Epson L-1000 User Manual

L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER

Paper rest

Paper guide

%3

Paper feed knob

Ribbon

cartridge

Single - Bin Cut - Sheet Feeder (#7341A)

The cut sheet feeder gives you easy and efficient handling of single sheet
paper. It automatically feeds up

the printer without reloading.

to 75 sheets of standard bond paper ml

Printer Specifications

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Printing

Printing method:
Printing speed:

Y

Pitch Quality
10
10
12

Letter Quality I 60

12

Printing direction:

Line spacing:

Printable columns:

1

Character pitch

1 1U

oltch

1

10 pitch doublewide

j

10 pitch condensed I 137

/

12 pitch

/

12 pitch doublewide

/

12 pitch condensedi 160

1

15 pitch

1 15 pitch doublewide

Proportional 68 (maximum width character)

24-pin impact dot matrix

:

Character/second/line

draft

Letter

draft

Quality

i

150

50

I

180

1

Bidirectional Iogic-seeking for
graphics printing. Can also be switched
to unidirectional by using the proper
software command or setting DIP switch
2-6 OFF).

1/6 inch, or programmable in
increments of

1

Mawmum

orlntea

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80
I 40

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96

/

48

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120

1 60

160 (minimum width character)

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text and

1/180th of an inch

characrers

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The Font Modules

L

To expand the range ot your
in which you can
some of the

OptIon

474cOk
X7401A Presrqe 10 :2
X74C2A

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Interface number Name

a0143

18145

a8148
al3149
Xf3149M

‘XB161

#I3165
#81?2
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tent

modules that can be

~ Font Name (LO) Character Pitch
I CoUm?~

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pnnter’s capabiiitles.

an

optmnal

‘10 ‘2

10 12.

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your

pnnter

font module. The table

used wrth

the

L-loo0.

Proportional

15
‘5
‘5

NO

iNO
uo

has a slot

beiow

hsts

1

Character fonts:

’

Font
Epson

Dratt

:

Epson Roman

Epson Sans

Cower ioptlonal)
Prestrge (OptIonal)
ScrlotODtlO”.d)

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OCR-8

Surf

(optional)

1 AvaiIable Pitches (characters per Inch)
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10. 12. 15

10.12. 15,

10. 12.15.

10.12.

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10 12.

10.12. 15

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10

prooomonal
prwomonal

15

15

Character tables: 06 standard ASCII characters

13

mtematlonai

character sets

Epson Extended Graphics character

Paper

Paper feed methods:

Frictron

Single-bin cut sheet feeder
Pull tractor

Paper width:

Single sheets

7.2

to10.1

m&sI 182to257mm)

Co”tinuous

4.0to10.0inches ,101to254mm)

Paper length:

SingIe sheets

7.2

to14.3inches

1182

to364 mm)

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L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER

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Environment

Temperature:

Humidity:

Shock:

Vibration:

Printable area:

Smgle sheet

Co”tlnuous

paper

Ribbon: Cartridge ribbon. available in black

only (#7753). Do not use ribbons for
9-pin printers.
Life expectancy (in Letter Quality
characters. at 48 dots/character):
2 million

MCBF:

For all components excluding print
head: 3 million lines

MTBF: 4000 power on hours

Print head life:

Dimensions and weight: Height:

200

mdlion

strokes per

5.5

inches 1139 mm)

Width : 15.3 inches

1390

wre

mm1
Depth : 12.6 Inches (320 mm!
Weight: 15 lbs. (7

kg,

Electrical

Voltage:

Power consumption:

Frequency:

Insulation resistance: 10 MR between AC power line and

Dielectric strength

lbetrveen

chawsr.

AC line and

120 VAC

2

10%

120 Watts maximum

49.5 to

50.5

59.5

Hz (50 Hz

to 00.5 Hz (60 Hz

chaws

l 120

V

model can

rms

applied for one

l 720,240

3.75 kV

V

model can

rms

applied

verslon~

vewonl

wtthstand

mmute

wthstand

tar

one

1.25

mmute

ki

Paper feed speed:

Paper thickness:

Number of copies:

tigure

The

below shows the

msiline

at

Approx. 100
spacing with

2.2

inches/s wth

Single sheets

0.065 to 0.1 mm 10.0025 to 0.004 mchesl

Co”tl”uous

0.065 to 0.25 mm (O.W25 to 0.01 Inches)

With
one

onginal

intermIttent

contmuous

plus up to two copies.

MaxImum thickness:

l/&inch lrne

feeding;

continuous feeding.

multi-part paper only.

0.25 mm

(0.01 inches)

tlrmng tar

the

parailei lnteriace

Printing enabled/disabled signals and control conditions

The table below shows the
enabled or disabled. the on
the data

‘ON LINE SLCT IN

(Indlcalor

~ on tine

‘Whlie

0”)

an line

on line

on/&f

control characters. DC1 or DC3.

DCl/DC3

ILOW
i

(Interface) (“0

~ High

pr~ntmg

High

~

lDC3 IHIgh
,Recvd /

1s disabled.

acknowledged so that the
character.

whxh

would

relatlonshlp

~ ERROR

(Data
O”lOli
control)

DCl/DCJ I

elk!)

DC1

Recvd I

character data 1s

printer

allow It

line/off

between

lme status. and the receipt

BUSY

i

High

1

lH@

I

~ HlghlLow I Pulsed

High/Low I

HtghlLaw

prmtmg bema

ACKNLG Printing

;.?a

char

Pulsed

jea

char

~ Pulsed

1% char

bemg received

can look for another DC1

to resume

prmtmg

(D~sabledi

enaBledI

Enabled

En&;’

Enabled

Disabled’

and

ot

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