The Epson AcuLaser C9100 is an A3 colour laser printer with consumables arranged inline for fast single pass printing. A4 print speed is 24 pages per minute and A3 is 13ppm.
This printer can be configured as a floor standing unit with several optional A3 paper trays. It can also take an auto duplex unit, hard disk and PostScript or PCL
A printer this size is generally shared in a workgroup so the machine has an ethernet print server built in.
The printer was introduced around 2004 and being sold on clearance lists in July 2009.
Ergonomically designed control panel with an LCD status bar. Its just a single line 20 character display accompanied by 3 LEDS - perhaps a bit dissapointing in this class of printer but users will mainly use the print-driver or the web interface.
EpsonNet SetupManager for automatic driver installation and port setup to distribute printer drivers and utlities to client PCs.
EpsonNet WebManager browser for set-up and troubleshooting.
EpsonNet JobTracker can be used to give administrators total control over the Aculaser C9100. Number of pages per workgroup and user. Administrators can also specify maximum numbers of colour and monom pages that can be printed on a daily basis
Maximum monthly volume is stated as 80,000 pages. This sort of printer is moderately likely to be used for production of short run catalogues and suchlike
A4 at 24 pages per minute. A3 at 13ppm.
First page out in 10.5 seconds monochrome / 12 seconds colour.
The high speed is based on an unusual arrangement of intermediate transfer drums and partly on a a high speed ASIC which takes some of the load from the 600MHz processor.
Epson say 2400 dpi Resolution Improvement Technology. They dont actually give the engine resolution anywhere (they'd probably argue that it's meaningless these days).
Epson call their resolution enhancement "RIT" (Resolution Improvement Technology) and they also point out that the printer has fine control over dot size to 16 horizontal steps
Theres a fold-down multipurpose tray and a 500 sheet cassette bult into the printer base. Optionally the printer can be fitted with up to 3 x 500 sheet extra trays or one 1500 sheet extra tray. All the trays have A3 ability.
Maximum paper input is 2150 sheets - the four trays and the multifunction tray.
Paper weight is 60 to 216 gsm
Multipurpose tray with a capacity of 150 sheets.
Paper sizes: A3, A4 A5, B4, B5, LT, HLT, EXE, GLT, GLG, LGL, B, Monarch etc.
Width 90.0 to 304.8mm
Length 98.0 to 1200.0mm
Standard paper cassette with a capacity of 500 sheets.
Size A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, LT, GLG, LGL, B
Optional extra paper cassettes can be a single 1500 sheet unit or up to 3 extra 500 sheet trays.
Optional tray with a capacity of 500 sheets.
Size A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, LT, GLG, LGL, B
Optional tray with a capacity of 1500 sheets.
Size A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, LT, GLG, LGL, B
Standard output is to a tray with a maximum capacity of 500 sheets on top of the printer.
A face up tray is an option - it may be helpful where heavier media is handled.
Automatic hnadling of double-sided print using a duplex unit is an optional extra.
Theres aPowerPC 600MHZ processor and a base of 128MB DDR333 memory expandable to 1024MB.
Epson make a particular point of an innovative ASIC circuit which does RGB to CMYK colour conversion. They reckon this printer has double the processing speed of previous units.
128MB DDR333 memory expandable to 1024MB
Parallel port (type B?) and Hi-speed USB 2.0 interface at up to 480 Mbps.
10/100 BaseTX Ethernet interface
Epson ESC/Page Colour, ESC/Page, PCL5e, EPson GL/2, ESC/P2, FX, IBM Mode
Optional Adobe PostScript 3 kit.
Epson say Microsoft Windows 95 /98/ Me/ XP/ 200/ Server 2003 and NT or Mac OS8.1 or higher and OSX. The Esc/P2 language is quite widely used on systems. If in doubt buy the PostScript option.
European Models ship as 220Volt to 240V 50 to 60 Hz .
Rated consumption is less than 5 Amps (1150Wh)
Sleep up to 10 Watts, Standby Average of 75 Watts, Operating average of 374 Watts.
678mm(W) x 631mm (d) x 473mm (H)
59 kg.
Sound Power Operating 6.3B(A); Standby 4.0B(A)
Sound Pressure Operating 451dB(A); Standby 25dB(A)
Four toners, a waste collector Photoconductors and IDT unit. Fusers also wear out
The consumables are a set of toner cartridges, a photoconductor unit, and a waste toner bottle. the printer ships with half-life demo cartridges, the black is good for 7,500 pages and the colour for 6,000 pages.
When toners near exhaustion the printer will give the message "Y toner Low" and when it is finished "Replace Toner Y" or suchlike. The printer can be made to print by pressing Start/Stop to continue but print quality will decline. See the user manual for detailed instructions.
C13S050198, Black Toner Cartridge, life 15,000 pages. C13S050198
C13S050197, Cyan Toner Cartridge, life 12,000 pages. C13S050197
C13S050196, Magenta Toner Cartridge, life 12,000 pages. C13S050196
C13S050195, Yellow Toner Cartridge, life 12,000 pages. C13S050195
When the waste toner is nearly full the control panel will give the message "Waste T BoxNearfull". A new waste box should be bought. Clear the message from the resets menu.
C13S050194, Waste toner collector, life 24,000 pages. C13S050194
Photoconductor Unit:
When the photoconductor is near the end of its service life the control panel will give the message "Worn Photoconductor". A new photoconductor kit should be bought. The message can be cleared from the resets menu. The message "Replace Photocondctr" is given and the printer stops when the photoconductor is finished. Printing can continue by pressing Start/Stop. See the user manual for detailed instructions.
C13S051105, Photoconductor Unit, life 30,000 pages. C13S051105
The message "Worn IDT Unit" means the "Intermediate Drum Transfer" unit is near the end of its service life. Epson's intention is that new intermediate transfer unit should come from dealers. The surfaces of the IDT are light sensitive and must not be contaminated by fingermarks. The unit is quite heavy and should be lifted by its orange handle.
The printer gives a "Worn Fuser" message when the fuser unit is near the end of its service life. Printing after this message appears is not guaranteed.
Epson intend that this is a dealer replaceable unit so people without technical experience should call a service engineer - its an expensive printer.
2109263 Fuser unit
Note that after a new fuser has been fitted the fuser count has to be reset. Service technicians do this by putting the printer into a special Maintenance Mode. Power up the printer with all the direction buttons pressed to enter maintenance mode and go to the fuser reset option.
Standard warranty is 2 years onsite. 3YWALC9100, Optional extended warranty is an extra 2 year totalling 4 year 3YWALC9100
1304231, Maintenace Kit (100 000 Pages)
1304232, Maintenace Kit (300 000 Pages) (- mentioned but nothing known)
2109263, Fuser Unit
1284914, BTR Assy
1433004, Intermediate Drum Transfer Unit
1284919, MP Roller Feed (Tray 1)
1284994, Roll Feed Assy (Tray 2)
1284921, Separation Pad (Tray 1)
We are researching maintenance and repair options for this printer.
Optional parts for this printer are likely to become scarce when it is no longer produced.
C12C802142, 500 Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (Tray) C12C802142
C12C802152, 1500 sheet Paper Cassette unit A3 C12C802152
C12C802162, Face Up tray C12C802162
C12C802132, Duplex unit for automatic double sided printing C12C802132
Memory upgrade to 1024MB
C12C824172, Hard Disk Drive C12C824172
C12C832622, Adobe PostScript 3 Module C12C832622
C12C832621, PCL5C Emulation Kit C12C832621