Epson 1600 User Manual

EPSON ActionLaser 1600

Since the quality of any particular brand or type of paper may be changed by the manufacturer at any time, EPSON cannot guarantee the use of any particular brand or type of paper. Always test samples of paper stock before purchasing large quantities.

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printing method

Resolution: Printing speed:

First print: Warm-up time: Internal

emulations:

Cartridge slot: 1 slot for font cartridges Resident fonts:

Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic process

600 x 600 dpi or 300 x 300 dpi, switchable Up to 6 pages per minute (depending on

the font and quantity of data) Less than 20 seconds, face down or face up 35 seconds or less at normal temperature

HP® LaserJetTM4 emulation

ESC/ P 2TM24-pin printer-LQ-570/ 1070

ESC/ P® 9-pin printer-FX-870/ 1170

EPSON GL/ 2

Paper weight:

Paper size:

Paper:

Envelopes:

Printable area:

LJ4 emulation: ESC/ P 2, FX

emulations:

Paper feed alignment and direction:

Paper feed:

Plain paper: 60-90 g/ m2, 16-24 lb Card stock: 90-157 g/ m2, 24-42 lb

(single-sheet feed only)

Size

Letter Legal Half-letter Executive Government Legal

Government Letter A4 A5 B5 F4

Type

Monarch Commercial-10 DL C5 International

100 dots from page edge (at 600 dpi)

150 dots from paper edge (at 600 dpi)

Center alignment for all sizes

Automatic or manual feed

8.5 x 11 inches

8.5 x 14 inches

5.5 x 8.5 inches

7.25 x 10.5 inches

8.5 x 13 inches

8.5 x 10.5 inches

210 x 297 mm

148 x 210 mm 182 x 257 mm

210 x 330 mm

Size

3% x

7t/2

inches

4th

x 9th inches 110 x 220 mm 162x229 176x250

mm mm

Paper specifications

Types:

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Plain paper

Special paper Labels Envelopes Transparencies Colored paper Card stock

Input paper supply

(75 g/ m2 or 20 lb paper):

Paper eject: Paper eject

capacity (75 g/ m2 or 20 lb paper):

150 sheets (for standard built-in paper tray) 250 sheets (for optional lower paper cassette unit)

5-10 envelopes, depending on thickness Face down or face up (optional) Face down, 100 sheets

Face up, 20 sheets with optional face-up output tray

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Consumable products

Imaging cartridge: (S051016) Storage

temperature: Shelf life: 18 months after production Storage humidity: 30 to 85% RH Life: Typical imaging cartridge life is up to

Note:

The number of pages that you cm print with an imaging cartridge varies depending on the type ofprinting you do. If you print a few

pages at a time or print dense text exceeding 5% print ratio, your

cartridge may print fewer pages.

0° to 35°C (32° to 95°F)

6000 pages under the following conditions: Letter- or A4-size paper, continuous printing, and 5% print ratio

Mechanical

Dimensions and Height weight: Width

Depth Weight

Durability: 5 years or 180,000 sheets, whichever

comes first

226 mm (8.9 inches) 368 mm (14.5 inches) 456 mm (18.0 inches) Approx. 10 kg (22 lb) including the imaging cartridge

Electrical

Rated voltage: 90 to 132 VAC Rated frequency: 50 to 60 Hz ± 3 Hz Power Less than 500 W (powers down to less

consumption: than 30 W after 15 minutes of inactivity) Rated current: 5.0 A ± 10%

Controller hardware

CPU: MB86930,17.6 MHz RISC

RAM: 2MB expandable to 64MB

Environmental

Temperature: Operation:

Storage:

Humidity: Operation:

Storage:

Altitude: 2500 meters (8200 feet) maximum

10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)

0° to 35° C (32° to 95° F)

15 to 85% RH

85% RH

Options

Lowerpaper cassette unit (C812301)

The optional lower paper cassette unit allows you to feed up to an additional 250 sheets of letter-size paper into the printer.

Face-up output tray (C812311)

To feed single sheets of paper types such as envelopes, transparencies, labels, or heavy paper, use the face-up output tray. The face-up feed method reduces curling of such paper types and the tray catches the paper at the paper ejection area at the top back of the printer. Use the face-up output tray for print jobs of 20 pages or less and when you want paper delivered face up.

Single In-Line Memory Modules (SIMMs)

You can install one or two SIMMs that have a capacity of 1,2,4,8,

16, or 32MB. This allows you to increase memory capacity up to

64MB.

EPSON Script™ for PC (C832091)

The EPSONScript for PC option allows you to use your printer to print documents formatted for PostScript® Level 1 and Level 2.

EPSON

The EPSON Talk for ActionLaser 1600 kit contains everything you need to connect your printer to an Apple Macintosh® It includes software, a LocalTalk® interface module, and a PostScript Level 2-compatible module.

EPSON Type B Interface boards

The printer has an additional interface slot that allows you to install one of a variety of optional interfaces.

To add a parallel or serial interface to your printer, use one of the following:

To add a direct connection to an IBM@ mini or mainframe computer, use one of the following:

To add a direct connection to a Novell@ network, use the following:

Talkm

for ActionLaser 1600 (MACLP3)

C823071/C823081 C823101

C823151 C823141

C823241

32KB serial interface 32KB parallel interface

Twinax interface board Coax interface board

Ethernet board

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Installing the Lower Paper Cassette Unit

Turn off the printer. Remove any interface cables and unplug the printer’s power cord from the electrical outlet and from the printer.

Move the printer to one side. Then set the lower cassette unit where your printer normally rests, keeping the paper cassette facing you.

Note:

When lowering theprinter, be sure the interface cable is not

pinched between theprinter and the lower paper cassette unit.

Lift the printer and align it over the cassette unit using the two alignment pins on the lower cassette unit as guides. Lower the printer so that the pins tit securely into the holes on the bottom of the printer as shown below.

Installing the Face-up Output Tray

1. Hold the output tray tilted at a slight angle away from you. Then insert it into the back of the printer by placing the

pins on the bottom side corners of the tray into the holes

on each side of the paper ejection slot one at a time as shown below.

Set the paper path selector on the top left of the printer to

the face-up position as shown below.

Note:

Theprinter is heavy, so you may need to have someone help you lift it.

Reconnect the power cord and the interface cable or cables you removed and plug the power cord into an electrical outlet.

Turn on the printer.

When you want printed pages to feed face down on top of the printer, reset the paper path selector to the face-down position.

Adding Memory

If you are having difficulty printing complex, graphicsintensive pages or if you regularly use downloaded fonts, you may want to install additional memory. Your printer’s controller board comes with 2MB RAM installed. To add memory, you need to install one or two SIMMs on the controller board. You can thus increase the printer’s memory

until it totals 64MB, including the resident memory. You can purchase SIMMs from various vendors. Be sure the

SIMMs you purchase meet the following requirements:

72-pin type

Capacity of 1,2,4,8, 16, or 32MB

Access speed 70ns or less

Dimensions within 108 mm (4.25 inches) x 36 mm

(1.4 inches), with a diameter of 10 mm (0.4 inches)

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