Epson L-1000 User Manual

L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER

Paper rest

Paper guide

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

Printing

Printing method: Printing speed:

Pitch Quality 10 10 12

Letter Quality I 60

Printing direction:

Line spacing:

Printable columns:

Character pitch

1 1U

oltch

10 pitch doublewide

10 pitch condensed I 137

12 pitch

12 pitch doublewide

12 pitch condensedi 160

15 pitch

1 15 pitch doublewide

Proportional 68 (maximum width character)

24-pin impact dot matrix

Character/second/line

draft

Letter

draft

Quality

150

180

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

Mawmum

orlntea

80 I 40

120

1 60

160 (minimum width character)

text and

1/180th of an inch

characrers

The Font Modules

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

OptIon

474cOk X7401A Presrqe 10 :2 X74C2A

Interface number Name

a0143

18145

a8148 al3149 Xf3149M

‘XB161

#I3165 #81?2 ra172’\n

mstall

tent

modules that can be

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

I si:lot

pnnter’s capabiiitles.

optmnal

‘10 ‘2

10 12.

your

pnnter

font module. The table

used wrth

the

L-loo0.

Proportional

15 ‘5 ‘5

iNO uo

has a slot

beiow

hsts

Character fonts:

’

Font Epson

Dratt

Epson Roman

Epson Sans

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

OCR-8

Surf

(optional)

1 AvaiIable Pitches (characters per Inch) I

10. 12. 15

10.12. 15,

10. 12.15.

10.12.

)

10 12.

10.12. 15

prooomonal prwomonal

Character tables: 06 standard ASCII characters

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)

co~tlonai)

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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

10%

120 Watts maximum

49.5 to

50.5

59.5

Hz (50 Hz

to 00.5 Hz (60 Hz

chaws

l 120

model can

rms

applied for one

l 720,240

3.75 kV

model can

rms

applied

verslon~

vewonl

wtthstand

mmute

wthstand

tar

one

1.25

mmute

Paper feed speed:

Paper thickness:

Number of copies:

tigure

The

below shows the

msiline

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

High

lH@

~ 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

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