Epson FX-2180 User Manual

EPSON

FX-2180 Impact Printer

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Super-fast printing at
500 cps

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Reliable, durable
Epson 9-pin technology

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Zero tear-off paper handling

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Up to seven-part form
printing

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Front, rear, bottom and top
paper paths

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ESC/P and IBM
emulations standard

The fastest industrial-strength printer
in its class.

When your business depends on reliable, heavy-duty printing day after
day, you need an impact printer that’s up to the job. You need the
EPSON FX-2180—the fastest, most flexible 9-pin wide carriage impact
printer in its class. Built with legendary Epson reliability, the FX-2180 stands
up to your most demanding print jobs, delivering impressive amounts of
high-volume, low-cost output—whether you’re printing invoices, check runs,
multipart forms, reports, spreadsheets or labels.

This rugged, non-stop performer doesn’t waste time, with top print speeds
of up to 500 cps from a durable print head that lasts for 300 million
characters. With the FX-2180’s outstanding convenience and quality
engineering, you get everything you need to start work right away. Its four
paper paths and up to seven-part form printing add up to maximum print
flexibility. Better yet, the built-in zero tear-off feature, included at no extra
cost, significantly reduces paper waste.

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The FX-2180 offers complete, no-worry system compatibility. ESC/P

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emulations are standard, along with a complete selection of Windows

IBM
print drivers and multiplatform connectivity options. Plus, there’s the added
confidence of Epson’s two-year warranty.

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For your industrial-strength jobs, count on the industrial-strength printer:
the EPSON FX-2180—from the world leader in impact printing.

See other side for technical specifications

FX-2180 Specifications

Printer Method

9-pin, impact dot matrix

Print Direction

Bidirectional with logic-seeking in text mode and
unidirectional in bit-image graphics mode

Print Speed

High Speed Draft: 500 cps (10 cpi)
Draft: 455 cps (12 cpi)

NLQ: 114 cps (12 cpi)

Character Sets

11 character tables, NLSP 19 character tables,
13 international character sets

Resident Bitmapped Fonts (cpi)

Epson High Speed Draft: 10 cpi
Epson Draft: 10, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, proportional
Epson NLQ Roman: 10, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, proportional
Epson NLQ Sans Serif: 10, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, proportional
8 Bar Code Fonts: EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5,

Column Width

High Speed Draft

10 cpi 136 columns

Draft

10, 12, 15 cpi 136, 163, 204 columns

Draft condensed

17, 20 cpi 233, 272 columns

Draft emphasized

10 cpi 136 columns

NLQ

10, 12, 15 cpi 136, 163, 204 columns

Paper Feeding

Friction feed: Front, rear
Push tractor feed: Front, rear
Push & pull tractor feed: Front, rear
Pull tractor feed: Front, rear, bottom
Feeder: Front push tractor, rear push

Paper paths:

Manual insertion: Front or rear in, top out
CSF: Rear in, top out
Tractor: Front, rear, bottom in, top out

Advanced Paper Handling

Micro-adjustment for top-of-form and tear-off mode, paper
parking for loading single sheet paper without removing
continuous paper, second push tractor. Optional: standard­capacity cut sheet feeder, high-capacity cut sheet and envelope
feeder, and front sheet guide, roll paper holder

Paper Handling

Forms Continuous multipart, original

Copy capacity 1 + 5
Single sheets

Top loading 3.9" to 16.5"
Front loading 5.8" to 16.5"
Continuous 4.0" to 16.0"
No. 6 envelopes 6.5" x 3.6"
No. 10 envelopes 9.5" x 4.1"
Labels 2.5" x .94" (min.)
Roll paper 8.5"

380 cps (12 cpi)
95 cps (10 cpi)

UPG-A, UPG-E, Code-39,
Code-128, POSTNET

tractor, CSF

plus 6 carbonless copies;
maximum thickness 0.018 inches

1 + 6 (with pull tractor only)

Input Buffer

64KB or 0KB, user selectable

Interface (Standard)

Bidirectional parallel interface
(IEEE-P1284 nibble mode supported), Optional Type B I/F

Emulation

ESC/P and IBM® 2381 Plus

Fabric Ribbon

Black: 12 million characters
(Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)

Reliability

Total Print Volume: 7.5 million lines (except print head)
MTBF: 10,000 POH @ 25% duty cycle at 35% page density
Print Head Life: 300 million characters

Control Panel

Buttons: Operate, Pause, Load/Eject, LF/FF, Tear Off/Bin,
Font, Pitch
Indicators: Pause, Paper Out, Micro Adjust, Tear off, Bin
selection, Pitch selection, Font selection

Sound Level

Approx. 55dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Environmental Conditions (Operating)

Temperature: 41 to 95oF; 5 to 35oC
Humidity: 10 to 80% RH

Electrical Requirements

120V AC +/- 10%; 49.5 - 60.5Hz; 120 VA maximum
Rated Current: 1.8 Amps, Energy Star compliant

Dimensions

H x W x D: 10.1" x 25.2" x 15.8" (257 x 639 x 402mm)
Weight: approx. 28.8 lb (13 kg.)

Product Codes/Accessories

FX-2180 impact printer C244001
FX-2180 fabric ribbon S015086
Pull tractor unit C800321
Cut sheet feeders

High capacity cut sheet feeder C806731
Second-bin cut sheet feeder

Interfaces Type B

Serial interface card C823051
32KB Serial interface card C823071
Bidirectional parallel interface card C823452
Multiprotocol Ethernet interface card C823572
Coax interface card C823141
Twinax interface card C823151

Roll paper holder 8310

Warranty

Two-year limited warranty

Support - The Epson Connection

Pre-Sales Support U.S. & Canada 800-463-7766
Automated Technical Support 800-442-2110
Download Service 800-442-2007
Internet Website http://www.epson.com

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Second-bin cut sheet feeder can only be used with High
capacity cut sheet feeder (used to form a dual-bin feeder)

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EPSON

Super-fast printing at

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500 cps

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Boosts productivity

Reliable, durable

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Epson 9-pin technology

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Produces clean, near
letter-quality text

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Print head offers 300
million character lifespan

Zero tear-off paper handling

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No wasted forms

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No accessory needed,
no added cost

Up to seven-part

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form printing

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Handles virtually any
multipart form

Front, rear, bottom and top

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paper paths

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Flexible paper handling of
single sheets, continuous
paper, multipart forms, labels
and envelopes

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Includes two tractors standard

ESC/P and IBM emulations

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standard

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Compatible with most
software programs

Includes Windows 3.1,

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Windows 95, Windows NT

3.51/NT 4.0 drivers

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Compatible with virtually any
Windows environment

Superior two-year warranty

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None better in its class

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Backed by Epson’s outstanding
technical support

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Canada: Call 1-800-463-7766 Epson Canada, Ltd.

550 McNicoll, Willowdale, Ontario M2H 2E1 Fax [phone]

USA: Call 1-800-463-7766 for the nearest dealer location

Epson America, Inc. 20770 Madrona Ave, Torrance, CA 90503

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