PRODUCT INFORMATION GUIDE EPSON UPDATE 6/11/03 This package provides a new dot matrix printer product section to be added to the EPSON Product Information Guide. The table of contents of this section is listed below. EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 TABLE OF CONTENTS User Replaceable Parts...................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 1 Options ............................................................................................................ EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 1 Printer Specifications........................................................................................ EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 2 Control Panel Buttons and Lights .................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 7 Error Indicators ................................................................................................ EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 8 Selecting a Font and Pitch ................................................................................ EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 8 Selecting a Paper Source ................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 9 Setting the Paper Release Lever......................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 10 Adjusting the Paper-Thickness Setting ............................................................. EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 10 Using the Micro Adjust Function ..................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 11 Loading Special Papers ..................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 12 Switching Paper Types ..................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 13 Clearing Paper Jams ......................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 14 Changing the Default Settings.......................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 14 Emulating the Okidata Microline 320/321 Turbo............................................ EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 15 Locking the Control Panel Buttons .................................................................. EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 16 Aligning Vertical Lines in Your Printout .......................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 16 Printing a Self Test ........................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 17 Printing a Hex Dump....................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 17 Resetting the Printer......................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 17 Cleaning the Printer ......................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 18 Transporting the Printer................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 18 Related Documentation.................................................................................... EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 18 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Paper guide Paper guide cover Edge guides User Replaceable Parts The table below lists the user replaceable parts for the FX-890. The parts for the FX-2190 will be added when they are available. Printer cover FX-890 Reference number 107 User replaceable part Front cover Knob Logo plate Optional interface cover Paper guide Paper thickness lever cap Printer cover Ribbon cartridge 541 Tractor Rear wing Rubber foot Parts price list name Cover assembly, front Knob Logo plate Upper connector cover Sheet guide assembly, rear Lever cap Cover assembly, printer Ribbon cartridge Tractor assembly Wing Foot Part number 1261493 1234171 1242638 1236524 1254860 1242257 1261494 S015329 1254859 1235796 1004605 Front cover Paper release lever Control panel Power switch 108 120 115 106 121 104 Ribbon cartridge Paper thickness lever Paper tension unit 105 101 Options AC inlet Paper Handling Options Knob Sprockets Optional interface cover USB interface Parallel interface High-capacity cut-sheet feeder (C806381 for FX-890, C806401 for FX-2190) Feeds up to 150 sheets of paper or 25 plain bond envelopes into the printer without reloading. You can load single sheets, single-sheet multi-part forms, or envelopes. Single-bin cut-sheet feeder (C806371 for FX-890, C806391 for FX-2190) Feeds up to 50 sheets of paper into the printer without reloading. Load only ordinary single sheets in this feeder. Pull tractor unit (C800201 for FX-890, C800211 for FX-2190) Use the additional tractor in the pull position along with your standard tractor installed in the front or rear push position to improve paper handling and reduce the chance of paper jams. This setup is especially useful with continuous multi-part forms. 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 1 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Roll paper holder (8310) Allows you to use your printer with 8.5-inch roll paper. Front sheet guide (C814001 for FX-890, C814011 for FX-2190) Allows you to load single sheets and carbonless single-sheet multi-part forms of up to 6 parts. Front paper guide (C814021 for FX-890, C814031 for FX-2190) Allows you to load single sheets and carbonless single-sheet multi-part forms of up to 6 parts without removing the tractor from the front push position. Printer Specifications Mechanical Printing method Printing speed 9-pin impact dot matrix Ultra speed draft 566 cps at 10 cpi 680 cps at 12 cpi High-speed draft 559 cps at 10 cpi 627 cps at 12 cpi Draft 419 cps at 10 cpi 503 cps at 12 cpi Near letter quality 104 cps at 10 cpi 125 cps at 12 cpi Printing direction Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics printing. Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands. 1/6-inch or programmable in 1/432-inch increments FX-890: 80 columns (at 10 cpi) FX-2190: 136 columns (at 10 cpi) 240 × 144 dpi (near letter quality) Friction (front, rear) Push tractor (front, rear) Pull tractor (front, bottom, rear) Push and pull tractor (front, rear); additional tractor is required Cut-sheet feeders (optional) Roll paper holder (optional) Normal mode: 1/6-inch (4.23 mm) feed, 62 msec; Continuous: 5 inches (127 mm)/ second Copy mode: 1/6-inch (4.23 mm) feed, 83 msec; Continuous: 3.1 inches (78 mm)/ second; Optional Interface Cards You can install an optional interface card to supplement your printer's built-in USB and parallel interfaces and provide added network compatibility. The EPSON interface cards in the table below are compatible with your printer. Card type Serial interface 32 KB intelligent serial interface Coax interface Twinax interface IEEE-1284 parallel interface EpsonNet 10/100 Base TX Internal Print Server Model number C823051 C823071 C823141 C823151 C823452 C12C823912 Line spacing Printable columns Resolution Paper feed methods Note: Other network interface cards (such as the C823622A, C823632A, and C823642A) are also supported on this printer. Check with EPSON for more information. Paper feed speed 2 - EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Electronic Interfaces One standard bidirectional 8-bit parallel interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode support, one USB (ver 1.1) interface, and one optional Type B interface slot 128KB Bitmap fonts: EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 , 17, 20 cpi, proportional EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi, proportional Bar code fonts: EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET, Coda bar (NW-7), Industrial 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5 Character tables Character sets Standard version: 13 character tables NLSP version: 42 character tables 13 international character sets Paper capacity Single-bin cut-sheet feeder up to 50 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m²) paper Note: The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 0.20 inch (5 mm). High-capacity cut-sheet feeder up to 150 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m²) paper up to 25 plain or bond envelopes up to 30 airmail envelopes Note: The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 0.59 inch (15 mm). Buffer Built-in fonts Reliability Total print volume 52 million lines (except print head) MTBF 20,000 POH (25% duty) Print head life 400 million strokes per wire; approximately 400 million characters (Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character) Acoustic noise Dimensions and weight Approx. 55 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern) Height 6.6 inches (167.5 mm) Width FX-890: 16.3 inches (414 mm) FX-2190: 23.2 inches (589 mm) Depth 13.8 inches (350 mm) Weight FX-890: 16.8 lb (7.6 kg) FX-2190: 21.7 lb (9.6 kg) Electrical 120 V Rated voltage range Input voltage range Rated frequency range Input frequency range Rated current 1.1 A (maximum 2.5 A depending on the character type) 120 V 103.5 to 132 V 220 to 240 V 220 to 240 V 198 to 264 V Universal (UPS) 100 to 240 V 90 to 264 V 50 to 60 Hz Ribbon Black ribbon cartridge FX-890: S015329 FX-2190: S015327 Ribbon life * FX-890: approx. 7.5 million characters FX-2190: approx. 12 million characters * (Draft, 10 cpi, 14 dots/character) 49.5 to 60.5 Hz 0.6 A (maximum 1.3 A depending on the character type) 1.1 A/ 0.5 A, 3.0 A/1.2A maximum depending on the character type Approx. 56W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) System Compatibility The printer supports the following versions of Microsoft Windows: Windows 95 and NT 4.0: parallel interface only. Windows 98*, Me, 2000, XP: parallel and USB interfaces. Power consumption Approx. 40W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) * If you are using the USB interface, the printer requires the Se version of Windows 98. 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 - 3 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Environmental Temperature Operation (plain paper) 41 to 95 °F (5 to 35 °C) Humidity (without condensation) 10 to 80% RH 30 to 60% RH Width (inch) (mm) Length ((inch) (mm) 0 to 85% RH Copies Total thickness (inch) (mm) Weight per sheet of multipart (lb) (g/m²) Quality Single-sheet multipart forms (for the optional front sheet or front paper guide only): Minimum 3.9 100 3.9 100 Maximum FX-890: 10.1 257 14.3 364 FX-2190: 16.5 420 16.5 420 Operation 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C) (recycled paper, envelopes, labels or roll paper) Storage ­22 to 140 °F (­30 to 60 °C) 1 original + 5 copies 0.0047 0.12 0.018 0.46 Paper Use recycled paper, multipart paper, labels, envelopes, and roll paper only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows: Temperature Humidity 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C) 30 to 60% RH 12 40 15 58 Carbonless multipart forms with a line of glue at the top or one side of the form Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled. Single sheets, front or rear entry Minimum Width* (inch) (mm) Length** (inch) (mm) Thickness*** (inch) (mm) Weight (lb) (g/m²) Quality 3.9 100 3.9 100 0.0025 0.065 14 52 Maximum FX-890: 10.1 257 14.3 364 0.0055 0.14 24 90 FX-2190: 16.5 420 Continuous paper (ordinary and multipart): Minimum Width (inch) (mm) Length, one page (inch) (mm) Copies Total thickness (inch) (mm) Weight, ordinary paper (lb) (g/m²) Weight per sheet of multipart (lb) (g/m²) Quality 4.0 101.6 4.0 101.6 Maximum FX-890: 10.0 254.0 22.0 558.8 FX-2190: 16.0 406.4 1 original + 5 copies 0.0025 0.065 0.018 0.46 14 52 22 82 Plain paper and recycled paper 12 40 15 58 * 7.2 to 8.5 inches (182 to 216 mm) using the optional cut-sheet feeder for FX-890. 7.2 to 16.5 inches (182 to 420 mm) using the optional cut-sheet feeder for FX-2190. ** 8.3 to 14.3 inches (210 to 364 mm) using the optional cut-sheet feeder. ***0.0028 to 0.0055 inch (0.07 to 0.14 mm) using the optional cut-sheet feeder. Plain paper, recycled paper, and carbonless multipart forms with point gluing or paper stapling on both sides Do not load thick paper, such as multipart forms with five or six parts, in the rear slot. The ratio of the cut/uncut length at the perforation should be between 3:1 and 5:1. The thickness of the perforation part when extended should be 1 mm or less. The perforation between pages should not extend all the way to the edges of the paper. Uncut length on the edges should be 1 mm or more. The horizontal and vertical perforation cuts should not cross. 4 - EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Continuous labels (front and bottom entry only): Envelopes (rear entry only): Minimum Envelope size (No. 6) FX-2190: 16.0 406.4 Envelope size (No. 10) Width (inch) (mm) Length (inch) (mm) Width (inch) (mm) Length (inch) (mm) Total thickness (inch) (mm) 6.5 165 3.6 92 9.5 241 4.1 105 0.0063 0.16 0.0205 0.52 Maximum Use only labels mounted on continuous backing sheets. Minimum Label size Width, backing sheet (inch) (mm) Length, backing sheet (inch) (mm) Thickness, backing sheet (inch) (mm) Total thickness (inch) (mm) Label weight (lb) (g/ ...