Epson LX-810 Product Information Guide

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LX-810 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER

Paper

Paper width and Iength:

PIwr

Scqle

sheet

c‘ml1nuPus paper

Roll

paper

EMlope

LLb%lS

Width: Length:

width: Width:

Diametef:

No.6

MO.10

wm md lerqJl

162 to 257 mm (7.2 to 162 to 364 mm (7.2 to 14.3”)

101 to 264 mm (4.0 to 10.0”) 216 r 3 mm (6.5 f 0

127 mm (5.0”) 166 X 92 mm (6.5 X 3.6”)

240 X 104 mm (9.4 X 4.1”)

63.5 X 23.6 mm (2.5 X 0.94’7

mWnum

10.1")

12”)

maxw’f~“m

Paper guide

Ribbon

cartridgr

Printer Specifications

Printing

Rintllwtb&

R,int

apad

Hv~h-weed awt

Nomal draft

NLO

Phlttngclkction:

Line spacing:

PaPer feed

Printable

spcc&

columns:

9-pin

impact dot matrix

-puinoh

10 10 12 160

Bidirectional logic-recking for text printing. Unidirectional for graphics (can

aho

be switched to bidirectional by using

the

propa

l/6

l/g

increments of 1/216th of an inch.

Approx. 75

spacing during continuous feeding. Appmx. 95 spacing during intermittent feeding.

Powrr

cable

-leaonwhu

200

150

25 30

software command). inch, or programmable in

ms/linc

l/6-inch line

n&line

l/6-inch

line

Single sheet

8.5 mm

13.5 mm

(0.33’7 07

(0.53’7

mow

Continuous paper

(0.35)

9 mm

10.1s”)

mmr

’

242 &I

(4 to

9.2”)

width paper is used. 26 mm

or more (left side) and 24 mm when the

254

(10’7

(both sides) when

(0.94”)

width

paper

the IOI

mm to

(l-02”)

or more fright side)

is used.

Envelope

10 cpt

CCI

condensed

I 12

CD!

Characters:

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137

160

4K byte

FOnt

Epson High-Speed draft 1 Ecsan oran Eoson NLO Reman Eoron

NLQ Sam

standard ASCII character set (including

i IO.

Set11 1 IO.

10. 12 12

italic characters)

international character sets (including

italic characters)

Epson Extended Graphics character set

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Envelupc

. Keep the . Align the left

prmtmg 15 only

lonyer s& oi

Printable

area

Roll paper

.~v.Clahlc

edge oi

the envelope

the envelope to the guide mark oi the

at normal temperature.

horwontally Jt

setting

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Paper weight:

Paper thickness:

Single sheet:

Continuous paper:

Multi-part forms:

Roll paper:

Envelope:

Single sheet:

Continuous paper:

Roll paper:

Envelope:

Abel:

14 lb to 24 lb (52 g/m2 to 9-J g/m*) 14 lb to 22 lb (52

g/m’

to 62

[12

lb to 15 lb]

([45 g/m* to 56 g/m*]

Ns3

14 lb to 17 lb

(52

g/m’

to 64

12 lb to 24 lb (45 g/m2 to 90 g/m*)

0.065 to 0.140 mm (0.0025 to 0.0055”)

0.065 to 0.250 mm (0.0025 to 0.0098”)

0.070 to 0.090 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035”)

0.160 to 0.520 mm (0.0063 to 0.0197”)

0.160 to 0.190 mm

(0.0063 to 0.0075”)

including the base sheet

Copy capacity:

Up to 3 sheets including the original. Total thickness must not exceed 0.25 mm

(0.0098”). .24 lb paper printing is only available at normal temperature.

Label

with

pasting

a Pressure sensitive paper jointed by dotted or

and

its total thickness is less

than

or equal to 0.3 mm

(0.0118”) c.m be printed out under the condition of 5’C to

35’C

.md 10% to 80% RH.

Mechanical

Paper feeding methods:

Friction

Push tractor

Cut sheet feeder (optional)

Pull tractor (optional)

Roll paper holder (optional)

Ribbon:

Cartridge ribbon, available in black:

se.750

Life expectancy at 14 dots/character:

3 million characters

MCBF:

For all components excluding print head:

3 million lines

MTBF:

Print head

/ifez

4000 power-on hours (duty 25%)

200 million strokes/wire

Dimensions

and wright:

Height:

Width:

Depth:

Weight: ~Pprox. 5.8 kg

141 mm 416 mm (excluding platen knob) 339 mm

Electrical

Vohge:

Power consumption: Frequency:

lnsulalion resislance:

120 VAC

220 VAC

240 VAC

10% (120 V model)

10% (220 V model)

10% (240 V model)

28 W (self test printing: draft mode)

50.0

0.5 Hz,

6~10 2

0.5 Hz

10M ohms between AC power line

chassis

Dielectric

fbeelween

chassis):

strength

AC line and

I20 V model c.m

applied for

220/240

rms

one

V model cm

applied

for

wIthstand

minute.

onr

minute.

I 00 kV rms

withstrnd

1.25

g/m’)

and

Environment

f5’C

Tempera

tore:

Humidity:

Shock:

Vibration:

Operation angle:

Operation:

Storage:

Operation:

Storage:

Operation:

Storage: Operation:

Storage:

-3O’C to

10% to 80% (without condensation) 5% to 65% (without condensation)

Up to 1 C within lms

Lip

Up to 0.25 G at up to

55Hz

up to 0.50 c at up to

55Hz

Less than 15’ (without cut sheet feeder) 0’ (with cut sheet feeder)

Because the family of Epson printers shares .I great

commands. you

can

“se .m

JpplicJtion

program even if it does not

+35-z

f6o’C

to 2 C within

many

list the LX-810 on its printer selection men”. If the LX-810 is not listed, choose one of the following printers. They

.we

listed in

order of preference. LX-600

Lx-66

LX-80 FX-850

FX-86e EX-600

FX-85

FX-SO+

FX-80 If none of these printers is listed, select the first one available on

the following list:

Epson printer Standard printer

Draft printer

To “se all of the features of the LX-810, however, it is best to “se

program with the LX-810 on its men”. If your program does not

list any LX printers,

contact

the software manufacturer to see if

update is available.

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Lights

ON LINE

POWER (green)

On when the power switch is on

and

power is supplied.

READY (green) On when the printer is

input d&e Flickers while

data IS

printed.

PAPER OUT (red) On when the printer is out of

CON-

c.,

OENSE0.a.. J J m)

LOAD/EJECT

or when

in .I printer

0i paper.

ON LINE (green)

contmuuus p.~per

standby

position. The

.~lso

beeps when it is out

paper

On when the printer is on line

ready to

the computer When

flickering. the

ic.lturc

can be

accept d.lt.1

this

micro-.jdlustment

wd.

lms

ready

from

light

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ON UNE

Nln-

u-2,

ON LINE This button controls the printer’s

to put the printer on

or take it off line.

FORM FEED

When the printer is off line. press this button to eject a single sheet of paper or to continuous

paper

to the top of

.ldvance

paper one line, or hold it down to advance the paper continuously.

LOAD/EJECT

This button is used to feed the paper to the loading position, or to eject paper that is already loaded. Paper is ejected forward if the paper release lever is set to the single sheet position and is ejected backward (removed from the paper path) if the release lever is set to the continuous

paper

position.

Micro-adjustment:

By pressing the FORM FEED and LINE FEED buttons immediately after loading paper or when using short tear-off, you can make fine adjustments to the loading and short tear-off positions. See the sections on adjusting the loading position and using short tear-off later in this chapter.

Data dump:

By holding down both the LINE FEED and FORM

FEE0

buttons while turning on the printer, you turn on the data dump mode. This feature allows advanced users to

locate

the source of communications problems between the computer printer. See the section on using the data dump mode later in this chapter for more information.

Setting the DIP Switches

and

the beeper sounds two times.

This button is used to select draft printing. When you select

deselect the condensed mode.

When you select the condensed mode, the beeper sounds once. In this mode all characters are printed at approximately 60% of their normal width. When you return to the normal mode, the beeper sounds twice.

Note: Condensed mode cannot be selected when either of the NLQ fonts have been selected.

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Buttons

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(jI t Select

N~Q~.w::d

a))

CON- ^, c.E_HqD ” i

Number 01 beeps i

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;

TYpesWM

drall

Ion!

Select

NL3 i(oman km!

Select NLC Sans serif fOrl1

kdec:

‘Andensed mode

‘-,ancel ConOensed InOde

Other control panel features

Self test:

Both J draft

built into the printer. The self test

prmtout

switch settings

printer You can start the by holding down the LINE the FORM FEED button while switching the

prmter belf tebt

and

NLQ self test function

lets you check the current DIP

and

operating status of the

prmter’s

FEE0

button or

on See the

in Chapter 1 for more

section

on running the

information

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self test

The DIP switch tables

DIP Switch

2- 1

2-2 2-3 I-Inch Skip over perbrahon 2-4

Page

length

Cul sheet

feeder

Auto itne leed

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mcde onloU

See

table on

mches

ON OFF

the

OFF

inches

OFF OFF

Page

3-9 5-2

3.10 3-0

International character set

The DIP switch functions

Slashed zeros

When DIP switch when OFF, the printer for clearly distinguishing between

prmting

documents such JS

l-2

ON, the printer prints slashed zeros(0);

prmtr

open zeros (0). This feature is useful

upperuse

progran

0 and zero when

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