Epson FX-1180+, FX-880 User Manual

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continuous
paper support*

printer cover

logo plate

front cover

paper tension unit

tractor

optional
interface
cover

parallel interface

* The paper guide support frame is beneath the continuous

paper support.

** The center support and sprockets are parts of the tractor.

paper guide

center support**

edge guides

paper release
lever

control panel

ribbon cartridge

paper
thickness
lever

knob

sprocket**

AC inlet

User Replaceable Parts

FX-880

User Replaceable Part Parts Price List Name Part Number

Front cover Cover, front 1036539
Knob Knob 1036511
Logo plate Logo plate 1037486
Optional interface cover Upper connector cover 1002045
Paper guide Sheet guide assembly, rear 1036541
Paper guide support

frame
Paper tension unit N/A N/A
Paper thickness lever cap Cap cover 1025333
Printer cover Cover assembly, printer 1036540
Ribbon cartridge Ribbon cartridge #8750
Tractor Tractor assembly 1036538

Support frame, sheet guide 1036506

FX-1180

User Replaceable Part Parts Price List Name Part Number

Front cover Cover, front 1038524
Knob Knob 1039337
Logo plate Logo plate 1039511
Optional interface cover Upper connector cover 1037223
Paper guide Sheet guide assembly, rear 1038525
Paper guide support

frame
Paper tension unit N/A N/A
Paper thickness lever cap Cap cover 1039356
Printer cover Cover assembly, printer 1038533
Ribbon cartridge Ribbon cartridge #8755
Tractor Tractor assembly 1038519

Support frame, sheet guide 1039332

Options

Paper Handling Options

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder (C806381 for FX-880,

C806401 for FX-1180)

Feeds up to 150 sheets of paper or 25 plain bond
envelopes into the printer without reloading. You can
load single-sheet paper, single-sheet multi-part forms, or
envelopes.

Single-bin cut-sheet feeder (C806371 for FX-880, C806391

for FX-1180)

Feeds up to 50 sheets of paper into the printer without
reloading. You can load only ordinary single sheets in this
feeder.

Additional tractor unit (C800201 for FX-880, C800211 for

FX-1180)

Use the additional tractor in the pull position along with
your standard tractor installed in the front or rear push
position to improve paper handling and reduce the
chance of paper jams. This setup is especially useful with
continuous multi-part forms.

Roll paper holder (#8310)

Allows you to use your printer with 8.5-inch roll paper
like that used with telex machines.

Front sheet guide (C814001 for FX-880, C814011 for

FX-1180)

Allows you to load single sheets and carbonless single­sheet multi-part forms of up to 6 parts.

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Front paper guide (C814021 for FX-880, C814031 for

FX-1180)

Allows you to load single sheets and carbonless single­sheet multi-part forms of up to 6 parts without removing
the tractor from the front push position.

Optional Interface Cards

You can install one of the following EPSON interface cards in
your printer.

Card Type Model Number

Serial interface C823051
32KB intelligent serial interface C823071
Coax interface C823141
Twinax interface C823151
Type B bidirectional parallel C823452
Multi-protocol Ethernet print server C823572

Printer Specifications

Mechanical

Printing method: 9-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed: High speed draft: 410 cps at 10 cpi (max.

455 cps at 12 cpi)

Paper feed
methods:

Friction (front, rear)

Push tractor (front, rear)
Pull tractor (front, bottom, rear)

Push and pull tractor (additional tractor is
required)

Cut-sheet feeder (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)

Paper feed speed: Continuous: 5 inches/second

Intermittent: 62 ms/line at 1/6-inch line
spacing

Paper capacity: Single-bin cut-sheet feeder holds up to

50 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m

Note:
The total thickness of the paper stack can be up
to 0.20 inch (5 mm).

2

) paper

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:

up to 150 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m

2

) paper
up to 25 plain or bond envelopes
up to 30 airmail envelopes

Note:
The total thickness of the paper stack can be up
to 0.59 inch (15 mm).

Draft: 310 cps at 10 cpi

Near letter quality: 77 cps at 10 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:

FX-880: 80 columns (at 10 cpi)
FX-1180: 136 columns (at 10 cpi)

Resolution: Maximum 240 × 144 dpi (near letter

quality)

Interfaces: One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel

interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode
support and one optional interface slot.

Buffer: 32KB or 0KB (selectable in the default-

setting mode or the EPSON Remote!
utility)

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

Barcode fonts:

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

Character tables: One Italic and 10 graphical character tables.

(Nineteen graphical character tables are
available in some countries.)

Character sets: 13 international character sets

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2.5 inches (63.5 mm) min.

corner radius = 0.1 inch (2.5 mm) min.

15/16 inch
(23.8 mm) min.

Reliability: Total print 6.5 million lines

volume: (except print head)

Print head life: approx. 200 million

characters
(draft 10 cpi,
14 dots/character)

Dimensions and weight:

FX-880 FX-1180

Height (inches)

(mm)

Width (inches)

(mm)

Depth (inches)

(mm)

Weight (approx.) (lb)

(kg)

6.1
154

16.3
415

13.8
350

16.8

7.6

6.1
154

23.2
590

13.8
350

21.2

9.6

Ribbon: Black ribbon cartridge (#8750 for FX-880,

#8755 for FX-1180)

Ribbon life of approx. 3 million characters
(draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

Electrical

Paper

Note:
Use recycled paper, labels, envelopes, and roll paper only under
normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows:

Temperature 59° to 77° F (15° to 25° C)
Humidity 30% to 60% RH

Do not load paper that is curled or has been folded.

Continuous paper (ordinary and multi-part):

Minimum Maximum

Width

Length (inches)
(one page) (mm)4101.6

Copies 1 original + 5 copies
Total thickness (inches)

Weight (lb)
(ordinary page) (g/m

Weight (one sheet (lb)
of multi-part) (g/m

Quality Plain paper, recycled paper, and

(inches)
(mm)4101.6

(mm)

0.0025

0.065

2

)1452

2

)1240

carbonless multi-part forms with spot
gluing or paper stapling on both sides

FX-880: FX-1180:
10 16
254 406.4

22

558.8

0.018

0.46
22

82
15

58

120 V Model 220 to 240 V Model

Input voltage range 103.5 to 132 V 198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range 50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range 49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current 0.7 A (maximum

1.6 A)

Power consumption Approx. 36 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)

0.4 A (maximum

0.9 A)

Note:
Check the label on the back of the printer for your printer’s voltage.

Environmental

Temperature

Operation 41

Operation (recycled paper,
envelopes, labels, or roll paper)

Storage –22

(5
59

(15

(–30

°

to 95° F

°

to 35° C)

°

to 77° F

°

to 25° C)

°

to 140° F

°

to 60° C)

Humidity (without
condensation)

10% to 80% RH

30% to 60% RH

0% to 85% RH

Continuous labels (front and bottom entry only):

Note:
Use only labels mounted on continuous backing sheets.

Minimum Maximum

Label size See figure below

Backing sheet (inches)
width (mm)4101.6

Backing sheet (inches)
length (mm)4101.6

Backing sheet (inches)
thickness (mm)

Total (inches)
thickness (mm)

Label weight (lb)

(g/m

Quality Plain paper

0.0028

0.07

0.0063

0.16

2

)

FX-880: FX-1180:
10 16
254 406.4

22

558.8

0.0035

0.09

0.0075

0.19
17

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Single sheets:

Front Entry Rear Entry

Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum

Width

5.8 in.
148 mm

Length 7.2 in.

182 mm

Thickness 0.0025 in.

0.065 mm

Weight 14 lb

52 g/m

Quality Plain paper, bond paper, and recycled paper

FX-880: FX-1180:

10.1 in. 16.5 in.
257mm 420mm

14.3 in.
364 mm

0.0055 in.

0.14 mm
24 lb

2

90 g/m

5.8 in.
148 mm

3.6 in.
92 mm

0.0025 in.

0.065 mm

2

14 lb
52 g/m

FX-880: FX-1180:

10.1 in. 16.5 in.
257mm 420mm

14.3 in.
364 mm

0.0055 in.

0.14 mm
24 lb

2

90 g/m

2

Single-sheet multi-part forms (for the optional front sheet or
front paper guide only):

Minimum Maximum

Width

Length (inches)

Copies 1 original + 5 copies
Total thickness (inches)

Weight (one sheet (lb)
of multi-part) (g/m

Quality Carbonless multi-part forms with a line of

(inches)
(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

2

)1240

5.8
148

7.2
182

0.0047

0.12

glue at the top or the side of the form

FX-880: FX-1180:

10.1 16.5
257 420

14.3
364

0.018

0.46
15

58

Envelopes (rear entry only):

Minimum Maximum

Envelope size
(No. 6)

Envelope size
(No. 10)

Total thickness (inches)

Weight (lb)

Quality Bond envelopes, plain envelopes,

Width (inches)

Length (inches)

Width (inches)

Length (inches)

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

(g/m

2

6.5

165

3.6
92

9.5

241

4.1

105

0.0063

0.16
Differences in thickness within

the printable area must be less
than 0.0098 inch (0.25 mm).

)1245

and airmail envelopes without
glue on the flap

0.020

0.52

24
90

Roll paper (rear entry only, and requires optional roll paper
holder):

Minimum Maximum

Width (inches)

Length (inches)

Thickness (inches)

Weight (lb)

Quality Plain paper

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

(g/m

0.0028

0.07
14

2

)

52

8.5

216

—

0.0035

0.09
22

82

Printable Area

Continuous paper:

printable area

A

printable area

B

A The minimum top and bottom margins (above and below the

perforation) are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm).

B The minimum left and right margins are 0.51 inch (13 mm).

For the FX-880, the maximum printable width is 8 inches
(203.2 mm). For paper wider than 9 inches (229.2 mm),
the side margins increase to match the width of the paper.

For the FX-1180, the maximum printable width is 13.6 inches
(345.4 mm). For paper wider than 14.6 inches (371.4 mm), the
side margins increase to match the width of the paper.

A

B

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Single sheets:

A

B

printable area

A

A The minimum top and bottom margins are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm).
B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm).

For the FX-880, the maximum printable width is 8 inches
(203.2 mm). For paper wider than 8.2 inches (209.2 mm),
the side margins increase to match the width of the paper.

For the FX-1180, the maximum printable width is 13.6 inches
(345.4 mm). For paper wider than 13.8 inches (351.4 mm), the
side margins increase to match the width of the paper.

B

Envelopes:

A The minimum top and bottom margins are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm).
B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm). The

maximum printable width is 8 inches (203.2 mm) for the FX-880
and 13.6 inches (345.4 mm) for the FX-1180.

Safety Approvals

120 V model:

Safety standards UL1950

CSA C22.2 No. 950

EMI FCC part 15 subpart B class B

CSA C108.8 class B

220 to 240 V model:

Safety standards EN 60950 (VDE, NEMKO)

EMI EN 55022 (CISPR pub. 22) class B

AS/NZS 3548 class B

Acoustic noise: Approx. 55 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Control Panel Buttons and Lights

A

BB

A The minimum top and bottom margins are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm).
B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm).

printable area

A

Roll paper:

A

B

printable area

A

B

Font Lights

Indicate which font is selected. See Chapter 5 of the User’s
Guide for more information.

Tear Off/Bin Button

❏ Feeds continuous paper forward to the tear-off position.
❏ Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position

to the top-of-form position.

❏ Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when the cut-sheet feeder is

installed.

❏ Selects a font when the printer is in the font selection mode.

Tear Off/Bin Light

❏ Flashes when continuous paper is in the tear-off position.
❏ On when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.
❏ Off when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected.

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