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title: Epson FX-2190II Dot Matrix Printer - USB & Parallel
date: 2023-04-04T19:07:11Z
modified: 2026-05-23T06:16:45Z
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status: publish
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wpid: 463663
product_brand:
  - Epson
product_type:
  - simple
product_visibility:
  - featured
product_cat:
  - Label Printers
  - POS
pa_interfaces:
  - Parallel
  - USB
pa_types:
  - Thermal
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- – Market-leading print speeds:Complete your high-volume print runs even faster
- – Very low TCO: Cheap, long-lasting consumables and low power use
- – Even better reliability: Improved by 25 percent to 25,000 power-on hours
- – Smaller footprint: Allows for easy placement within a business environment
- – Energy Star compliant: To ensure the best possible energy efficiency

Printing
Maximum resolution: 240 x 144 DPI
Maximum printing width (columns): 136
Colour: No
Maximum print speed: 738 cps
Maximum print speed (draft): 463 cps
Maximum print speed (NLQ): 115 cps
Character pitch: 10, 12, 15 cpi
Maximum number of copies: 6 copies
Built-in barcodes: CODABAR (NW-7), Code 128 (A/B/C), Code 39, Industrial 2/5, Matrix 2/5, POSTNET, UPC-A, UPC-E
Bitmap fonts: Draft, OCR-B, Roman, Sans Serif
Character sets: PCAPTEC, PC437, PC720, PC850, PC858, ISO 8859-15, Roman 8, Italic
Number of characters: 42

Paper handling
Maximum print size: A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Paper tray media types: Envelopes
Continuous paper thickness range: 0.46 – 0.46 mm
Label thickness range: 0.46 – 0.46 mm
Multi-part paper thickness range: 0.12 – 0.46 mm
Single sheet thickness range: 0.06 – 0.14 mm

Features
Product colour: Black
Buffer size: 128 KB
Sound pressure level (printing): 55 dB
Page description languages: ESC P, PPDS

Ports & interfaces
Standard interfaces: Parallel, USB

Endurance
Print head: 9-pin
Print direction: Bi-directional
Print head life: 400 million characters
Ribbon life (black, draft): 12 million characters
Print yield: 12 characters
Mean time between failures (MTBF): 25000 h