

Optional Interface Cards

You can install an optional interface card to supplement your printer built-in parallel interface and provide added network compatibility. The EPSON interface cards in the table below are compatible with your printer. (Not all the interfaces in the table are available worldwide.)

Model number

Card type

 

 

C823071 / C823081

32KB serial interface card

 

 

C823121

LocalTalk interface card

 

 

C823131

32KB IEEE-488 interface card

 

 

C823141

Coax interface card

 

 

C823151

Twinax interface card

 

 

C823451

IEEE-1284 (Type B bidirectional)

 

parallel interface card

 

 

C823622 / C823632 /C823641

Ethernet interface card

 

 

When you use Ethernet interface card C823632, you need to attach the optional interface adapter (C825251) to the interface card.

Printer Specifications

Mechanical

Printing method

9-pin impact dot matrix

Emulation

EPSON ESC/P® and IBM 2380 Plus

Printing speed

High-speed draft

 

506 cps at 10 cpi

 

569 cps at 12 cpi

 

569 cps at 15 cpi

 

560 cps at 17 cpi

 

506 cps at 20 cpi

 

Draft

 

380 cps at 10 cpi

 

Near-letter quality

 

95 cps at 10 cpi

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 in

 

1/216-inch increments

Printable columns

80 columns (at 10 cpi)

Resolution

Maximum

 

240 × 144 dpi (near-letter quality)

Interfaces

1 standard bidirectional, 8-bit parallel

 

interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode

 

support, 1 EIA-232D serial interface,

 

and 1 optional interface slot

Paper feed methods

Friction (front or top paper entry)

 

Push tractor (front or rear paper entry)

 

Pull tractor (front, bottom, or rear

 

paper entry)

 

Push and pull tractor (additional

 

tractor is required for front push and

 

pull tractor combination)

 

Cut-sheet feeder (optional)

 

Roll paper holder (optional)

Paper feed speed

Continuous

 

5 inches/second

 

Intermittent

 

46 ms/line at 1/6 inch line spacing

Paper capacity

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder

 

up to 150 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m2)

 

paper

 

up to 25 plain or bond envelopes

 

up to 30 airmail envelopes

 

up to 30 postcards

 

a stack of multipart forms up to 0.59

 

inch (15 mm) thick

 

Second-bin cut-sheet feeder

 

up to 50 sheets of 22 lb

 

(82 g/m2) paper

 

The total thickness of the

 

paper stack can be up to

 

0.20 inch (5 mm).

Buffer

64KB or 0KB (selectable in the default

 

setting mode or the EPSON Remote!

 

utility)

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