Epson EPL-8000 Product Information Guide

EPL-8000

Shield

dates- 1

JrY

Power switch

Paper cassette

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printiitg

Resolution:

Printing speed:

F&f

Warm-up time:

Printer

l HP LaserJet series

. ESC/P 24-pin printer emulation . ESC/P 9-pin printer emulation

IC cani sIots:

Catin’dge slob

Resident

method

prinll

modes..

fonts:

Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic process

300 X 300 dpi

to 10 pages per minute (letter or A4) (depending on the font and quantity of data)

Less

than I8 seconds with A4 or letter

70 seconds or less at normal temperature

emulation

2 slots for identity or font cards

l Slot A holds identity or font cards l Slot B holds font cards only

1 slot for font cartridges

Depends on the printer mode

(LQ-~%Jo)

(FX-~OO/MOO, FX-~+e/286~)

Paper-path

ity

sektor

knob

Extend

Paper and paper delivery Paper Specifications

Tms:

Epson does not recommend or guarantee any particular brand of paper. Because paper characteristics are subject to change by individual manufacturers, it is your responsibility to ensure the quality of paper used with the printer.

Paper

fonts:

we&he

Optional fonts provided with font cards or cartridges Download fonts

. Plain paper . Special papers: . Libels . Envelopes . Transparencies

Colored paper

. Cardstock

Plain paper: 60 to 90 Card stock: 90 to 157

g/mZ,

g/m’,

16 to 24 lb

24 to 42 lb

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Paper sizes:

Paper:

Type A4

Letter Half-Letter Legal Government Letter Government Legal Executive

Envelope:

Monarch

commerciPl

10 DL

Rzh~ble a-a:

Depends on the printer mode.

Range of paper width and length:

WiUth

Paper cassette

Manual feed

Size of your

standard cassette

86lo

216

(3.4 to 8.5 inches)

Prpu feed Sh&mnent

and

dziwtton:

Center alignment for all sizes

Paper f&d:

Input

ppcr

Automatic or manual feed

supply

c75 g/m’

or 20 Ib

250 sheets

250

additional sheets with optional lower paper cassette unit installed

swud

envelopes

Paper

jece

Paper ejuf capity

Face-up or face-down

OS g/m~ or 20

Face-down

150

sheets Face-up 50 sheets with optional face-up output tray

Size

210 X 297 mm 148 X 210 mm

182 X

257 mm

8.5 X 11 inches

5.5 X 8.5 inches

8.5 X 14 inches

8.0 X 10.5 inches

8.5 X 13 inches

7.25 X 10.5 inches 210 X 330 mm

7/a x

4 l/8

X 9

110 x220

162 X229 mm

Size of your

standard cassette

140

(5.5 to 14

paperk

lb. paperk

l/2

inches

l/t

inches

Length

356

inches)

The number of pages you can print with an imaging cartridge varies depending on the type of printing. If you print a few page at a time or print dense text exceeding the 5% print ratio, your cartridge may print fewer pages.

Ozone filter H9laa7):

Needs to be replaced every six months.

Mechanical

Dimensions and weight:

266

Height: Width:

Depth:

Weight:

Durability:

years or

~O&OOO

sheets, whichever comes first

mm 477 mm (18.8 inches) 383 mm (15.1 inches) 18 kg

Electrkill

12OVmodd 220/240

Voltage

rw?d lrew?ncy

Power

comsummm

!nsulalM

realslance

D~e!ectnc strength

chasslsl

line

and

9ovm 132v

50 Hz to 60 HZ -c 3 Hz 50 HZ 10 60 Hz 2 3 HZ

Less than 850 W

2 M tl

mmnum

1000 VAC me br one

mwwle or 1200 VAC rms mmule or 1650 VAC for

one second

198vto264v

Less Ihan E50 W

2 M tl muwnum

1500

VAC rms

for one second

(10.5

inches)

V model

for one

rrns

Consumable products

Long lifk ihag@ carttidp tSOSl~9~:

Storage temperature: Storage humidity: Shelf life:

Life:

EPL-8000-2

0 to

30C(32to86

30 to a5 96 RH

months after production

Up to 8000 pages under the following conditions:

Letter- or

A4-site

paper, continuous printing, and

5% print ratio.

Note: Check the label on the back of the printer for the voltage

of vour orinter.

controller hardware CPU:

RAM:

68000.16.67 h&z

1.0 MB (expandable up to 7.5 MB)

Envimnmental Tempera-

Operation: 10 to 35 ‘C

(50

to 95

Storage: 0 to 35 l C (32 to 95 ‘F)

Humidity:

Altitude:

Operatiom15to85WRH

Storage: 30 to 85

2500 meters (8200 feet) maximum

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Laser Printers

Options

The Lower Paper Cassette Unit

The optional lower paper cassette unit is an automatic sheet feeder that fits directly beneath the printer. It houses the adjustable paper cassette, which holds up to standard paper cassette’s

With the optional cassette installed, you can load two different sizes of paper in your printer at once: one in the lower cassette and the other in the standard cassette. You can also use the SelecType INPUT AUTO setting to use both cassettes and print up to 500 sheets of the same size paper.

Installing the lower paper cassette unit

If you purchased your printer and lower paper cassette unit at the same time, first set up your printer and then run a print test. Then, when you are sure the printer is working properly, install the optional cassette unit.

Turn off the printer.

Unplug the printer’s power cord from the electrical outlet and from the printer. Also unplug the interface cable.

Remove the face-up tray, if it is installed, by lifting it up

slightly and pulling it out.

Move the printer and place the lower paper cassette in the location where you will operate your printer.

Lift the printer using the recessed handles on each side and hold it over the lower paper cassette. The printer is heavy, so you may need to have someone help you lift it.

2.50

sheets of paper to supplement the

f50-sheet

capacity.

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Make sure the front of the printer faces the same way as the front of the cassette. Then align the printer with the cassette using the two alignment pins, shown below. These pins fit into the two holes on the bottom of the printer. Lower the printer until it rests on the cassette unit.

Plug the power cord back into the printer and into an electrical

outlet. Also re-attach the interface cable.

8. Turn the printer on. On the right of the display, you see both the size of paper in the standard cassette and the size of paper in the lower paper cassette unit.

If you use letter size in the standard cassette and A4 size in the lower paper cassette, you see the display above. Two hyphens (--) in the display indicate that are tray is empty.

The Face-up Output Tray

The printer normally delivers paper face down on top of the

printer. If you want face-up delivery, you can install the optional

face-up output tray. This tray gives you immediate viewing of

your printed output and is recommended for printing on media

such as labels and overhead transparencies that require a straight-

through paper path. Installing the face-up output tray

Also, you may need to have someone help you align the holes on the printer with the pins on the cassette unit.

Laser Printers

1. Unpack both the tray and the static brush from the carton.

2. Turn off the printer.

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Snap the static brush onto the upper edge of the face-up output slot shown below.

If you have used the printer recently, let it

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Slide the tray into the bottom of the face-up output slot so the notches on each side fit under the tabs on the side of the slot

The printer is factory set for facedown output. To select face-up delivery, set the paper path selector to the FACE UP position, as shown below.

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Note: You can use the

(C82201’

C82203’)

O.SMB

2.OMB

expansion board

in your printer with the following conditions: . You must first increase the controller board’s memory to its

full

2.OMB

. You can use only

capacity.

0.5MB

chip sets to fill the expansion

board.

l You do not need to change any DIP switches.

When to increase the printer memory

The printer displays one of these status messages when you have insufficient memory.

INSLWF

MEMORY . PAGE BUFFER FULL . ADD MEMORY FOR CH X

These messages are described in more detail in Chapter 6. If one of these messages appears, you can hy to reclaim any unused RAM by changing the settings for the SelecType FULL PRINT and RX-BUFFER

SIZE

options. See Chapter 3 for information on changing these options. If insufficient memory is still d problem, you can install additional memory,

described

in this section. Using an optional identity card

Therefore, you must add at least

rquires

at least I.SMByte of RAM.

0.5MB

of additional RAM to

your printer to use an identity card. If you use the INDIVIDUAL setting in SelecType. each channel

requires at least

0.5MB

of RAM. Therefore, if you plan to use more than two interface chanels, you must add RAM to your printer.

Memory Options

The printer comes with 1MB of Random Access Memory (RAM).

If you regularly print complex pages using graphics or downloaded fonts, you may need

increase it up to

You have two options for adding memory to your printer: . Increase the memory on the main controller board with

memory chip sets. You can install up to two chip sets for d

total of

1MB

. Add a OK memory expansion board and install up to four

chip sets and/or additional RAM (7.5 MB RAM total).

You can install memory on either the controller board or the OK expansion board or both.

There are two types of chip sets you can buy:

.SMB

chip sets each containing four

20-pin DIP chips

2MB

chip sets each containing four 1Mbit X 4

20-pin DIP chips

You can install expansion board; you can install

expansion board.

increase

your

printer’s memory. You can

7.5MB.

of additional RAM

.5MB

chip sets for a total of up to

@MB

256Kbit

RAM total).

X 4 Wns DRAM

8Ons

.SMB

chip sets on the controller board or the OK

2MB

chip sets only on the OK

.SMB

6.5MB

DRAM

ZMB

Selecting a memory option

Before adding memory, you should determine the combination of components you need to use to obtain the total amount of memory you want. Keep in mind

tkt

your printer comes with IMB of

internal memory. If you need more than 2MB of RAM, you can install the OKB

expansion board and use either

The table below

desaibes

0.5MB

or 2MB chip sets.

the chip sets you can install on the

controller board and/or the 0KB expansion board.

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Epson EPL-8000 Product Information Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Printer Specifications

Printing

Paper

Mechanical

Consumable products

Options

The Lower Paper Cassette Unit

The Face-up Output Tray

Memory Options