Epson DFX-8500 Impact Printer The reliable performer or high colume, heavy duty business printing.

Specifications

• Powerful 9-pin technology
  
• Epson's fastest impact printer
  
• Highly advanced paper handling
  
• Enhanced connectivity

Additional Specifications

• Printing Method:
  9-pin, impact
• Print Direction:
  Text Mode: Bidirectional
  Graphics Mode: Unidirectional (bidirectional via software)
• Print Speed:
  High Speed Draft: 1120 cps (10 cpi)
  Draft: 1008 cps (12 cpi)
  Draft: 840 cps (10 cpi)
  Near Letter Quality: 252 cps (12 cpi)
  Near Letter Quality: 210 cps (10 cpi)
  
• Character Matrix:
  9 x 9 SuperDraft mode
  9 x 12 Draft mode (10 cpi)
  18 x 24 Near Letter Quality mode (10 cpi)
• Character Sets:
  11 character tables, 13 international character sets
  
• Resident Bitmapped Fonts:
  EPSON SuperDraft: 10 cpi
  EPSON Draft: 10, 12, 15
  EPSON NLQ Roman: 10, 12, 15, proportional
  EPSON NLQ San Serif: 10, 12, 15, proportional
  8 Bar Code Fonts: EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-B,
  
• Formatting:
  Tabs: 10 sets vertical tabs, 32 horizontal tabs
  Line spacing: 1/6", 1/8" or programmable (min 1/216")
  Page length: 3.5" minimum for forms with labels
  Perforation skip: Skip over perforation programmable in lines
  
• Paper Weight:
  Continuous: 14 to 22 lb
  Multipart: 11 to 15 lb
  
• Bit Image Resolution:
  60--240 horizontal dpi by 72-?216 dpi mixable with text on a line
• Paper Feed Mechanism:
  Dual push tractors/paper paths; automatic back-out and loading; automatic paper thickness adjustment; automatic paper width detection; micro-adjustment for top-of-form and tear-off mode; adjustable tractor feed; perforation cutter (optional); paper cutter (optional) and pull tractor (optional)
• Paper Feed Speed:
  Approximately 26.5 ms/line at 1/6" line spacing; 10
  inches per second (continuous feed)

Hardware and Software Details:

• Interface:
  Parallel and RS-232C Serial
• Input Buffer:
  128 KB or 0 KB
• Sound Level:
  58dB (A)
• Dimensions:
  Height: 14.5"
  Width: 27.6"
  Depth: 15"
  Weight: 63.9 lbs
• Total print volume:
  26 million lines (except print head)
  
• MTBF:
  10,000 POH at 25% duty cycle, 35% coverage
• Print head:
  400 million characters
  
• Ribbon:
  15 million, draft, 14 dots per character
• Warranty
  90 day