Epson DFX-9000

Epson DFX-9000

Data Processing Dot Matrix Printers

Ultra high speed printing with flexible connectivity


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PRODUCT NAME DFX-9000
PRODUCT CODE C11C605021
PRINTING METHOD Single Impact Dot Matrix
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 36 pins (4 x 9 pin staggered)
PRINT DIRECTION Bi-direction with logic seeking
CONTROL CODE ESC / P®, IBM® PPDS emulation
PRINT SPEED
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10 cpi 1550 cps
  12 cpi 1450 cps
DRAFT 10 cpi 1320 cps
  12 cpi 1320 cps
NLQ 10 cpi 330 cps
  12 cpi 330 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
Character sets 13 international character sets and one legal: USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I, Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America, Legal
CHARACTER TABLES
STANDARD One italic and 12 graphics character tables: Italic table, PC 437, PC 850, PC 860, PC 861, PC 865, PC 863, BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15
CHARACTER TABLES
EXPANDED One italic and 38 graphics character tables: Italic table, PC 437, PC 850, PC 860, PC 861, PC 865, PC 863, BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15, PC 437, PC 852, PC 853, PC 855, PC 857, PC 866, PC 869, MAZOWIA, Code MJK (CSFR), ISO 8859-7, ISO Latin 1T, Bulgaria, PC 774, Estonia, PC 771, ISO 8859-2, PC 866 LAT, PC 866 UKR, PC437, PC MC, PC1250, PC1251, PC APTEC, PC 708, PC 720, PC AR 864
BIT MAP FONT Epson High Speed Draft 10 cpi, 12 cpi
  Epson Draft 10 cpi, 12 cpi, Proportional
  Epson Roman 10 cpi, 12 cpi, Proportional
  Epson Sans Serif 10 cpi, 12 cpi, Proportional
BAR CODE EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
PRINTABLE COLUMNS
  Pitch Characters Per Line
  10cpi 136
  12cpi 163
  15cpi 204
  17cpi 223
  20cpi 272
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH
Tractor Front or rear in, top out
PAPER / MEDIA
CONTINUOUS PAPER Width 76.2 - 419.1mm (3.0 - 16.5")
(Single Sheet) Length 76.2 - 558.8mm (3.0 - 22.0")
Thickness 0.065 - 0.10mm (0.0025 - 0.0039")
(Multi part) Width 76.2 - 419.1mm (3.0 - 16.5")
Length 76.2 - 558.8mm (3.0 - 22.0")
Copies (Rear Entry) 1 original + 6 copies
Copies (Front Entry) 1 original + 9 copies
Thickness (Rear Entry) 0.12 - 0.53mm (0.0047 - 0.021")
Thickness (Front Entry) 0.12 - 0.79mm (0.0047 - 0.031")
LABELS Base sheet width 76.2 - 419.1mm (3.0 - 16.5")
Base sheet length 76.2 - 558.8mm (3.0 - 22.0")
Label size more than 63.5mm(W), 23.8mm(H), R2.5mm
Base sheet thickness 0.07 - 0.09mm (0.0028 - 0.0035")
Total thickness 0.16 - 0.19mm (0.0063 - 0.0075")
CONTINUOUS FORMS Base sheet width 76.2 - 419.1mm (3.0 - 16.5")
WITH LABELS Base sheet length 76.2 - 558.8mm (3.0 - 22.0")
Total otal thickness (Rear Entry) 0.065 - 0.53mm (0.0025 - 0.021")
Total thickness (Front Entry) 0.065 - 0.79mm (0.0025 - 0.031")
OVER LAPPING Base sheet width 76.2 - 419.1mm (3.0 - 16.5")
MULTI-PART FORMS Base sheet length 76.2 - 558.8mm (3.0 - 22.0")
Total thickness (Rear Entry) 0.13 - 0.53mm (0.0051 - 0.021")
Total thickness (Front Entry) 0.13 - 0.79mm (0.0051 - 0.031")
ACOUSTIC NOISE 58 dB(A) (ISO7779 pattern)
LINE SPACING 4.23mm (1/6") or programmable in increments of 0.059mm (1/432")
INPUT DATA BUFFER 128KB
INTERFACE
  Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), Serial I/F, USB (ver.1.1) I/F, Type B I/F level 2 (Option)
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOUR Black
TYPE Fabric
RIBBON LIFE 15 million characters (Draft 10cpi, 14 dots/character)
RELIABILITY
MVBF 133 million lines*
MTBF 20,000 POH (25% Duty cycle)
PRINT HEAD LIFE 200 million stokes / wire
  *Except print head
CONTROL PANEL 9 buttons, 6 LEDs and 1 LCD
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5° to 35° C
HUMIDITY 10 to 80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 100 ~ 240V
FREQUENCY 50 to 60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 1 85W (ISO / IEC10561 Letter pattern)
Approx. 7.5W in sleep mode
DIMENSIONS / WEIGHT
DIMENSIONS 700mm(W) x 378mm(D) x 363mm(H)
WEIGHT Approx. 34kg
PRINTER DRIVER/UTILITY
OS Microsoft® Windows® 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP and Microsoft® Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0
UTILITY Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP and Microsoft® Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0 environment only)
WARRANTY
STANDARD 12 months return to base
OPTIONAL Additional 2 years return warranty
  (totalling 3 years) 3YWDFX9000
* For more information visit www.epson.com.au/warranty/
OPTIONS
Ribbon Cartridge (Black) C13S015384
Pull Tractor unit C12C800382
Perforation cutter C12C815072
32KB intelligent serial I/F card C12C823081
EpsonNet 10/100 BaseTX Int. Print Server C12C824352

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