Epson B-300 and B500DN

Epson B-300 and B500DN Inkjet Printers

These two inkjet printers are big, fast colour printers intended as alternatives to a laser printer in an office environment.

  • Duty cycle is up to 20,000 pages per month.
  • Cartridge life is around 7,000 pages.
  • Paper capacity is up to 650 pages.
  • Print speed up to 37 pages per minute.
  • Wide variety of media including labels and price-tags.
  • Durable prints that resist water, smudges and highlighters.
  • PCL3 and ESC/P2 emulations available.

The intention is clearly that these printers should be no more trouble to own than a laser printer. Epson claim colour printing with a cost per page as low as a mono laser printer.

In addition the inkjet design gives

  • Resolution up to 5760x1440.
  • Under 3 seconds to first page out - no warm up.
  • Very low energy consumption.

The printhead is the same device used on Epson's large format printers. It's intended to last the life of the machine.

The main difference between them is that the "DN" model has a duplexer and a network connection as standard.

Control:

22 digit 5 line Text LCD panel with icons for ink level. Control with remote monitoring and administration, easy maintenance.

Printer Drivers: Epson Status Monitor 3, Reference Guide Software Web-To-Page, EpsonNet-Print, EpsonNetConfig, EpsonNetEasyInstall.

Duty Cycle:

Up to 20,000 pages per month.

(mono/colour) Draft 37/37 ppm Normal 33/32 ppm Best 5/5 ppm

First page out Less than 3 seconds

Up to 5760x1440 dpi (with Variable-Sized Droplet Technology)

Printing technology Epson Micro Piezo(TM) drop-on-demand inkjet technology

Epson Variable-sized Droplet Technology and 3pl - 11pl Epson Ultra Micro Dot(TM) Nozzle configuration: 1440 nozzles (360 nozzles per colour: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) Ink Epson DURABrite Ultra(TM) Ink

Paper Handling:

Paper Handling: A4 with 2 paper sources. 650 sheet total capacity and optionally automatic duplex printing

Input: 150 page rear automatic sheet feeder

500 sheet Paper cassette

Extensive media support: Matte Paper Heavy-weight (A4), Double-sided Matte Paper (A4), Photo Quality Inkjet Paper (A4), Coated Paper (A4), Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet (A4), Professional Flyer Paper (A4), Photo Paper (A4) Label (3rd party media tested) White address label - Inkjet - 14 labels / sheet (AVERY), Easy peel white mailing labels 30 labels / sheet (AVERY), Label paper 20 labels / sheet (Xerox) Paper output standard/maximum 170 Sheet (face up)

Paper size: A4, A5, A6, B5, LT, HLT, LGL, GLG, EXE, C6, DL, #10; Custom sizes 50.8 to 215.9 mm x 127 to 1117.6 mm

Paper weight/thickness Plain Paper: 64-90 g/m2, 0.08 - 0.11 mm; Thick

Paper: up to 190 g/m 2 / 0.25 mm

Duplex:

The B500DN has the auto-duplex unit for double sided printing installed

Memory:

32MB - This is quite generous for an Inkjet. Inkjet printers generally need less memory than laser printers because they only have to print a swath at once, not a whole page.

Interface:

Interface: USB and Ethernet

USB - High Speed USB 2.0,

Network:

Ethernet - 10/100 BaseTx Ethernet interface

Network Protocols:

Network printing protocols IP: TCP/IP, LPR, FTP, IPP, PORT2501, PORT9100; Microsoft Network: Net BIOS over TCP/IP, Net BIOS over NetBEUI.

Network management protocols TCP/IP: SNMP, HTTP, TELNET, DHCP, BOOTP, APIPA, PING, DDNS, mDNS #1, SNTP, SSDP, SLP; Microsoft Network: Auto-IP, SSDP; MS Network (NetBEUI): SNMPMedia handling

ESC/P-Raster PCL3 and ESC/P2 emulations available.

System Compatability:

Supports professional environments including SAP, CITRIX and Linux.

Windows support Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME, Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, XP x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2003,Server 2003 x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista,Vista x64 Edition

Linux and Citrix support. Several Distributions supported. For updated information, please check Epson Website (www.business-solutions.epson-europe.com/)

The printer will work with many versions of Linux thanks to the standard print languages. Some functions such as the Epson head cleaning utility may only be available from Epson drivers installed on Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac machines.

Power:

AC 220V-240V +- 10%, Rated current: 0.4A, 0.6A Maximum. Frequency: 50-60Hz +-0.5Hz

Power Consumption:

5W. Ready: 8W. Printing: 32W. ENERGY STAR(R) compliant

Dimensions:

Dimensions:(WxDxH) 480x489x312 mm.

Weight:

B-300 9.9kg. B-500DN Weight 10.7 Kg

Weights given are without the ink cartridges.

Acoustic Noise:

Sound pressure Operating: 55.3 dB(A); Ready mode: 12.6 dB(A); Sleep mode: background noise

Consumables:

These printers are designed to function perfectly well with plain office paper but speciality papers can be used for improved appearance in applications like photography

There is an ink save mode for economical printing at some reduction in output quality.

Ink SuppliesInk Supplies:

This Epson printer uses printheads that are intended to last the life of the machine. The only consumable normally needed should be ink. The printer is intended to work quite adequately with standard papers. Photographic papers can be used where image quality is a priority.

The B-500DN can take the High Capacity black and colour inks and the Extra High Capacity Black - these should give economical printing where the printer is heavily used.

The B300 only takes standard capacity cartridges.

Black Ink

Extra-high capacity ink cartridge: C13T618100 Black; yield up to 8000 pages (T6181)

High capacity ink cartridges

C13T617100 Black; yield 4000 pages (T6171)

High capacity colour ink cartridges, yield 7000 pages

C13T617200 Cyan (T6172)

C13T617300 Magenta (T6173)

C13T617400 Yellow (T6174)

Standard capacity ink cartridges

C13T616100 Black; yield 3,000 pages (T6161)

Standard capacity colour ink cartridges, yield 3,500 pages

C13T616200 Cyan (T6162)

C13T616300 Magenta (T6163)

C13T616400 Yellow (T6164)

Cartridges can be removed and replaced before they are exhausted. Part used cartridges should be stored in clean conditions and used within 6 months. (See the user manual).

Whats-In-The-Box:

Printer, Reference Guide, Driver CD-ROM, Setup Guide, Power Cable, Standard Capacity Ink Cartridges for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.

Not In the Box:

A USB cable. A network cable.

Warranty:

1 year on-site Optional Warranty Extension to 3 years (ECRPGRP40)

Spares:

We don't have spares at present.

Options and Accessories:

The B500 has Duplex built in.

Duplex Unit is available for the B300 - it clips onto the rear of the printer and instructions are in the user manual. - C12C802531

Legal-size paper support. - C12C815341

Maintenance Box for the B-300 and B500DN. - T619000

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