The racehorse choice

for workhorse printing

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Charging out of the gate comes

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Key Features
a swift and superbly reliable
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Powerful 9-pin technology
performer for high volume, heavy ■ Performs with legendary Epson reliability

duty business printing: the ■ Tireless print head lasts for 400 million
characters
EPSON DFX-8500 impact printer. • • • •
The fastest Epson impact printer
In the toughest environments, the ■ Prints up to 1120 characters per second
EPSON DFX-8500
EPSON DFX-8500 speeds through
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Highly advanced paper handling
■ Prints up to seven-part forms
demanding print jobs at up to 1120 characters per second. Day after ■ Auto platen gap adjusts for correct paper
thickness
day, you can count on it to race through everything from accounting
■ Programmable form utility for Windows
reports, spreadsheets and 7-part forms to shipping documents, and “remembers” up to eight form types
■ Optional perforation cutter for precise forms
mailing labels.
handling

The EPSON DFX-8500 runs fast on most network “tracks,” too. Its built-in
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Enhanced connectivity
■ Standard parallel and serial interfaces
Type B interface slot accepts optional interface boards to connect with ■ Optional internal Type B interface boards for
easy networking
your Ethernet, Twinax and/or Coax network. That means this printer fits
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Epson’s one year on-site limited warranty in
in whatever business you’re in. the U.S. and Canada
■ Backed by superior Epson technical service

Windows® users can even program this hard-running workhorse to and support

“remember” up to eight different forms and two special paper types.

Simply preset the form utility and the printer recalls which paper, paper

size and paper path goes with a particular printing task.

The EPSON DFX-8500 also adjusts automatically for varying paper thickness

and, using the optional perforation cutter, cuts pre-perfed forms far more

precisely. All of these features are so reliable that the EPSON DFX-8500

carries the Epson one-year limited on-site warranty.

Isn’t that the kind of thoroughbred confidence you look for when

you lay your money down on a printer? It’s the fast-running

workhorse for heavy-duty business printing.

IMPACT PRINTER

DFX-8500
Printer Specifications Printing Method Software Drivers*
9-pin impact dot matrix Windows 3.1, 95, 98, Me and NT 3.51/4.0
Print Direction Interface
Text Mode: Bidirectional Bidirectional IEEE 1284 parallel
Graphics Mode: Unidirectional (bidirectional via software) RS-232C serial
Type B slot for optional interface boards
Print Speed
High Speed Draft 1120 cps (10 cpi) Printer Language
Draft 840 cps (10 cpi) ESC/P,® IBM 2380+/2381+
Near Letter Quality 210 cps (10 cpi)
Paper Handling
Character Sets Forms
11 character tables, 13 international character sets Front 1 original + 6 copies
Rear 1 original + 5 copies
Resident Fonts
Continuous 4.0" to 16.0"
EPSON SuperDraft 10 cpi
Labels 2.5" x .94" (min)
EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15
EPSON NLQ Roman 10, 12, 15, proportional
EPSON NLQ San Serif 10, 12, 15, proportional Sound Level
Bar Code Fonts EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, 58dB (A)
UPC-A, UPC-B, Code-39, Code-128,
Power Requirements
POSTNET
99-132 VAC, 50 - 60Hz ± .5Hz; 160 watts; 120-volt
Printable Columns
Physical Dimensions
136 columns (10 cpi)
Height 14.5"
Formatting Width 27.6"
Tabs 10 sets vertical tabs, 32 horizontal tabs Depth 5.0"
Line spacing 1/6", 1/8" or programmable Weight 63.9 lb
(min 1/216")
Control Panel Functions
Page length 3.5" minimum for forms with labels
Paper select, font, pitch copy, top of form, LF/FF, load, micro feed,
Perforation skip Skip over perforation programmable
pause, reset, tractor select
in lines
Reliability
Paper Feed Speed
Total Print Volume 26 million lines (except print head)
Approximately 26.5 ms/line at 1/6" line spacing; 10 inches per second
MTBF 10,000 POH (25% duty cycle)
(continuous feed)
Print head life 400 million characters
Paper Paths Ribbon life 15 million characters (draft, 10 cpi,
Push tractor Front or rear in, top out 14 dots/character
Pull tractor Front or rear in, top out Warranty
Paper Feed Methods One-year on-site limited warranty in the U.S. and Canada
Dual push tractors/paper paths; automatic back-out and loading; automatic SM

paper thickness adjustment; automatic paper width detection; micro- Support-The EPSON Connection
adjustment for top-of form and tear-off mode; adjustable tractor feed; Automated Technical Support (800) 922-8911
perforation cutter (optional); paper cutter (optional) and pull tractor (optional) Pre-Sales Support US & Canada (800) 463-7766
Internet Website www.epson.com
Input Buffer
* Additional software drivers available in your Windows operating system, or
128KB or 0KB, user selectable at www.epson.com.
Ordering Information

Product Code Description

EPSON DFX-8500
C204001 EPSON DFX-8500 printer
8766 Ribbon cartridge
8309G-A Pull tractor unit
C815071 Perforation cutter
C815001 Paper cutter
8502 Printer stand
Interface Boards - Type B
C823051 Serial
C823071 32KB Serial
C823121 LocalTalk
C823141 Coax
C823151 Twinax
C823452 Bidirectional Parallel
C12C823912 Multiprotocol 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet Print Server

Epson America, Inc.

3840 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach, CA 90806
Epson Canada, Ltd.
3771 Victoria Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario M1W 3Z5
Epson Latin America, Inc.
6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126

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