Epson® DFX-5000 Printer Review

The Epson DFX-5000 printer features a black fabric ribbon Cartridge. It is engineered to meet the demands of Epson's fast, high performance impact printers. The genuine Epson ribbons deliver consistently crisp, black output. It is long-lasting and easy to install. Epson ribbons provide longer life and better character definition than imitation supplies. The printer features high-speed, high-volume printing, two paper paths, top-of-form memory and short form tear-off, automatic form thickness detection. The printer is supported by third party coax and twinax interface boards, insulated printer cabinet, Epson ESC/P printer language.

The Epson DFX-5000 is designed for the demanding work environments and it is an amazingly fast high-performance business printer. It is a highly efficient machine with heavy duty and high throughput data processing tasks. It stops itself when the condition of paper jam happens and does not print off the sides making it highly reliable.

The Epson DFX-5000 printer is an impact printer with the fastest print speed of 560 cps. It has the dimension of 14.5” x 27.6” x 15”. It has a maximum of 6 form parts. It produces a sound level of 55 dB. The printer has an 8000 POH Mean Time between failures. The printing method is the 9 pin impact dot matrix. Epson DFX-5000 printer has an advanced paper handling and easy connectivity. It has an extra long life ribbon. It prints 15 million characters at 14 dots per character. The lubricating agents in the ink increase the print life of the head. The printer with the dual bin printer stand stores the paper for both the paper paths and provides an output bin to ensure smooth paper flow. It also stabilizes the printer for the high speed printing.

• FIVE – High speed

  In the Epson DFX-5000 printer you could choose the speed suited for your application. It prints the high speed draft at 560 cps, NLQ (Near Letter Quality) at 84 cps, and draft elite at 504 cps.

• FOUR – Advanced paper handling

  The Epson DFX-5000 printer ensures advanced paper handling. The paper is loaded automatically and it adjusts automatically to the paper thickness. When the paper is full it has automatic paper jam detection and thus you could smoothly work with it. The temperature sensor at the print head which is automatic could give you alert on the temperature on the print head.

• THREE – Dual paper paths

  The Epson DFX-5000 printer provides dual paper paths. With this facility you could easily switch between two types of paper. It has an advanced paper handling which is excellent for the high volume print jobs. Thus you could use this printer from the accounting to the inventory management jobs.

• TWO – Direct connectivity

  The Epson DFX-5000 printer ensures a direct connectivity between various networks. It could accept the Epson’s user installable interface boards for use with the Ethernet networks, AS/400 and IBM 3270 system 3x. The Twinax printer interface card allows the connectivity with these networks.

• ONE –  Compatibility

  The Epson DFX-5000 printer ensures full compatibility with all operating environments and all software. It emulates the Epson ESC/P printer language and IBM pro printer II.

This cost-effective, versatile printer offers draft speeds with the Epson's advanced paper handling. This printer is perfect for a medium duty printing application including databases, accounting, program listings, inventory management, and mailing labels.