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As an International ENERGY STAR Partner,
EPSON has determined that this product meets the
International ENERGY STAR Program for energy efficiency.
EPSON AUSTRALIA
CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE
Tel: 1300 361 054
VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
www.epson.com.au
HEAD OFFICE
SYDNEY
3 Talavera Road
North Ryde, NSW 2113
Tel: (02) 8899 3666
MELBOURNE
Tel: (03) 8823 9200
BRISBANE
Tel: (07) 3360 0219
PERTH
Tel: (08) 9480 0418
ADELAIDE
Tel: (08) 8237 0518
EPSON NEW ZEALAND
CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE
Tel: 0800 23 77 66
VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
www.epson.co.nz
AUCKLAND
245 Hobson Street
Auckland NZ
Tel: (09) 366 6855
WELLINGTON
Tel: (04) 473 3494
ABN 91 002 625 783
09/03
EPSON DOT MATRIX FX-890 / FX-2190
Specifications
9-PIN
DOT MATRIX
PRINTER
PRINTER TYPE Impact Dot Matrix
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 2 x 9 pins
PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking
PRINT SPEED
ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 10CPI 566 cps
ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 12CPI 680 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10CPI 559 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12CPI 627 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 15CPI 629 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 17CPI (Condensed) 595 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 20CPI (Condensed) 541 cps
DRAFT 10CPI 419 cps
DRAFT 12CPI 503 cps
DRAFT 15CPI 405 cps
DRAFT 17CPI (Condensed) 359 cps
DRAFT 20CPI 419 cps
DRAFT 10CPI (Emphasised) 209 cps
NLQ 10CPI 104.6 cps
NLQ 12CPI 125.9 cps
NLQ 15CPI 100.8 cps
NLQ 17CPI 89.7 cps
NLQ 20CPI 104.6 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS 13 International character sets
13 character code tables (Standard)
Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865,
Abicomp, BRASCII,Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858,
ISO 8859-15
BIT MAP FONT EPSON Draft 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI
EPSON Roman 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI, Proportional
EPSON Sans Serif 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI, Proportional
BAR CODE EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E,
Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
PRINTABLE COLUMNS
(
CHARACTERS PER LINE
)
PITCH FX-890 FX-2190
10CPI 80 136
12CPI 96 163
15CPI 120 204
17CPI 137 233
20CPI 160 272
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH Manual Insertion : (front or rear in, top out)
Push Tractor : (front or rear in, top out)
Pull Tractor : (front or rear or bottom in, top out)
Cut Sheet Feeder : (rear in, top out)
CUT SHEET SIZE FX-890 Width 100 – 257 mm
Length 100 – 364 mm
FX-2190 Width 100 – 420 mm
Length 100 – 364 mm
ENVELOPES No.6, No.10
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE FX-890 Width 101.6 – 254 mm
Length 101.6 – 558.8 mm
FX-2190 Width 101.6 – 406.4 mm
Length 101.6 – 558.8 mm
PAPER THICKNESS
CUT SHEET Single Sheet 0.065 – 0.14 mm
Multi part 0.12 – 0.46 mm
ENVELOPES 0.16 – 0.52 mm
CONTINUOUS PAPER (Single sheet / multi part)
0.065 – 0.46 mm (0.0025 – 0.018 inch)
Label Base Sheet 0.07 – 0.09 mm (0.0028 – 0.0035 inch)
LABEL Total Label 0.16 – 0.19 mm (0.0063 – 0.0075 inch)
PAPER FEEDING Standard Friction (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
Push Tractor (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
Pull Tractor (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
(bottom in, top out)
Optional Feeder Cut Sheet Feeder (rear in, top out)
Push-Pull Tractor (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
COPY 1 original + 5 copies always
1 original + 6 copies at pull tractor feed (front, rear, bottom)
ACOUSTIC NOISE 55 dB(A) (ISO7779 pattern)
LINE SPACING 4.23mm (1/6 inch) or programmable in increments of .0295mm (1/216 inch)
INPUT DATA BUFFER 128 KByte
INTERFACE
STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface
(IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB (ver 1.1) I/F
OPTION Type B I/F level 2
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOUR Black
TYPE Fabric
RIBBON LIFE FX-890 Approx. 7.5 million characters
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)
FX-2190 Approx. 12 million characters
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)
RELIABILITY
(25% duty cycle) Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF)
: 52 million lines (except print head)
MTBF : 20000 POH
PRINT HEAD LIFE : 400 million strokes/ wire
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)
CONTROL PANEL 6 switches and 10 LEDs
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5~35˚C
HUMIDITY 10~80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220~240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50~60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 53W
(ISO/IEC10561 Letter pattern)
Energy Star Compliant
DIMENSIONS FX-890 FX-2190
WIDTH 414mm 589mm
DEPTH 350mm 350mm
HEIGHT 167.5mm 167.5mm
WEIGHT Approx. 7.2 kg Approx. 9.4 kg
PRINTER DRIVER/ UTILITY
OS Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000/Me/XP and Microsoft®
Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0
UTILITY EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows®
95/98/2000/Me/XP and Microsoft® Windows® NT®
operating system Version 4.0 environment only)
OPTIONS FX-890 FX-2190
RIBBON CARTRIDGE(BLACK) S015329 S015327
HIGH CAPABILITY CUT SHEET FEEDER C806382 C806402
SINGLE BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER C806372 C806392
PULL TRACTOR UNIT C800202 C800212
SERIAL I/F CARD C823061 C823061
32KB INTELLIGENT SERIAL I/F CARD C823081 C823081
EPSONNET 10/100 BASE TX INT. PRINT SERVER2 C823914 C823914
9.4Kg
FX-2190
167.5mm
350mm
589mm
“EPSON ESC/P stands for EPSON standard code for printers. This
system of commands gives you software control of your printer from
your computers. It is standard for all EPSON printers and supported
by most application software for personal computers.”
EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.
Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product names and other
company names used herein are for identification purpose only and maybe the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.
Print samples shown herein are simulations. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
167.5mm
350mm
7.2Kg
FX-890
414mm