EPSON DFX-8500

front cover

sprockets*

* front tractor unit parts

ribbon cartridge

paper supports**

** rear tractor unit parts

paper separator

rear flap

rear cover

control panel

power switch

paper supports*

sprockets**

top cover

paper bail

print head

paper separator cover

serial interface parallel interface

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printing method:

9-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Characters per inch

Quality

Characters/second/line

 

 

 

 

 

10 cpi

High-speed draft

1120

 

 

 

 

 

10 cpi

Normal draft

840

 

 

 

 

 

10 cpi

Near letter quality

210

 

 

 

 

 

12 cpi

Draft

1008

 

 

 

 

 

12 cpi

Near letter quality

252

 

 

 

 

 

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 increments of

 

1/216-inch

 

 

Paper feed speed:

Continuous

 

 

 

0.25/m/sec/line (9.9 inches per second)

Note:

Paper feed speed drops to 6 inches per second when the optional pull tractor is mounted.

Printable columns:

Characters per inch

Maximum printed characters per column

 

 

10 cpi

136

 

 

12 cpi

163

 

 

15 cpi

204

 

 

17 cpi

233

 

 

20 cpi

272

 

 

Buffer:

128KB or 0KB (DIP switch selectable)

Character fonts:

Characters per inch available

Accessories

Ribbon cartridge

Use the #8766 EPSON replacement cartridge only

Font

Available pitches (cpi)

 

 

EPSON Super Draft

10

 

 

EPSON Draft

10, 12, 15

 

 

EPSON Roman (NLQ)

10, 12, 15, proportional

 

 

EPSON Sans serif (NLQ)

10, 12, 15, proportional

 

 

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