Service manual

SERVICE MANUAL MASTER FILE
ENGLISH
Rev. A (1997/05/07)
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.1 SPECIFICATION
The FX-880 is a small hoot, 9 pins serial impact dot matrix printer. The main specification is as
follows;
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Print method 9 pins Impact dot matrix
Print pin arrangement 9
×
1
Print pin diagrams 0.29 mm ( 0.0114 inch )
RESOLUTION
Table 1-1. Resolution ( dpi )
Printing mode Horizontal
density
Vertical density Adjacent dot
print
High speed draft 90 72 No
Draft 120 72 No
NLQ 240 144 No
Bit image 60, 72, 80, 90 or
120
72 Yes
120 or 240 72 No
PRINTING SPEED
Table 1-2. Printing Speed (cps)
Printing mode Character
pitch
Printable
column
Printing speed
Normal Copy
High speed Draft 10cpi 80 410 345
Draft 10cpi 80 310 260
NLQ 10cpi 80 78 65
When the power supply voltage drops to the lower limit, the printer stops printing once and
then starts to print rest data on that line again more slowly than before.
When the head temperature rises to the upper limit, the printer stops printing once. If the
head temperature falls down to the normal level, it begins to print again more slowly than
before.
FEEDING METHOD
Friction feed Front, Rear
Push tractor feed Front, Rear
Push & Pull tractor feed Front, Rear
Pull tractor feed Front, Rear, Bottom
FEED SPEED
Normal mode 62 ms 1/6 inch feed
0.127MPS ( 5.0 IPS) continuos feeding
Copy mode 83 ms 1/6 inch feeding
0.078MPS (3.1 IPS) continuos feed
FEEDER
Front push tractor
Rear push tractor
CSF ( Option, bin1 / bin2 )
Pull tractor ( Option )
Roll paper holder ( Option )