Epson DFX-8500 Support Question
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Product Brochure - Page 1
... speeds through everything from accounting reports, spreadsheets and seven-part forms to shipping documents, and mailing labels. EPSON
DFX-8500 Impact Printer
• Powerful 9-pin
technology
• The fastest Epson
impact printer prints up to 1120 cps
• Highly advanced paper
handling
• Enhanced connectivity
• Epson one year carry-in Type B interface slot accepts...
Product Brochure - Page 2
...change without notice. DFX-8500 Specifications
Printing Method 9-pin, impact
Print Direction Text...product and brand names are subject to 85% RH
Vibration .25 G, 55Hz (maximum)
Reliability/Life Expectancy
Total Print Volume (TPV): 26 million lines (except print head) MTBF: 10,000 POH at 1/6" line spacing; 10 inches per character
Product Codes/Accessory Part Numbers
DFX-8500 printer DFX-8500...
Product Information Guide - Page 1
...(DIP switch selectable) Characters per second when the optional pull tractor is mounted. EPSON DFX-8500
front cover
control panel
power switch
sprockets* * front tractor unit parts
paper supports*
...Accessories
Ribbon cartridge Use the #8766 EPSON replacement cartridge only
Printer Specifications
Printing Printing method:
9-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed:
Characters per inch 10 cpi ...
Product Information Guide - Page 2
... creases. For the best printing quality, use continuous multi-part forms that the printer does not print outside the printable area. bar-gluing
metal stapling
C C
A The minimum top margin (below the perforation) is 0.51 inch (13 mm). EPSON DFX-8500
5/98 C The minimum left and right edges by crimping or spot-gluing.
EPSON...
Product Information Guide - Page 3
... Pattern) Energy Star compliant
This product is paper with continuous backing sheet
Pre-printed paper
Pre-printed paper is also designed for 24-pin printers.
The margins are also recognized ...in the white space the second time the paper is 15 million characters (at 14 dots/character).
EPSON DFX-8500
Labels Size:
Total thickness: Quality:
2.5 inches W × 15/16 inch H (63.5 mm ...
Product Information Guide - Page 4
...-1284 specification
Extensibility request: The printer responds to the extensibility request in the affirmative when the request is 00H or 04H, which means:
00H:
Request nibble mode of reverse channel transfer
04H:
Request device ID in nibble mode of reverse channel transfer
Serial Interface Specifications
The DFX-8500 built-in serial interface is...
Product Information Guide - Page 5
...: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, a, or b. Selects one of the following fonts: Super Draft, Draft, Roman, or Sans Serif.
5/98
EPSON DFX-8500 - 5 On when the printer is on the tractors in the standby position. On when the printer is registered in the printer.
Select a or b if you have registered paper information using the paper memory utility.
Displays the paper...
Product Information Guide - Page 6
...advance or reverse the paper to resume printing. Press again to the desired position.
EPSON DFX-8500
Pitch Copy TOF (Top of Form)
Tear Off
Selects the characters per inch for about...hold the button for printing.
You can be torn off , and printing positions. EPSON DFX-8500
5/98 The printer remembers this button once.
Hold down for the front and rear tractors. Selects the front...
Product Information Guide - Page 7
... holding down the Pause button while you turn on the hex dump mode.
EPSON DFX-8500
Other control panel features
Self test
By holding down the LF/FF Load or Tear Off button while you turn on the printer, you can register the paper form information when you use multi-part forms that...
Product Information Guide - Page 8
... top-of -form mode. do not enter the top-of -form position, follow these steps: 1.
EPSON DFX-8500
Adjusting the top-of-form position
The top-of-form position is the position to which the printer feeds the paper when it loads it determines where the printing begins on each page. Note: If...
Product Information Guide - Page 9
...aligned with the tear-off edge, adjust the tear-off , reset, or initialized.
5/98
EPSON DFX-8500 - 9
If the perforation is not aligned with the tearoff edge, you can reset the tear-off...Tear Off button. Open the paper separator cover (the flap on . When you resume printing, the printer automatically feeds the paper back to feed the paper continuously.)
Note: You can adjust the tear-off ...
Product Information Guide - Page 10
... automatically feeds back to the standby position and the rear-loaded paper advances to the front tractor. wWARNING: If the printer has been used recently, the print head may be lit). EPSON DFX-8500
5. Tear off the page using the tear-off the document or excess paper.
cCAUTION: Always tear off the fresh...
Product Information Guide - Page 11
...Then push the cartridge down into position until the other two slots snap into the printer as shown below . cCAUTION: Make sure you over the two
print head
6. Slide...ribbon) and turn the ribbontightening knob in place.
4. EPSON DFX-8500
corresponding pins in the printer. Remove the ribbon cartridge from the printer's mounting pins.
Turn the ribbon-tightening knob again to ...
Product Information Guide - Page 12
... the error occurs again, contact your dealer. Open the printer's top cover. 3. Close the printer cover and turn on page 2. EPSON DFX-8500
Error Indicators
You can identify many common printer problems with the printer.
12 - If your printer stops working and the lights are satisfactory, the printer is working properly and the problem is probably caused by...
Product Information Guide - Page 13
...dampened with mild detergent dissolved in the printer.
2. Then remove
any paper as ...printer mechanism or electronic components. EPSON DFX-8500
To perform a self test, follow these steps:
1. In a few seconds, the printer starts the self test, in the printer's original box.
5/98
EPSON DFX-8500 - 13 Always press the Pause button to the printer. Follow these steps: 1. Repack the printer...
Product Information Guide - Page 14
... Twinax interface Bi-directional parallel interface Multiprotocol Ethernet interface
Optional Perforation Cutter Specifications
The specifications below apply to supplement your printer's built-in serial and parallel interfaces.
EPSON DFX-8500
Options
Optional Interfaces
You can use labels, overlapping multi-part forms, continuous forms with labels, or overlapping multi-part forms...
User Manual - Page 5
...-4
Directive 73/23/EEC: EN 60950
March 1998
Y.
Bavincklaan 5 1183 AT Amstelveen The Netherlands
Declares that the Product:
Product Name: Type Name: Model:
Dot Matrix Printer DFX-8500 P970A
Conforms to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014
Manufacturer: Address:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi, Nagano-ken 392-8502 Japan
Representative: Address:
EPSON EUROPE...
User Manual - Page 56
... list a suitable alternative, contact the software manufacturer to install the printer driver.
2
Installing the printer driver
To install a printer driver in the procedure. Setting Up Your Software 2-21
If the list in your application does not include the DFX-8500 printer, choose the first available printer from this list:
DFX-8000 DFX-5000+ DFX-5000 FX-2170 FX-1170
If none...
Warranty Statement - Page 1
...the rating label or serial number be removed or should the product fail to be properly maintained or fail to the manufacturer's specifications and will perform to you may expire before the ...ABOVE. Box 2842 q Torrance, CA 90509-2842 q MS:CS1
CPD 5526 EPSON AMERICA, INC. / DFX-Series Printer 1-year 8/97
EPSON AMERICA, INC. LIMITED WARRANTY
What Is Covered: Epson America, Inc. ("EPSON") warrants...
Warranty Statement - Page 2
... Center or other EPSON authorized service provider closest to any other products, peripherals, devices or add-ons, whether or not manufactured or sold by the terms of the EPSON authorized on -site...-2842 q MS:CS1 LIMITED WARRANTY
HOW TO RECEIVE ON-SITE WARRANTY SERVICE ON YOUR EPSON DFX SERIES PRINTER
In most parts of the EPSON Limited Warranty are not included. Please be responsible for a...
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