Printer Specifications

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# Printer Specifications

> Mechanical
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> Paper
> Recommended Printable Area
> Paper alignment

## Mechanical

Printing method: | 9-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed: | High speed draft | 300 cps at 10 cpi 337 cps at 12 cpi 337 cps at 15 cpi
| High speed draft condensed | 321 cps at 17cpi 300 cps at 20 cpi
| Draft | 225 cps at 10 cpi 270 cps at 12 cpi 225 cps at 15 cpi
| Draft condensed | 191 cps at 17 cpi 225 cps at 20 cpi
| Draft emphasized | 112 cps at 10 cpi
| NLQ | 56 cps at 10 cpi 67 cps at 12 cpi 56 cps at 15 cpi 47 cps at 17 cpi 56 cps at 20 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: | LX-300+II: 80 columns (at 10 cpi) LX-1170II: 136 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution: | 240 x 144 dpi maximum
Feeding method: | Friction feed (rear paper entry) Push tractor feed (rear paper entry) Push and Pull tractor feed (rear paper entry) Pull tractor feed (rear or bottom paper entry)
Feeder: | Rear push tractor Cut-sheet feeder (Optional) Pull tractor unit (Optional) Roll paper holder (Optional)
Paper feed speed: | Continuous | 76 mm/second (3.0 inches/second)
Intermittent | 63 msec/line at 1/6-inch line spacing
Color printing (optional, LX-300+II only): | Method | Print ribbon shifting
Ribbon color | Black, Magenta, Cyan and Yellow
Reliability: | Total print volume | 12 million lines (except print head) MTBF 6,000 POH (25% duty)
Print head life | Black ribbon: 400 million strokes per wire Color ribbon (LX-300+II only): 100 million strokes per wire
Dimensions and weight (for LX-300+II): | Height | 159 mm (6.26 inches)
Width | 366 mm (14.4 inches)
Depth | 275 mm (10.8 inches) (excluding the knob, paper release lever, etc.)
Weight | approx. 4.4 kg (9.7 lb)
Dimensions and weight (for LX-1170II): | Height | 164 mm (6.6 inches)
Width | 546 mm (21.5 inches)
Depth | 275 mm (10.8 inches) (excluding the knob, paper release lever, etc.)
Weight | approx. 6.6 kg (14.6 lb)
Ribbon: | LX-300+II: Black ribbon cartridge (#8750) Color ribbon cartridge (S015073) LX-1170II: Black ribbon cartridge (#8755)
Ribbon life (Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/ character) | Black ribbon | 3 million characters

Color ribbon
(LX-300+II only)

black:
1 million characters

cyan:
0.7 million characters

magenta:
0.7 million characters

yellow:
0.5 million characters

Acoustic noise: | Approx. 49 db (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

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## Electronic

Interfaces: | One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support, one EIA-232D serial interface, and one USB (ver1.1) interface
Buffer: | 64 KB

Built-in fonts:

Bitmap fonts
EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi
EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional
EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional

Bar code fonts
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET

Character tables:

One Italic and 12 graphical character tables:
Italic table,
PC 437 (US, Standard Europe),
PC 850 (Multilingual),
PC 860 (Portuguese),
PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic),
PC 863 (French-Canadian),
BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1,
Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15

The following 26 graphical character tables are also available in some countries:
PC 437 Greek,
PC 852 (Eastern Europe),
PC 853 (Turkish), PC 855 (Cyrillic),
PC 857 (Turkish), PC 866 (Russian),
PC 869 (Greek),
MAZOWIA (Poland),
Code MJK (CSFR),
ISO 8859-7 (Latin/Greek),
ISO Latin 1T (Turkish),
Bulgaria (Bulgarian),
PC 774 (LST 1283: 1993),
Estonia (Estonian),
PC 771 (Lithuanian), ISO 8859-2,
PC 866 LAT. (Latvian),
PC 866 UKR (Ukrainian),
PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic),
PC 720 (Arabic), PC AR 864 (Arabic), PC437 Slovenia, PC MC, PC1250, PC1251

Character sets: | 8 international character sets: USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I

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## Electrical

| 120 V Model | 220 to 240 V Model
Input voltage range | AC 99 to 132 V | AC 198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range | 50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range | 49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current | 0.6 A (maximum1.4 A depending on the character type) | 0.3 A (maximum 0.7 A depending on the character type)
Power consumption | Approx. 23 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)

| Note:

Check the label on the back of the printer for the voltage of your printer.

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## Environmental

| Temperature (without condensation) | Humidity (without condensation)
Operation | 5 to 35 °C (41 to 95 °F) | 10 to 80% RH
Storage | -30 to 60 °C (-22 to 140 °F) | 0 to 85% RH

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## Paper

| Note:

- Use recycled paper, envelopes, labels and single-sheet multipart forms only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows:
  Temperature: 15 to 25 °C (59 to 77 °F)
  Humidity: 30 to 60% RH

- Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled.

### For LX-300+II

Single sheets (standard): paper guide and cut-sheet feeder entry

> Width

Paper guide:
100 to 257 mm (3.9 to 10.1 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
182 to 216 mm (7.2 to 8.5 inches)

> Length

Paper guide:
100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
257 to 356 mm (10.1 to 14.0 inches)

> Thickness

Paper guide:
0.065 to 0.14 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0055 inch)

Cut-sheet feeder:
0.07 to 0.14 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0055 inch)

> Weight

Paper guide:
52 to 90 g/m2 (14 to 24 lb)

Cut sheet feeder:
64 to 90 g/m2 (18 to 24 lb)

Single-sheet multipart forms: paper guide entry

> Width

100 to 257 mm (3.9 to 10.1 inches)

> Length

100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)

> Copies

1 original + up to 4 copies

> Thickness

0.12 to 0.39 mm (0.0047 to 0.015 inch)

> Weight

40 to 58 g/m2 (12 to 15 lb)

> Binding

Line-glued at the top or one side of form

Envelopes: paper guide entry

> Size

No. 6: 165 x 92 mm (6.5 x 3.6 inches)
No. 10: 241 x 105 mm (9.5 x 4.1 inches)

> Thickness

0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0205 inch)

> Weight

45 to 90 g/m2 (12 to 24 lb)

Continuous paper (standard and multipart):
rear and bottom entry

> Width

101.6 to 254 mm (4.0 to 10.0 inches)

> Length (one page)

101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)

> Copies

1 original + up to 4 copies

> Thickness

0.065 to 0.39 mm
(0.0025 to 0.015 inch)

Gathering area up to 0.9 mm
(0.035 inch)

> Weight
> (not multipart)

52 to 82 g/m2 (14 to 22 lb)

> Weight
> (one sheet of multipart)

40 to 58 g/m2 (12 to 15 lb)

> Binding

Spot glued or crimp bound on both sides

Labels: bottom entry

> Label size

23.8 x 63.5 mm (15/16 x 2.5 inches) minimum
2.5 mm (0.1 inch) corner radius, minimum

> Backing sheet width

101.6 to 254 mm (4.0 to 10.0 inches)

> Backing sheet length

101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)

> Backing sheet thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

> Total thickness

0.16 to 0.19 mm (0.0063 to 0.0075 inch)

> Label weight

64 g/m2 (17 lb)

Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holder

> Width

216 mm (8.5 inches)

> Thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

> Weight

52 to 82 g/m2 (14 to 22 lb)

### For LX-1170II

Single sheets (standard): paper guide and cut-sheet feeder entry

> Width

Paper guide:
148 to 420 mm (5.8 to 16.5 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
182 to 420 mm (7.2 to 16.5 inches)

> Length

Paper guide:
100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)

Cut-sheet feeder:
210 to 364 mm (8.3 to 14.3 inches)

> Thickness

Paper guide:
0.065 to 0.14 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0055 inch)

Cut-sheet feeder:
0.07 to 0.14 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0055 inch)

> Weight

Paper guide:
52 to 90 g/m2 (14 to 24 lb)

Cut sheet feeder:
64 to 90 g/m2 (18 to 24 lb)

Single-sheet multipart forms: paper guide entry

> Width

148 to 420 mm (5.8 to 16.5 inches)

> Length

100 to 364 mm (3.9 to 14.3 inches)

> Copies

1 original + up to 4 copies

> Thickness

0.12 to 0.39 mm (0.0047 to 0.015 inch)

> Weight

40 to 58 g/m2 (12 to 15 lb)

> Binding

Line-glued at the top or one side of form

Envelopes: paper guide entry

> Size

No. 6: 165 x 92 mm (6.5 x 3.6 inches)
No. 10: 241 x 105 mm (9.5 x 4.1 inches)

> Thickness

0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0205 inch)

> Weight

45 to 90 g/m2 (12 to 24 lb)

Continuous paper (standard and multipart):
rear and bottom entry

> Width

101.6 to 406.4 mm (4.0 to 16.0 inches)

> Length (one page)

101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)

> Copies

1 original + up to 4 copies

> Thickness

0.065 to 0.39 mm
(0.0025 to 0.015 inch)

> Weight
> (not multipart)

52 to 82 g/m2 (14 to 22 lb)

> Weight
> (one sheet of multipart)

40 to 58 g/m2 (12 to 15 lb)

> Binding

Spot glued or crimp bound on both sides

Labels: bottom entry

> Label size

23.8 x 63.5 mm (15/16 x 2.5 inches) minimum
2.5 mm (0.1 inch) corner radius, minimum

> Backing sheet width

101.6 to 406.4 mm (4.0 to 16.0 inches)

> Backing sheet length

101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)

> Backing sheet thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

> Total thickness

0.16 to 0.19 mm (0.0063 to 0.0075 inch)

> Label weight

64 g/m2 (17 lb)

Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holder

> Width

216 mm (8.5 inches)

> Thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

> Weight

52 to 82 g/m2 (14 to 22 lb)

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## Recommended Printable Area

| Note:

For best results, print within the recommended printable area. The printer may not print outside this area.

Single sheets and envelopes:

For LX-300+II

A | The minimum top margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).
B | The minimum left and right margins are 3.0 mm (0.12 inch) each. For single sheets the maximum paper width is 257 mm (10.1 inches). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). If the paper size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).
C | The minimum bottom margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

For LX-1170II

A | The minimum top margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).
B | The minimum left and right margins are 3.0 mm (0.12 inch) each. For single sheets the maximum paper width is 420 mm (16.5 inches). The maximum printable width is 345.44 mm (13.6 inches). If the paper size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 345.44 mm (13.6 inches).
C | The minimum bottom margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).

Continuous paper:

For LX-300+II

A | The minimum top and bottom margins above and below the perforation are 4.2 mm (0.17 inch) each.
B | The minimum left and right margins are 13 mm (0.51 inch) each. The maximum paper width is 254 mm (10.0 inches). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). If the paper size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

For LX-1170II

A | The minimum top and bottom margins above and below the perforation are 4.2 mm (0.17 inch) each.
B | The minimum left and right margins are 13 mm (0.51 inch) each. The maximum paper width is 406.4 mm (16.0 inches). The maximum printable width is 345.44 mm (13.6 inches). If the paper size is substantially wider than this, the side margins will be wider than the minimum, but the printable width does not increase beyond 345.44 mm (13.6 inches).

Roll paper:

A | The minimum top margin is 4.2 mm (0.17 inch).
B | The minimum left margin is 3.0 mm (0.12 inch). The minimum right margin is 3.0 mm (0.12 inch). The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches).

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## Paper alignment

Printing starts at "0" on the scale. The unprintable area is to the left of the "0."

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