Introduction

The EPSON DFX-8500 printer is an advanced dot matrix printer designed for business applications. The printer combines high performance and reliability with a wide range of features, including high speed printing and automatic paper handling.

Features

THigh speed draft mode printing of up to 1120 characters per second (cps) at 10 characters per inch (cpi).

TBuilt-in front and rear push tractors for convenient paper handling. This dual system lets you switch between different types of continuous paper quickly and easily. The printer remembers separate top-of-form positions for each tractor.

TEight barcode fonts, as well as three bit-map fonts.

TThe ability to print on multi-part forms consisting of one original plus up to six copies at the front tractor.

TA convenient control panel that allows direct selection of fonts.

TSupport of advanced EPSON ESC/P® commands and IBM® 2380/2381 Plus emulation.

TA printer driver and a status monitor utility that let you change printer settings easily.

TA paper memory utility that lets you register paper information in the printer.

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