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Assembling the Printer
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EPL-6000 LASER PRINTER
Before you can use the printer, you need to install a few important
parts. Before proceeding, familiarize yourself with the components
shown below. The basket is inside the printer and must be removed
when you install certain parts. The other parts shown were shipped
in the accessory pack.
Cotton swab
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Cleaning pad
Developer cleaner
Face-up output tray
Paper and paper delivery
Paper specifications:
Paper weight: Cassette feed (plain paper):
Paper size:
Range of paper
width and length:
Printer Specifications
Epson does not recommend or guarantee
the use of any particular brand of paper.
Because paper characteristics are subject to
change by individual manufacturers, it is
the user's responsibility to ensure the
quality of paper used with the printer.
16 to 27 lb. (60 to 101
Manual feed (plain paper):
14 to 34 lb. (52 to 128
Standard sizes:
g/m’)
g/m’)
210 x 297 mm (8.3x 11.7 inches)
7.25 x 10.5 inches
Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing method:
Resolution:
Print speed:
First print:
Warm-up time:
Internal fonts:
Cartridges:
Laser beam scanning and dry
electrophotographic process.
Drum type: OPC
Exposure:
Fusing: Heat fixing
300 x 300 dpi
6 pages per minute (letter or A4)
Less than 21 seconds (letter/A4 face up)
Approximately 65 seconds at 73°F (23°C)
with 512K RAM.
6 font styles:
Courier 12 pt. portrait 10 cpi
Courier 12 pt. landscape 10 cpi
Courier Bold 12 pt. portrait 10 cpi
Courier Bold 12 pt. landscape 10 cpi
Line Printer 8.5 pt. portrait 16.66 cpi
Line Printer 8.5 pt. landscape 16.66 cpi
2 cartridge slots are available for identity
and font cartridges.
Laser
beam scanning
Paper feed
alignment and
direction:
Paper feed:
Paper eject:
Paper eject
capacity:
Printable area:
Center alignment for all sizes; lengthwise
direction for standard sizes.
Cassette or manual feed (paper cassette
capacity: up to 150 sheets of 20 lb. paper).
Face-up or face-down selection.
Facedown:
Faceup:
150 sheets (20 lb. paper)
20 sheets (20 lb. paper)
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Mechanical
Dimensions and
weight:
Height: 8.3 inches (210 mm)
Width:
16.1 inches (410 mm)
excluding output and
input trays.
Depth:
Weight:
15.4 inches (390 mm)
Approx. 36 lb. (16 kg)
including paper cassette,
drum unit, and toner
cartridge.
Recommended
duty cycle:
3,000 sheets per month
MPBF (Mean Prints
Between Failures):
MTBF
(Mean
Between Failures):
Durability:
Time
30,000 sheets
3,000 hours
5 years or 300,000 sheets
(whichever comes first)
Electrical
Voltage:
Power consumption:
120 VAC ± 10%, 60Hz ± 3Hz
600W
Controller hardware
RAM:
2MB Memory
Board:
4MB Memory
Bard:
Total Memory:
The optional 2MB memory board provides
enough memory for full-page (letter size),
300 dpi graphics plus additional
memory for downloading and other
purposes.
4MB increases
of fonts, graphics, etc.
512K bytes
capacity for downloading
Environment
Operation:
Storage:
WARNING: The life of consumables may be significantly
reduced if they are stored at temperatures outside the
range stated above.
Internal mode
HP LaserJet series II emulation
Temperature: 50 to 95°F
Humidity:
20 to 80% RH without
condensation
Temperature: 32 to 95°F (0 to 35°C)
Humidity:
20 to 80% RH without
condensation
(10
to 35°C)
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Interface Specifications
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Pin assignments for the parallel interface
The parallel interface connector pin assignments and a description
of the interface signals are shown in the table below.
Return
Signal
Pin Pin
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I26
Signal
19
DATA
20
DATA 1
21
DATA 2
22 DATA 3
23 DATA 4
24 DATA 5
25
DATA 6
26
DATA 7
27 DATA 6
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Direction Description
Signal to read data I”
These signals represent
information of me 1st to
8th bits of parallel data
respectively. Each signal
is at HIGH level when data
is logical 1 and LOW when
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1
OUT1 Acknowledge receiving data.
I-
im
32 -
33 34
35
t
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AU interface conditions are based on TTL. level. Both the rise
FAULT
NC
36
NC
IN
OUT
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and fall of each signal must be less than 0.2 microseconds.
l The column heading ‘Direction” refers to the direction of
signal flow as viewed from the printer.
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“Return” denotes the twisted-pair return, to be connected at
signal ground level. For the interface wiring, be sure to use a
twisted-pair cable for each signal and to complete the
connection on the return side. These cables should be shielded
and connected to the chassis of the host computer and the
printer.
Initial stage after data inside
buffer is printed.
This signal becomes LOW
when the printer is:
.
off line
l in error state
l malfunctioning.
Not defined.
Not defined.
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Interface timing
The figure below shows the timing for the parallel interface.
SELECT
DATA’-a
DATA STROBE
BUSY
ACK
-A
4
ke.T
‘“i
ps
(min.) 8: 1 )B (min.)
A: 1
C: 1 ps (min.)
D: approx. 6 ps
Signal levels
Output signals:
Input signals:
Vo,=Oto0.4V
v,,
= 2.4 to 5.0 V
v,,
=0 to 0.8 V
V,”
= 2.0 to 5.0 V
Serial interface
The laser printers built-in serial interface can be set for either
RS-232C or RS-422A operation. These interfaces have the following
characteristics.
Data format
Word length:
Parity:
Start bits:
Stop bits:
7 or 8 bits
0 or 1 bit (None, Odd, Even, Ignore)
1 bit
1 or 2 bits
The data format can be set using functions and menu items in
SelecType.
Baud rate
300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 bits per second.
Signal level
RS-232C:
RS-422A:
v,
= 2.2 to 12 V
v, =-I.4
to -12V
v,
= 2.5 to 5V
v,
= 0 to 0.5 V
Transmission procedures
Ready/ Busy:
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The DTR signal level changes to HIGH when the printer is ready
to receive data (or to LOW if set for inverted operation by
SelecType).
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The DTR signal level changes to LOW when the printer is not
ready to receive data (or to HIGH if set for inverted operation by
SelecType).
XON/XOFF:
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When the printer is ready to receive data, it sends an XON
(11 hex) to the host computer through the TD line for the
RS-232C interface or SD+ and SD- lines for the RS-422A
interface. When ROBUST-XON is set to ON (by SelecType). and
data is not received within one second of the XON signal being
sent, the printer sends an XON signal every second. If ROBUSTXON is set to OFF, the printer sends only one XON signal.
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When the printer is not ready to receive data, it sends an XOFF
(13 hex) to the host computer through the TD line for the
RS232C interface or SD+ and SD- lines for the RS-422A
interface.
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The printer is ready to receive data when it is on line, no error
conditions exist, and the buffer is not tilled above the overload
value set with SelecType.
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The printer is not ready to receive data when it is off line or
when it is on line but the remaining capacity of the data buffer is
less than the overload buffer value.
Serial interface pin assignments
The serial interface connector pm assignments and a description of
the interface signals are shown in the table below. The direction of
signals is given relative to the printer.
Description
Frame ground. Safety
ground Iine.
Transmit data
This pin transmits serial
data from the printer to
the computer.
Receive data.
This pin transmits serial
data from me computer to
Request to send. This pin
is HIGH when power is on
Clear to send. This pin
indicates that the computer
is
ready
to receive data
from the printer.
Data set ready. This pin
indicates mat the
is ready to communicate
Signal ground. This pin
provides a ground for all the
signal lines.
Send data. This
pin sends serial data from
the printer to the computer.
Signal level is RS-422A
Send data. This
pin sends serial
data from me printer to
the computer. Signal level
is RS-422A
Same as DTR.
Receive data. This
transmits serial data from
the
computer to the printer
Signal Ievel is RS-422A.
Data terminal ready. This
pin indicates whether or not i
the printer is
receive data. If the printer
ready protocol is not
selected, this pin is always
HIGH
ready to receive data). If
printer ready protocol is
selected, the printer can
accept data when the pin
level is HIGH. and cannot
accept data when the pin
level is LOW. When busy
Not a signal, but a +5V
power supply output.
Maximum of 300mA
computer
ready to
(i.e. the printer
pin
is
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-1
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