EPSON — Reliability

Electrical Characteristics Supply voltage: +24 VDC ± 10% (optional power supply: EPSON PS-170) Ripple voltage: 300mVpp or less (only when the printer is used with the MICR reader). Current consumption: (at 24V, except for drawer kick-out driving) Operating: Slip Mean: approximately 1.9A (character font A α -N all columns printing) Peak: approximately 8.0A (20 msec) When the print platen is released: 2.0A (200 msec) Operating: Receipt Mean: approximately 1.5A (character font A α -N all columns printing) Peak: Approximately 5.0A (20 msec) Standby: Mean: approximately 0.3A Reliability Slip: Life (when printing alphanumeric characters): Mechanism: 12,000,000 lines Print head:

150 million characters (when in the average of 2 dots/wire per character) 4-10 Reference Information