The new Epson FX-2190 dot matrix printer is built to offer faster printing, better reliability and flexible paper handling - in a stylish and compact design. It is perfect for production, car dealers, warehouses, labs, wholesalers, freight forwarders, finance departments and trade users who want high performance at low cost.
This 2x9 pin printer makes light work of a wide range of different jobs, including system event log printing, listings, orders, invoices and labels. Simple to use and extremely robust, with a long list of options designed to match your individual requirements, it is the ideal printer for handling medium and large print volumes.
Fast and Reliable
This printer is the fastest in its class, maximising productivity with speeds up to 680cps. This is delivered with amazing reliability, thanks to a Mean Volume Between Failure (MVBF) of 52 million lines and an MTBF figure of 20,000 POH. Additionally, long-lasting ribbons print up to 12 million characters with a print head life of up to 400 million characters.
Versatile Paper Handling
Flexibility is assured by handling up to 1 original and 5 copies (1+6 copies with pull tractor) and paper handling from the front, top, rear and bottom of the printer. The push tractor can be changed to a pull tractor, or combined with the optional pull tractor ensuring the smoothest paper feed. Two optional cut sheet feeders can be used to store different forms. Also, with a second push/pull tractor option, up to 4 different forms can be stored at the same time (2 continuous, 2 single sheet). The optional Front Paper Guide can be used to insert small paper from the front and the optional Front Sheet Guide is for insertion of A4 sheets.
Making connections and networking
Simple, fast connection is provided by standard parallel and USB interfaces, while the impressive capabilities of this printer can be shared via optional wireless and wired network interfaces.

PRINTER TYPE Impact Dot Matrix
PRODUCT NAME FX-2190
PRODUCT CODE C11C526051
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 9 pins
PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking
PRINT SPEED
ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 10CPI 566 cps
ULTRA SPEED DRAFT 12CPI 680 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10CPI 559 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12CPI 627 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 15CPI 629 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 17CPI (Condensed) 595 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 20CPI (Condensed) 541 cps
DRAFT 10CPI 419 cps
DRAFT 12CPI 503 cps
DRAFT 15CPI 405 cps
DRAFT 17CPI (Condensed) 359 cps
DRAFT 20CPI 419 cps
DRAFT 10CPI (Emphasised) 209 cps
NLQ 10CPI 104.6 cps
NLQ 12CPI 125.9 cps
NLQ 15CPI 100.8 cps
NLQ 17CPI 89.7 cps
NLQ 20CPI 104.6 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS 13 International character sets
13 character code tables (standard)
Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASC II, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15
BITMAP FONTS Epson Draft, 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI
Epson Roman, 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI Proportional
Epson Sans Serif, 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI Proportional
BAR CODE EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet
PRINTABLE COLUMNS (CHARACTERS PER LINE)
PITCH
10CPI 136
12CPI 163
15CPI 204
17CPI 233
20CPI 272
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH Manual Insertion : (Front or rear in, top out)
Push Tractor : (Front or rear in, top out)
Pull Tractor : (Front or rear or bottom in, top out)
CUT SHEET FEEDER Width 100 - 420 mm
Length 100 - 420 mm
ENVELOPES No.6, No.10
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE Width 101.6 - 406.8 mm
Length 101.6 - 558.8 mm
PAPER THICKNESS
CUT SHEET Single sheet 0.065 - 0.14mm
Multi part 0.12 - 0.46mm
ENVELOPES 0.16 - 0.52 mm- 0.14mm
CONTINUOUS PAPER (single sheet / multi part)
0.065 - 0.46mm (0.0025 - 0.018 inch)
Label Base Sheet 0.07 - 0.09mm (0.0028 - 0.0035 inch)
LABEL Total Label 0.16 - 0.19 mm (0.0063 - 0.0075 inch)
PAPER FEEDING Standard Friction (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
Push Tractor (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
Pull Tractor (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
(bottom in, top out)
Optional Feeder Cut Sheet Feeder (rear in, top out)
Push Tractor (rear in, top out)
(front in, top out)
INPUT DATA BUFFER 128 K Byte
INTERFACE
STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface
(IEEE - 1284 nibble mode supported), USB (ver 1.1) I/F
OPTION Type B I/F level 2
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOUR Black
TYPE Fabric
RIBBON LIFE Approx. 12 million characters
(Draft 10cpi, 14 dots/character)
RELIABILITY
(25% duty cycle)
Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF) 52 million lines (except print head)
MTBF 20000 POH
PRINT HEAD LIFE 400 Million strokes / wire
(Draft 10 cpi, 14 dots/character)
CONTROL PANEL
6 Switches and 10 LEDs
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5 - 35? C
HUMIDITY 10 - 80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 - 240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50 - 60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 53W
(ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)
Energy Star Compliant
DIMENSIONS
width 589 mm
DEPTH 350 mm
height 167.5 mm
WEIGHT Approx. 9.4 Kg
PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY
OS Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0 / 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
UTILITY Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0/95/98/2000/Me/XP environment only)
WARRANTY
Standard Warranty 12 months return to base
Optional Additional 2 years return to base warranty - 3YWFX2190
* For more information visit www.epson.com.au/warranty/
Product Options
Options
RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK) C13S015327
HIGH CAPABILITY CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806402
SINGLE BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806392
PULL TRACTOR UNIT C12C800212
SERIAL I/F CARD C12C823061
32KB INTELLIGENT SERIAL I/F CARD C12C823081
EpsonNET 10/100 BASE TX INT. PRINT SERVER2 C12C824352