EPSON LX-300+II/300+II RTP/1170II Revision D
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION FEATURES 9
1.1 FEATURES
EPSON LX-300+II/300+II RTP/1170II is a 9 pin serial impact dot matrix printer. The main
difference between LX-300+II and LX-1170II is the width: 80 columns for LX-300+II and
136 columns for LX-1170II. The major features are as follows:
Printing speed: High speed draft 300 cps at 10 cpi
High speed draft 337 cps at 12cpi (LX-300+II only)
Draft 225 cps at 10 cpi
NLQ 56 cps at 10 cpi
Feeding method: Friction feed (rear)
Push tractor feed (rear)
Push and Pull tractor feed (rear)
Pull tractor feed (rear, bottom)
Feeder: Rear push tractor, CSF single-bin (Option),
Pull tractor (Option) and Roll paper holder (Option)
Paper/ Media: Single sheet, Continuous paper, Multi part paper,
Envelope, Label and Roll paper
Fonts: 2NLQ and 1 Draft Bitmap typefaces
8 Barcode fonts
Character tables: Standard version 13 tables
NLSP version 38 tables
Input buffer: 64 Kbytes
Acoustic noise: 49 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Reliability: Mean print volume between failure (MVBF)(MTBF 25%
duty cycle) 12 million lines (except printhead)
MTBF 6000 POH (25% Duty)
Printhead life 400 million strokes/ wire
Ribbon life 3 million characters
For details, see “Reliability” (p.14)
Interface: Bi-directional parallel interface
(IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)
Serial I/F
USB (ver 1.1) I/F
Control code: LX-300+II ESC/P and IBM 2380 Plus emulation
LX-1170II ESC/P and IBM 2381 Plus emulation
Copy capability: 1 original + 4 copies
Control panel functions: Font, Pause, Tear off, LF/FF, Load/ Eject,
Micro Adjust, Self test, Data dump
and the default settings
Figure 1-1. EPSON LX-300+II/300+II RTP/1170II Printer Parts