Product Information Guide
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... in the printer. For detailed information about default settings, see below. EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Clearing Paper Jams Follow these steps to do this: ❏ Using the EPSON Remote Configuration ...Manager on the CD-ROM. Remove any remaining pieces of the printer. Otherwise, you may damage the printer or change one or more information.) ❏ From the printer's control panel using the Remote Configuration Manager, see the PDF manual...
... in the printer. For detailed information about default settings, see below. EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 6/03 EPSON FX-890/FX-2190 Clearing Paper Jams Follow these steps to do this: ❏ Using the EPSON Remote Configuration ...Manager on the CD-ROM. Remove any remaining pieces of the printer. Otherwise, you may damage the printer or change one or more information.) ❏ From the printer's control panel using the Remote Configuration Manager, see the PDF manual...
User Manual
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...when you started using your FX-890 or FX-2190 work like the Okidata® Microline® 320 Turbo or 321 Turbo by turning the printer on page 15. See "Installing and Using the Online Reference Guide" on in this manual show the FX-890, the instructions apply to... avoid bodily injury. It describes all the printer's functions, optional products, printer software, troubleshooting, and technical specifications. c...
...when you started using your FX-890 or FX-2190 work like the Okidata® Microline® 320 Turbo or 321 Turbo by turning the printer on page 15. See "Installing and Using the Online Reference Guide" on in this manual show the FX-890, the instructions apply to... avoid bodily injury. It describes all the printer's functions, optional products, printer software, troubleshooting, and technical specifications. c...
User Manual
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... 70475 (for dealer referral. 44 Troubleshooting Use one of the following information ready: ❏ Product name (EPSON FX-890 or FX-2190) ❏ Product serial number (located on the back of the printer) ❏ Proof of purchase (such as a store receipt) and date of purchase ❏ Computer configuration ❏ Description... Telephone Services Access From the Internet, you call, please have a touch tone telephone and call (800) 463-7766 for the FX-2190). Before you can purchase ribbon cartridges, paper, manuals, and accessories from EPSON at (800) 873-7766, or visit the...
... 70475 (for dealer referral. 44 Troubleshooting Use one of the following information ready: ❏ Product name (EPSON FX-890 or FX-2190) ❏ Product serial number (located on the back of the printer) ❏ Proof of purchase (such as a store receipt) and date of purchase ❏ Computer configuration ❏ Description... Telephone Services Access From the Internet, you call, please have a touch tone telephone and call (800) 463-7766 for the FX-2190). Before you can purchase ribbon cartridges, paper, manuals, and accessories from EPSON at (800) 873-7766, or visit the...
Product Brochure
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... bottom, rear) Push and pull tractor** (front, rear) Cut-sheet feeder (optional) Roll paper holder (optional) Paper Path Manual insertion Cut sheet feeder Tractor Pull push tractor Input Buffer 128K Front or rear in, top out Top in, top out Front ... by consistently performing at 14 dots/character Warranty Three-year limited warranty in the U.S. Printer Specifications Printer Method 9-pin, serial impact dot matrix Print Direction Bidirectional logic seeking for optional interface cards Printer Language Epson ESC/P,® IBM PPDS, Okidata Microlines (FX-890, Okidata Mode only) Paper ...
... bottom, rear) Push and pull tractor** (front, rear) Cut-sheet feeder (optional) Roll paper holder (optional) Paper Path Manual insertion Cut sheet feeder Tractor Pull push tractor Input Buffer 128K Front or rear in, top out Top in, top out Front ... by consistently performing at 14 dots/character Warranty Three-year limited warranty in the U.S. Printer Specifications Printer Method 9-pin, serial impact dot matrix Print Direction Bidirectional logic seeking for optional interface cards Printer Language Epson ESC/P,® IBM PPDS, Okidata Microlines (FX-890, Okidata Mode only) Paper ...
Service Manual
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... (Single sheet, Not multi part) FX-890 FX-890 Width (inch) (mm) Front Entry Manual Min. (3.9) 100 Max. (10.1) 257 Manual Min. (3.9) 100 Max. (10.1) 257 Rear Entry High-Capacity CSF Min. Note "*1": When using Single-Bin CSF, paper total thickness is available only under normal temperature and humidity conditions. EPSON FX-890/2190 FEEDING METHOD Friction feed...
... (Single sheet, Not multi part) FX-890 FX-890 Width (inch) (mm) Front Entry Manual Min. (3.9) 100 Max. (10.1) 257 Manual Min. (3.9) 100 Max. (10.1) 257 Rear Entry High-Capacity CSF Min. Note "*1": When using Single-Bin CSF, paper total thickness is available only under normal temperature and humidity conditions. EPSON FX-890/2190 FEEDING METHOD Friction feed...
Service Manual
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... jointing side of line glue at the top side of multi part) (lb) (12) 58 ----- ----- (15) Quality Plain paper, Reclaimed paper ----- EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B Table 1-4. Total thickness (inch) (0.0047) (0.018) ----- ----- (mm) 0.12 0.46 Weight (g/m2) 40 (one sheet of form...and Carbon-interleaved. 2: Type of paper of paper horizontally. Cut Sheet (Multi part) FX-890 Width FX-890 (inch) (mm) Front Entry Manual Minimum (3.9) 100 Maximum (10.1) 257 Rear Entry Manual / High-Capacity CSF / Single-Bin CSF Minimum Maximum ----- ----- Cut Sheet (Single...
... jointing side of line glue at the top side of multi part) (lb) (12) 58 ----- ----- (15) Quality Plain paper, Reclaimed paper ----- EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B Table 1-4. Total thickness (inch) (0.0047) (0.018) ----- ----- (mm) 0.12 0.46 Weight (g/m2) 40 (one sheet of form...and Carbon-interleaved. 2: Type of paper of paper horizontally. Cut Sheet (Multi part) FX-890 Width FX-890 (inch) (mm) Front Entry Manual Minimum (3.9) 100 Maximum (10.1) 257 Rear Entry Manual / High-Capacity CSF / Single-Bin CSF Minimum Maximum ----- ----- Cut Sheet (Single...
Service Manual
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...folded, not crumpled Jointing Line glue at the top should be Crbonless. FX-890 & FX-2190 Width Table 1-7. Max. --- --- Total thickness (inch) (0.0047) (0.018) ----- ----- (mm) 0.12 0.46 Weight (g/m2) 40 58 ----- ----- (one sheet of ----- ----- PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Features 12 Card Front Entry Manual Manual Min. Max. (3.9) (5.8) 100 148 Single-Bin CSF Min. Max.... multi-part forms should be inserted from rear entrance only. 4: When using card, set jointing side of paper horizontally. EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B Width Table 1-6.
...folded, not crumpled Jointing Line glue at the top should be Crbonless. FX-890 & FX-2190 Width Table 1-7. Max. --- --- Total thickness (inch) (0.0047) (0.018) ----- ----- (mm) 0.12 0.46 Weight (g/m2) 40 58 ----- ----- (one sheet of ----- ----- PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Features 12 Card Front Entry Manual Manual Min. Max. (3.9) (5.8) 100 148 Single-Bin CSF Min. Max.... multi-part forms should be inserted from rear entrance only. 4: When using card, set jointing side of paper horizontally. EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B Width Table 1-6.
Service Manual
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...BOND paper, PLAIN paper or AIR ----- printing on the front side; Max. No glue at the printable ----- Envelope FX-890 Front Entry & Manual FX-2190 Min. Handling possible cut sheets of No. 6 paper size, be inserted from rear entrance only. 5: Except ... TBD TBD Single-Bin CSF Vertical Horizontal TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Features 13 EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B Table 1-8. Max. Envelope Width (inch) ----- (9.5) ----- (No.10) (mm) 241 Length (inch) ----- (4.1) ----- (mm) 105 Total Thickness (inch)...
...BOND paper, PLAIN paper or AIR ----- printing on the front side; Max. No glue at the printable ----- Envelope FX-890 Front Entry & Manual FX-2190 Min. Handling possible cut sheets of No. 6 paper size, be inserted from rear entrance only. 5: Except ... TBD TBD Single-Bin CSF Vertical Horizontal TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Features 13 EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B Table 1-8. Max. Envelope Width (inch) ----- (9.5) ----- (No.10) (mm) 241 Length (inch) ----- (4.1) ----- (mm) 105 Total Thickness (inch)...
Service Manual
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...Revision B 16 TYPEFACE 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 EPSON OCR-B : 10 cpi * Bar code fonts...-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* NOTE: "*": These fonts are not described in user's manual. EPSON FX-890/2190 Width FX-890& FX-2190 Length Diameter Thickness Weight (inch) (mm) (inch) (mm) (inch) (mm) (inch) (mm) (g/m2) (lb)...
...Revision B 16 TYPEFACE 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 EPSON OCR-B : 10 cpi * Bar code fonts...-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* NOTE: "*": These fonts are not described in user's manual. EPSON FX-890/2190 Width FX-890& FX-2190 Length Diameter Thickness Weight (inch) (mm) (inch) (mm) (inch) (mm) (inch) (mm) (g/m2) (lb)...
Service Manual
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...16h-17h (Reserved) Unknown ----- Reply for Type-B I/F Level 2 device: not described in user's manual) Table 1-31. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Interface 27 FX-890 Reply message ESC/P Main-Type MT9p, PW80c110cpi, PRG(Wxxxxx)rev, AP500ma IBM PPDS MT9p, PW80c110cpi, ...FX-2190 FX-2190 Emulation-Type ESCP9, PRPII9, BDC ESCP9, PRPII9, BDC Entity-Type EPSONFX EPSONPRPII9 Revision B 1.2.5 Type-B Interface communication specification Reply for Optional command (*: Reply for Optional command Option command number Command name 00h No-operation Reply-A ----- EPSON FX-890...
...16h-17h (Reserved) Unknown ----- Reply for Type-B I/F Level 2 device: not described in user's manual) Table 1-31. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Interface 27 FX-890 Reply message ESC/P Main-Type MT9p, PW80c110cpi, PRG(Wxxxxx)rev, AP500ma IBM PPDS MT9p, PW80c110cpi, ...FX-2190 FX-2190 Emulation-Type ESCP9, PRPII9, BDC ESCP9, PRPII9, BDC Entity-Type EPSONFX EPSONPRPII9 Revision B 1.2.5 Type-B Interface communication specification Reply for Optional command (*: Reply for Optional command Option command number Command name 00h No-operation Reply-A ----- EPSON FX-890...
Service Manual
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...automatic interface selection is in the busy state continuously. EPSON FX-890/2190 Main command Table 1-32. the parallel interface, USB interface and Type-B optional interface. As long as the host sends data or the printer interface is the busy state, the selected interface ... Message • Writing to the optional interface. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Interface 28 These interfaces are selected manually by Default Setting or selected automatically. Manual selection One of MNSTS register to DBIN-register 14h Inquire Emergency Reply 15h Send Emergency Message ...
...automatic interface selection is in the busy state continuously. EPSON FX-890/2190 Main command Table 1-32. the parallel interface, USB interface and Type-B optional interface. As long as the host sends data or the printer interface is the busy state, the selected interface ... Message • Writing to the optional interface. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Interface 28 These interfaces are selected manually by Default Setting or selected automatically. Manual selection One of MNSTS register to DBIN-register 14h Inquire Emergency Reply 15h Send Emergency Message ...
Service Manual
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... the table below: Table 1-38. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Operation 34 Parallel I /F wait time 10 seconds., 30 seconds. "*2" : Settings with bold weight mean the standard factory settings. EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B 1.3.5.2 Setting Items Setting values available for Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Italic table Denmark 1, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain...
... the table below: Table 1-38. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS Operation 34 Parallel I /F wait time 10 seconds., 30 seconds. "*2" : Settings with bold weight mean the standard factory settings. EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B 1.3.5.2 Setting Items Setting values available for Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany, Italic U.K., Italic Italic table Denmark 1, Italic Sweden, Italic Italy, Italic Spain...
Service Manual
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EPSON FX-890/2190 1.3.6 EEPROM Clear Function You can return some parameters into the factory settings: Table 1-39. Cleared Items and Values on the printer returns the default settings into the factory settings to perform panel operation easily. Auto line feed Off Auto tear ...as 'IEEE 1284.4 for front tractor 11 inch Font Selection Draft Pitch selection 10cpi Print direction setting Bi-d I/F mode selection Auto Auto I /F' Manual feed wait time 1.5 sec. Cleared Items and Values on EEPROM (Standard Model) (continued) Buzzer Item Value On Auto CR Off Tear-off adjustment...
EPSON FX-890/2190 1.3.6 EEPROM Clear Function You can return some parameters into the factory settings: Table 1-39. Cleared Items and Values on the printer returns the default settings into the factory settings to perform panel operation easily. Auto line feed Off Auto tear ...as 'IEEE 1284.4 for front tractor 11 inch Font Selection Draft Pitch selection 10cpi Print direction setting Bi-d I/F mode selection Auto Auto I /F' Manual feed wait time 1.5 sec. Cleared Items and Values on EEPROM (Standard Model) (continued) Buzzer Item Value On Auto CR Off Tear-off adjustment...
Service Manual
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...shown at right. In addition, the User's Manual for EPSON EPSON FX-890/2190 describes detailed steps to be taken for Individual Units (p.64) Adjustment (p.93) and Maintenance (p.98) Figure 3-1. W A R N IN G When you disassemble the printer, pull the power cable and the interface ... U T IO N Use only specified tools to avoid impairing the quality of 3.1.3 "Preliminary Checks (p.54)" . EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B 3.1 Overview The printer may exhibit different symptoms for Troubleshooting Perform troubleshooting work , read and understand thoroughly the contents of the...
...shown at right. In addition, the User's Manual for EPSON EPSON FX-890/2190 describes detailed steps to be taken for Individual Units (p.64) Adjustment (p.93) and Maintenance (p.98) Figure 3-1. W A R N IN G When you disassemble the printer, pull the power cable and the interface ... U T IO N Use only specified tools to avoid impairing the quality of 3.1.3 "Preliminary Checks (p.54)" . EPSON FX-890/2190 Revision B 3.1 Overview The printer may exhibit different symptoms for Troubleshooting Perform troubleshooting work , read and understand thoroughly the contents of the...
Service Manual
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...; Use only the recommended lubrications and adhesives (See Chapter 6.) Adjust the printer only in the manner described in this manual. Always wear gloves for disassembling and assembling EPSON FX-890/ 2190. Tool and Instrument List Name Phillips Screwdriver Specification No.2 EPSON Part No. NOTE:All tools and instruments listed above are described under the...
...; Use only the recommended lubrications and adhesives (See Chapter 6.) Adjust the printer only in the manner described in this manual. Always wear gloves for disassembling and assembling EPSON FX-890/ 2190. Tool and Instrument List Name Phillips Screwdriver Specification No.2 EPSON Part No. NOTE:All tools and instruments listed above are described under the...
Service Manual
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EPSON FX-890/2190 4.1.3.1 Abbreviations for Small Parts The table below lists the abbreviations used in this manual for small parts, such as screws and washers. List of Screws Used No. Name and specification Shape 1 CBS (M3x6) 2 ...CBS (M3x12) 3 PLASTIC HEAD P TITE,4X13 4 CBP (M4x12) 5 CBS (M3x8) 6 CBP (M3x8) 7 CBP (M3x12) 8 CBS (M3x4) 9 CBS (M3x8) C(P2) 10 CB (0) (M4x8) Revision B Table 4-3. Name and specification Shape PRINTER...
EPSON FX-890/2190 4.1.3.1 Abbreviations for Small Parts The table below lists the abbreviations used in this manual for small parts, such as screws and washers. List of Screws Used No. Name and specification Shape 1 CBS (M3x6) 2 ...CBS (M3x12) 3 PLASTIC HEAD P TITE,4X13 4 CBP (M4x12) 5 CBS (M3x8) 6 CBP (M3x8) 7 CBP (M3x12) 8 CBS (M3x4) 9 CBS (M3x8) C(P2) 10 CB (0) (M4x8) Revision B Table 4-3. Name and specification Shape PRINTER...
Service Manual
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...necessary, use denatured alcohol to remove dust and paper debris accumulated in the printer. C A U T IO N Do not use the oil and grease other than those specified in this manual; use of different type of the printer. Never use thinner, trichloroethylene, or ketone-based solvents on the...when you handle it as it may be very hot right after power off, as it may be very hot. EPSON FX-890/2190 6.1 Overview 6.1.1 Preventive Maintenance Preventive maintenance is important to keep the printer in the best condition and to prevent potential troubles from the AC power socket.
...necessary, use denatured alcohol to remove dust and paper debris accumulated in the printer. C A U T IO N Do not use the oil and grease other than those specified in this manual; use of different type of the printer. Never use thinner, trichloroethylene, or ketone-based solvents on the...when you handle it as it may be very hot right after power off, as it may be very hot. EPSON FX-890/2190 6.1 Overview 6.1.1 Preventive Maintenance Preventive maintenance is important to keep the printer in the best condition and to prevent potential troubles from the AC power socket.