Epson 5000/5500 - Manual (Page 111)

Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing method:
X-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed:
Quality Characters per inch Characters/second/line
High-speed draft 10 225
Draft 10 210
12 252
Letter Quality 10 70
12 84
Printing direction:
Bidirectional logic-seeking for text and
graphics. Unidirectional for graphics.
(Unidirectional
can
be selected by DIP switch
or software command.)
Line spacing:
1/6 inch, 1/8 inch, or programmable in
1/360-inch increments
Paper feed speed:
77.6 milliseconds per 1/6-inch line; 2.2 inches
per second with continuous feed
Printable columns:
Character sizes
Maximum printed characters
ActionPrinter 5000 ActionPrinter 5500
1 0 c p i 80 136
10 cpi condensed 137 164
12 cpi 96 204
12 cpi condensed 160 233
1 5 c p i
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Technical Specifications