Epson Stylus Color IIs Product Information Guide

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edge guides

sheet feeder

paper thickness lever

power switch

output tray extension

paper support

parallel interface connector

print head unit release lever

control panel

printer cover

output tray

ink cartridge clamp

Printable colums and printing speed (color, letter-size paper)*:

Printing speed Character pitch (characters per inch)

10 80 125 170 12 96 150 204 15 120 188 255 17 (10 condensed) 136 214 290 20 (12 condensed) 160 250 340

* Print speeds vary depending on system configuration, software

application, resolution, and amount of page covered.

Resolution:

Printable columns

Maximum 360 dpi on a 720 × 720 dpi

(characters per second)

Monochrome Color

matrix. Dots are printed in an alternating pattern in which horizontal and vertical dots are non-contiguous. Contiguous printing of dots is available only on the diagonal, which yields an effective resolution greater than 360 dpi.

Paper feed speed:

102 milliseconds per

⁄6-inch line

Input buffer: 0.5KB to 15KB depending on

monochrome/color head unit selection

Print direction: Bidirectional with logic seeking for text

and graphics; unidirectional and autodirectional modes available in Default setting mode

Control code: ESC/P 2 and expanded raster graphics

code

print head

adjust lever

unit

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printing method: On-demand ink jet

Nozzle configuration:

64 monochrome (black) nozzles

(16 × 4 staggered)

60 color nozzles

(20 × 3, cyan, magenta, yellow)

Paper feeding: Auto sheet feeder

Line spacing:

⁄6-inch, 1⁄8-inch, programmable in

⁄

-inch increments

360

Character tables: 1 Italic and 8 graphics character tables

Character sets: 14 International and 1 legal character

sets

Paper

Note:

Since the quality of any particular brand or type of paper may be changed by the manufacturer at any time, EPSON cannot guarantee the use of any particular brand or type of paper. Always test samples of paper stock before purchasing large quantities or printing large jobs.

Paper path: Sheet feeder, top entry

Paper support/sheet feeder:

* With one sheet of plain paper beneath the

stack and printed one page at a time

100 sheets of plain paper at 17 lb

(64 g/m

) 10 envelopes 50 transparency films* 70 sheets of EPSON special coated paper 30 sheets of EPSON high-quality glossy

paper*

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Paper size:

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) A4 (210 × 297 mm) Legal (8.5 × 14 inches) Statement (8.5 × 5.5 inches) Executive (7.5 × 10 inches)

Paper types: Plain paper and special papers

distributed by EPSON (high-quality glossy paper, special coated paper, and transparencies)

Paper thickness: 0.003 to 0.004 inch (0.08 to 0.11 mm)

Paper weight: 17 to 24 lb (64 to 90 g/m

Use 24 lb (90 g/m

)

) paper under normal

temperature and humidity conditions.

Envelopes:

Size

No. 10 9.5 × 4.1 inches (240 × 104 mm) DL 8.7 × 4.3 inches (220 × 110 mm)

Paper types Plain, bond, or air mail paper

Paper thickness 0.006 to 0.02 inch (0.16 mm to 0.52 mm)

Paper weight 12 to 24 lb (45 to 90 g/m

)

Transparencies:

Size

A4 (210 × 297 mm) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)

Thickness 0.003 to 0.0033 inch (0.075 to 0.085 mm)

Note:

❏ Poor quality paper may reduce print quality and cause paper

jams and other problems. If you encounter problems, switch to a higher grade of paper.

❏ Print on special coated paper, high-quality glossy paper,

envelopes, and transparencies only under these normal conditions:

Temperature 59 to 77°F (15 to 25°C)

Humidity 40 to 60% RH

(High-quality glossy paper can be stored at 20 to 60% relative humidity.)

❏ Do not load curled or folded paper, envelopes, or transparencies. ❏ The following EPSON genuine papers are available:

Special coated paper for 360 dpi printing (Letter) S041060 Special coated paper for 720 dpi printing (Letter) S041062 Special coated paper for 720 dpi printing (Legal) S041067 High-quality glossy paper (Letter) S041072 Transparency film (Letter) S041064

Printable area:

Single sheets

Envelopes

A The minimum top margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm). BL The minimum left margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm). BR The minimum right margin is:

0.12 inch (3.0 mm) for Statement and Executive paper, and Transparencies

0.38 inch (9.7 mm) for Letter and Legal paper, and transparencies

0.15 inch (3.8 mm) for A4 paper

0.54 inch (13.8 mm) for DL envelopes

1.38 inches (35.1 mm) for #10 envelopes

C The minimum bottom margin is 0.54 inches (14.0 mm).

Note:

Always load paper into the sheet feeder short edge first except envelopes. Load envelopes long edge first.

Ink Cartridges

Black ink cartridge (S020047):

Color Black

Print capacity* 540 pages (A4 paper; text)

Cartridge life 2 years from production date and up to

6 months after opening the package at 77°F (25°C).

Temperature Storage: –4 to 104°F (–20 to 40°C)

1 month at 104°F (40°C)

Transit: –22 to 140°F (–30 to 60°C)

1 month at 104°F (40°C) 120 hours at 140°F (60°C)

Freezing:** 24.8°F (–4°C)

Dimensions

1.8 inches (W) × 2.3 inches (D) × 1.5 inches (H)

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Color ink cartridge (S020049):

Colors Cyan, magenta, and yellow

Print capacity* 320 pages (A4 paper; 360 dpi; 5% each

color)

Cartridge life 2 years from production date and up to

6 months after opening the package at 77°F (25°C).

Temperature

Storage: –4 to 104° F (−20 to 40°C)

1 month at 104°F (40°C)

Transit: –22 to 140°F (−30 to 60°C)

1 month at 104°F (40°C) 120 hours at 140°F (60°C)

Freezing:** 24.8°F (−4°C)

Dimensions

1.7 inches (W) × 2.2 inches (D) × 1.5 inches (H)

* The print capacity may vary depending on how often you use the print

head cleaning function. Also, if you print large graphics and dense text with little white space, you use ink faster.

** The ink thaws and is usable after approximately 3 hours at 77°F

(25°C).

Caution:

Use only genuine EPSON cartridges and do not refill or

❏

dismantle them. Other products may cause damage to your printer not covered by EPSON’s warranties.

Do not use an ink cartridge after the expiration date on the

❏

package.

Mechanical

Paper feed method: Friction with auto/manual sheet feeder,

top entry

Total print volume: 25,000 pages

Dimensions: Without paper support and output tray

Width 15.6 inches (396.7 mm) Depth 8.1 inches (205.6 mm) Height 5.7 inches (144.0 mm)

With paper support and output tray Width 15.6 inches (396.7 mm) Depth 20.8 inches (528.5 mm) Height 10.5 inches (267.3 mm)

Weight: 8.6 lb (3.9 kg) without the ink cartridge

and print head unit

Rated current: 0.5A

Power consumption:

Approx. 13 W (during self test printing at 10 cpi)

Environmental

Temperature: Operation 50 to 95°F (10 to 35°C)

Storage* –4 to 140°F (−20 to 60°C)

1 month at 104°F (40°C)

120 hours at 140°F (60°C)

Humidity: Operation 20 to 80% RH

Storage* 5 to 85% RH

(without condensation)

* Stored in shipping container

Safety Approvals

Safety standards: UL 1950 with D3, CSA 22.2 950 with D3

R.F.I.: FCC part 15 subpart B class B

CSA C108.8

Fonts

The printer comes with an installed set of fonts as described and shown in the tables below. However, the printer always uses the fonts you select with your software program. The only time you need to select the printer’s installed fonts is when your software program does not allow you to select fonts.

You can select other font and pitch combinations using ESC/P 2 commands.

Scalable fonts

Fonts

EPSON Roman 8 32 2 EPSON Sans Serif 8 32 2 EPSON Roman T 8 32 2 EPSON Sans Serif H 8 32 2

Minimum point size

Bitmap fonts

Fonts 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi Proportional

EPSON Roman EPSON Sans Serif EPSON Courier

√ √ √

Maximum point size Increment s

√ √ √

√ √

N/A

Electrical

Input voltage range:

Rated frequency range:

Input frequency range:

103.5 to 132 V

50 to 60 Hz

49.5 to 60.5 Hz

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Interface Specificat i ons

Your printer is equipped with an 8-bit parallel interface.

Data format: 8-bit parallel, IEEE P1284 compatible

mode

Synchronization: STROBE pulse

Handshake timing: BUSY and

Signal level: TTL compatible

Connector: 36-pin Centronics connector or

equivalent

Pin Assignments

Signal

Return

pin Signal Direction Description

119 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 28

11 29 BUSY OUT

12 28 PE OUT

13 28 SLCT OUT

14 30 AFXT IN 15 - NC 16 - GND 17 - CHASSIS

18 - Logic H OUT

19-30 - GND -

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

STROBE

DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 DATA 8

ACKNLG

GND

ACKNLG signals

STROBE pu lse to r ead data .

These signal s repres ent

information in bits 0 to 7 of

parallel data respectively.

Each signal is at HIGH level

when data is lo gical 1 an d

LOW when it is logical 0.

IN IN IN

OUT

About a 5-µs pulse. L OW indicates data has be en received an d the prin ter is ready to accept more data.

A HIGH sig nal indi cate s th e printer cannot receive data. The signal goe s HIGH i n th e following cases:

1) During data entry (for each character)

2) During initialization

3) During s elf test , demons trat ion, a nd default setting printing

4) During a printer-error state

A HIGH sig nal indi cate s th e printer is in a paper-out state or in an error state.

Pulled up to +5 V thr ough 1 kΩ resistance

Not used Not used Logic ground level Printer’s chas sis grou nd,

which is connected to the logic ground

Not used Twisted-pa ir ret urn sign al

ground level

Signal

Return

pin Signal Direction Description

31 30

32 29

33 - GND 34 - NC 35 - +5 V OUT

36 30 SLIN IN

INIT

ERROR

OUT

When this signal goes LOW,

the printer controller is reset to its defaul t state wh en the power is firs t tu rned on and the print buffer is cleared. This level is normally HIGH; its pulse width must be more than 50 µs at the receiving terminal.

This signal level goes L OW when the printe r:

1) Is out of paper

2) Is in an error state

3) Has no ink cartridge installed

Same as for Pins 19-30 Not used Pulled up to +5 V thr ough

1 KΩ resistance Not used

Notes:

❏ The column heading “Direction” refers to the direction of signal

flow as viewed from the printer.

❏ “Return pin” denotes the twisted-pair return pin to be

connected at signal ground level. For the interface wiring, be sure to use a twisted-pair cable for each signal and to complete the connection on the return side.

❏ All interface conditions are based on TTL level. Both the rise

and fall times of each signal must be less than 0.2 microseconds.

❏ Data transfer must be carried out by observing the

ACKNLG or BUSY signal. Data transfer to this printer can be carried out only after receipt of the

ACKNLG signal or when the level of the

BUSY signal is LOW.

Timing Chart

BUSY ACKNLG

DATA

STROBE

0.5 µs (Min.)

0 µs (Min.)

Transition ti me (b oth the ri se and the fall) of ev ery si gnal mu st be less than 0.2 µs.

0 µs (Min.)

5 µs (Typ.)

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Initialization

The printer can be initialized (returned to a fixed set of conditions) in these ways:

Hardware initialization

Software initialization

Control panel initialization

∗

The printe r is t urne d on .

∗

The printe r re ceiv es an

the parallel int erfa ce: pi n 31 goes LO W.

∗

Software sends the ESC @ (initialize the printer) com ma nd. The las t pane l settings are kept.

∗

Hold down the Alt button and press the Pause button (buffer clear). The last panel settings are kept.

INIT signal f rom

All three initialization methods reset the font according to the default settings selected using the control panel. However, ESC @ does not initialize the printer mechanism, clear the input data buffer, or clear the user-defined character set. The control panel initialization does not initialize the printer mechanism or clear the user-defined character set.

Default Settings

The table below shows the default settings that take effect when the printer is initialized.

Item Default setting

Top-of-form position Current paper position Page length Single sheets:

Left and right m argins C ancell ed Line spacing Character p it ch Last font s el ecte d us in g de faul t sett ing Vertical tab position Cleared Horizonta l tab posi tion s Every ei ght charac ters Font selec ti on Last font s el ecte d us in g de faul t sett ing Special printing effects Cancelled (except condensed and

User-define d charac ter set Hardwar e/cont rol pane l init iali zati on:

Graphic mode assignment ESC K = ESC ∗ 0, ESC L = ESC ∗ 1,

In addition, hardware and control panel initialization erases any text in the data buffer.

61 lines for le tter-s ize pa per 65 lines for A4-size paper

⁄

-inch line s paci ng

economy printing)

cleared Software initialization: deselected only

ESC Y = ESC ∗ 2, ESC Z = ESC ∗ 3

Control Panel

The printer’s control panel contains lights for displaying the printer status and buttons for controlling certain settings, as described in this section.

Since most printer settings can be controlled from your software, you do not often need to use the control panel. You need to use it only to do the following:

❏ Turn on economy or condensed mode ❏ Clean the black or color print heads ❏ Replace an ink cartridge or print head ❏ Print a demonstration of the printer’s fonts and colors ❏ Enter the Default setting mode ❏ Pause the printer temporarily or reset it ❏ Run a self test ❏ Enable the non-smear printing feature ❏ Print hexadecimal data.

The control panel lights and buttons are described below.

Lights

Power

Error

Condensed

Economy

Pause

On when the printer is on.

On or flashes in combination with other lights to indicate printing problems or errors.

On when condensed mode is selected. In this mode, the printer prints selected fonts at 60% of their width so that more characters can fit on a page.

On when economy printing mode is selected. In economy mode the printer uses less ink by printing fewer dots per character. Use this mode for rough drafts of text only.

On when printing is paused. This light flashes when you clean the print heads or replace a print head unit or ink cartridge. Never turn off the printer when the

Pause

light is

flashing.

The

light also flashes when an error

Pause

occurs.

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