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Epson FX-890
Very robust high speed printers for medium and large print volumes
The new Epson FX-890 and wide carriage FX-2190 dot matrix printers are built to offer faster printing, better reliability and flexible paper handling - in a stylish and compact design. They are perfect for production, car dealers, warehouses, labs, wholesalers, freight forwarders, finance departments and trade users who want high performance at low cost.
Key Features
- Flexible paper handling from front, top, rear and bottom
- Handles media up to 80 columns wide
- Two optional cut sheet feeders to store different forms
- Second push tractor option to accommodate two continuous forms
- Standard Parallel and USB interfaces
- Optional wireless and wired network interfaces
Specifications
| PART NUMBER |
C11C524021DA (240V version) |
| PRINTER TYPE |
Printing method: Impact dot matrix
Number of Pins in head: 2 x 9 pins
Print Direction: Bi-direction with logic seeking |
| PRINT SPEED AND PRINTABLE COLUMNS |
| Ultra Speed Draft (12cpi/10cpi) |
680 cps / 566 cps |
| High Speed Draft (12cpi/10cpi) |
627 cps / 559 cps |
| Draft (12 cpi/10 cpi) |
503 cps / 419 cps |
| NLQ (12 cpi/10 cpi) |
125.9 / 104.6 | |
| PRINT CHARACTERISTICS |
39 character tables:
Italic table/ PC437 / PC850 / PC437 / PC853 / PC855 / PC852 / PC857 / PC866 /PC869 / MAZOWIA / Code MJK / ISO 8859-7 / ISO Latin 1T / Bulgaria / PC 774 / Estonia / ISO 8859-2 / PC 866 LAT. / PC 866 UKR / PC860 / PC861 / PC865 / PC APTEC / PC 708 / PC 720 / PCAR864 / PC863 / Abicomp / BRASCII / Roman 8 / ISO Latin 1 / PC858 / ISO 8859-15 / PC771 / PC437 Slovenia / PC MC / PC1250 / PC1251 International character sets: 13 countries |
| PAPER FEEDING |
| Friction feed |
(front*, rear) |
| Push tractor feed |
(front, rear) |
| Push & Pull tractor feed |
(front, rear) |
| Pull tractor feed |
(front, rear, bottom) |
| Feeder: |
Front push tractor, Rear push tractor, Cut Sheet Feeder Bin1/Bin2 (Option), Push/Pull tractor (Option) and Roll paper holder (Option) |
| Paper path: |
-Manual Insertion Front or rear in, top out
-CSF Rear in, top/rear out
-Push Tractor Front or rear in, top out
-Pull Tractor Front or rear or bottom in, top/rear out
*requires optional front sheet guide or front paper guide | |
| INPUT BUFFER |
128 Kbytes |
| INTERFACE |
Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB (ver 1.1)
Epson 'Type B' slot for optional interfaces |
| COPY CAPABILITY |
1 original + 5 copies
1 original + 6 copies pull tractor feed (front, rear, bottom) |
| ACOUSTIC NOISE |
55 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern) |
| PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS |
Dimensions (W) (D) (H) 414mm x 350mm x 167.5mm
Weight Approx. 7.2 kg |
| PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY |
OS: Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000/Me/XP and Microsoft® Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0
Utility: Epson Status Monitor3 (Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000/ME/XP and Microsoft® Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0 environment only) |
| RELIABILITY |
MVBF 52 million lines (except print head)
MTBF 20,000 POH
Print head life 400 million strokes/wire (400 million characters) |
| RIBBON CARTRIDGE |
7.5 mill. character (C13S015329) |
| WARRANTY |
1 year replacement or repair
Optional extension to 3 years | |
