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Option Specifications

Lower paper cassette unit

Electrical

AC power supply: DC 24 V supplied by the printer

Insulation resistance:

1oMohmminimum

Dielectric strength (between AC line and chassis):

Can withstand 1000 VAC rms

(12OV

model)

1500 VAC

rms

(220/24OV model) for one minute

Power consumption:

12 W or less

Paper and paper delivery

Weight:

to 90 g/m2 (16 to 24 lb)

Paper feed: Automatic feed delivery system; tray capacity up

to 250 sheets (75

g/ma

lb paper)

F&g

For first sheet, 18 seconds or less (A4 or letter-size

T-:

Mechanical

paper)

For subsequent sheets, up to 10 pages per minute

(M-sire paper)

Plain paper, such as copier paper, memo sheets,

and letterheads

Dimensions and we&M (without the

print@

Height:

70 mm (2.8 inches)

Width: 480

(lg.9 inches)

Depth:

370

(15

inches) including the standard cassette

Weight:

3.8 kg

(8.41b)

including the standard cassette

Face-up output tray

Dimensibns

and

wright (without

the

pknter.:

Height: 40 mm (1.6 inches)

Width: 255 mm (9.2 inches)

Depth:

255 mm (11.2 inches)

Weight:

0.3 kg (K’lb)

Paper

ejet

opacityf

50 sheets

@Og/m*)

Application Software

herJet

III

emulation mode

When your printer is in HP LaserJet

II1

(LJ-3) mode, the factory

setting, select one of the following drivers from your program’s

printer selection menu:

HP LaserJet

IllSi”

HP LaserJet UP””

HP LaserJet series

III””

HP LaserJet

IIPr’”

HP LaserJet series

II”

HP LaserJet Plus”’

HP LaserJet

500”

LaserJet”’

If none of the above printers is listed among your program’s

options, select

any printer model

that

uses

the

HP Printer

Command Language (PCL).

Epson LQ and FX emulation modes

When your printer is in the Epson LQ or FX printer mode, select

one of the following drivers from your program’s printer selection

menu:

LQ-2500

FX-1000/800

(286e/86e)

LQ.loso/s5O

FX-85

LQ-1000/800

(expdnded

ESC/P)

FX-SO

LQ-so0

LQ-1500

(with version 2 ROM)

LQ printer

If none of the printers listed are available from your program,

choose the first

dvaihrble

of the following:

RX, Epson

printer,

Standard printer, or Draft printer.

Sharing the Printer

You can connect your printer

to as many as three different

computers at the same time using

any

combination of the parallel,

seriai,

and

optiorul

interfaces. Simply connect interface cables from

the computers

to the interfaces.

If you

use

the default printer mode LJ-3

for

all

the interfaces,

that’s

all

you need to do unless you need to change serial interface

settings. If you wish, however, you can choose different

printer modes for each interface,

dnd

you can allocate

separdte

pdrt

of the printer’s memory for each interface.

Your printer receives data from the computers through the

following channels:

Channel P

is the pdrallel interface.

Channel S is the serial interface.

Chdnnel

0 is the optional interface.

Status and Error Messages

This section contains an alphabetical list of status and error

messages that you

may

encounter and includes likely solutions to

problems.

If an error occurs, the control panel displays an error messages that

tells you what is wrong and, in some cases, offers d solution.

Status messages

aiso

dppedr

on the display during

normal

operation; they indicate the printer’s current

status.

Note

In some cases, the red CONTINUE light flashes when an ~

error is detected. This requires you to correct the problem and

then press the CONTlNUE button to clear the error. However. if

the AUTO CONT option in 9elecType is set to ON, some errors

may clear automatically even though the problem remains.

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