Epson FX-980 Technical Brief
Impact printers
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This technical brief provides detailed information on the following topics, related to all EPSON impact
printers:
Functionality
Versatility
Reliability
Functionality—Printing technology
Why buy an impact printer? An impact printer has several advantages over any other type of printer:
Low cost — both in purchase price and low cost of ownership
Flexible paper handling — only impact printers can handle multi-part forms and multiple paper paths
that can all have paper loaded and waiting.
Reliability — EPSON impact printers are renowned for their reliability with tireless printheads and
superior quality ribbons.
Impact printers are either 9- or 24-pin, which determines the type of printing and the number of multi-part
forms that the printer are capable of printing.
Nine-pin impact printers — These printers have the sturdiest printhead pins which:
Hit the paper hard to make impressions through the thickest multi-part forms
Offer the fastest print speeds
Print from High Speed Draft up to Near Letter Quality
Twenty-four-pin impact printers — These printers have finer printhead pins which:
Hit the paper less hard to make impressions through most multi-part forms
Offer finer Letter Quality printing
Print from High Speed Draft up to Letter Quality
The name of an EPSON's impact printer tells you if it is a 9- or a 24-pin printer, and whether it has a narrow
or wide carriage:
Nine-pin printers all begin with FX, LX, or DFX
Twenty-four pin printers all begin with LQ
Wide carriage printers have 4 number in their names
Narrow carriage printers have 3 numbers in their names
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Printing technology
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Control code/emulation
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Paper handling
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SmartPark™ settings
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Flexible interfacing
Built-in fonts
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Computer-based set-up
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Ribbon quality
Ribbon cartridge reliability
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Total Print Volume vs. MTBF
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Off-carriage motor assembly
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Summary of Contents for Epson FX-980
- Page 1 Offer finer Letter Quality printing Print from High Speed Draft up to Letter Quality The name of an EPSON's impact printer tells you if it is a 9- or a 24-pin printer, and whether it has a narrow or wide carriage:...
- Page 2 Tractor paper paths: EPSON impact printers all include a rear tractor. In some models this tractor is moveable, and in some it is fixed. Some EPSON impact printers also include additional tractor units, and all of EPSON's impact printers have optional tractor units available.
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Page 3: Paper Thickness Adjustment
Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Single sheet paper paths: EPSON impact printers all can handle single sheet paper and single sheet multi-part forms, many EPSON impact printers have both front and top paper paths: Front paper path The front paper path has an... - Page 4 Windows system environment. Bundled Microsoft Windows guarantees ease of use right out of the box. For optional connectivity, most EPSON impact printers offer EPSON Type B interface slots that allow you to add: Interface card 32KB Serial...
- Page 5 Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Versatility—Computer-based set-up EPSON Remote! Utility EPSON Remote! is the DOS-based printer setup utility that allows you to easily change the printer's default settings. Simplifies setup when installing multiple printers–just make the necessary changes in the software utility,...
- Page 6 Easy to sell with every printer Reliability—Ribbon cartridge reliability Most EPSON impact printers use a stationary ribbon cartridge. The design used in many competitive printers move the ribbon with the print head assembly unit. EPSON's stationary ribbon cartridge offers the following...
- Page 7 Technical Brief—Multimedia projectors Reliability—Total Print Volume vs. Mean Time Between Failures EPSON impact printers are more accurately rated for reliability in Total Print Volume, and are also rated in Mean Time Between Failures. Total Print Volume estimates the total number of lines that the printer can print before it may fail.