Digital BW, The Print

I want to purchase a printer (1160) from a source in Europe but I 
have 2 questions:

Question 1:
The paper sizes are different (letter & legal etc., as opposed to A3 
& A4 etc)- would it work to download and use a "local" driver and use 
north american paper sizes.
Is there any mechanical aspect to the above question that's 
different ?

Question 2: Europe is on 220Volt main power supply and we are on 110-
120Volt - are the printer voltages switchable ?

thank you
Frank

Frank,

>
>Question 1:
>The paper sizes are different (letter & legal etc., as opposed to A3
>& A4 etc)- would it work to download and use a "local" driver and use
>north american paper sizes.

We also have the choice of letter and legal size. All included in the 
driver. Drivers from the Epson US and Europe are basically the same. 
Sometimes an updated driver is available in one continent before the 
other.



>Is there any mechanical aspect to the above question that's
>different ?


No, the  paper size moulded into the paper feed is A3,A4 and Letter.

>
>Question 2: Europe is on 220Volt main power supply and we are on 110-
>120Volt - are the printer voltages switchable ?


The voltage is not switchable so you will need a step down 
transformer. The built in transformer often puts out different 
voltages depending on the circuit boards requirement. I used to buy 
HAM equipment from the US and an external transformer was the easiest 
and cheapest solution. Check you can find a suitable transformer 
before buying the printer or even if you need one to step down from 
220 to 110/20 it will probable depend on the Hz range in your 
electricity supply.

Jerry.

Jerry,
Thanks for writing.
I started to look into 220>10 step down transformers and the first 
thing the supplier wanted to know was -"how many watts?". Do you know 
what the printer's wattage draw is ?
As to your second point about Hz range - can you elaborate? The 
supplier didn't seem to have different transformers for this variable.
thanks
Frank

> The voltage is not switchable so you will need a step down 
> transformer. The built in transformer often puts out different 
> voltages depending on the circuit boards requirement. I used to buy 
> HAM equipment from the US and an external transformer was the 
easiest 

> and cheapest solution. Check you can find a suitable transformer 
> before buying the printer or even if you need one to step down from 
> 220 to 110/20 it will probable depend on the Hz range in your 
> electricity supply.
> 
> Jerry.

Frank,

A transformer will not change the AC frequency but awhile back Nina, 
I believe sent me the info off the id plate and it is designed to run 
on 50 to 60 Hz so you are okay there.

Other things to keep in mind is that you will have to pay US Customs 
duty and Epson US Service will probably not do any warranty repairs 
for you since it will be a gray market import. You would have to ship 
back to Epson EU or where ever you get it from.

If you go this way let us all know how it turns out.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., fh.gross@s... wrote:
> 
> Jerry,
> Thanks for writing.
> I started to look into 220>10 step down transformers and the first 
> thing the supplier wanted to know was -"how many watts?". Do you 
know 
> what the printer's wattage draw is ?
> As to your second point about Hz range - can you elaborate? The 
> supplier didn't seem to have different transformers for this 
variable.
> thanks
> Frank
> 
> > The voltage is not switchable so you will need a step down 
> > transformer. The built in transformer often puts out different 
> > voltages depending on the circuit boards requirement. I used to 
buy 
> > HAM equipment from the US and an external transformer was the 
> easiest 
> > and cheapest solution. Check you can find a suitable transformer 
> > before buying the printer or even if you need one to step down 
from 

> > 220 to 110/20 it will probable depend on the Hz range in your 
> > electricity supply.
> > 
> > Jerry.

Hello Frank,

	I just finished setting up the printers that I brought back from Bangkok
with me and they work just fine.  What you need though is voltage stabilizer
that will up the American 110v to 220v required by the European printer.
Input 110 and output 220.  I have thee Epson printers and an HP set up this
way and they are all working just fine.  Let me know if you need more
information.

Cheers,

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:54 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: using european printer in north america ?

Frank,

A transformer will not change the AC frequency but awhile back Nina,
I believe sent me the info off the id plate and it is designed to run
on 50 to 60 Hz so you are okay there.

Other things to keep in mind is that you will have to pay US Customs
duty and Epson US Service will probably not do any warranty repairs
for you since it will be a gray market import. You would have to ship
back to Epson EU or where ever you get it from.

If you go this way let us all know how it turns out.

Martin Wesley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., fh.gross@s... wrote:
>
> Jerry,
> Thanks for writing.
> I started to look into 220>10 step down transformers and the first
> thing the supplier wanted to know was -"how many watts?". Do you
know
> what the printer's wattage draw is ?
> As to your second point about Hz range - can you elaborate? The
> supplier didn't seem to have different transformers for this
variable.
> thanks
> Frank
>
> > The voltage is not switchable so you will need a step down
> > transformer. The built in transformer often puts out different
> > voltages depending on the circuit boards requirement. I used to
buy
> > HAM equipment from the US and an external transformer was the
> easiest
> > and cheapest solution. Check you can find a suitable transformer
> > before buying the printer or even if you need one to step down
from
> > 220 to 110/20 it will probable depend on the Hz range in your
> > electricity supply.
> >
> > Jerry.



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>Jerry,
>Thanks for writing.
>I started to look into 220>10 step down transformers and the first
>thing the supplier wanted to know was -"how many watts?". Do you know
>what the printer's wattage draw is ?
>As to your second point about Hz range - can you elaborate? The
>supplier didn't seem to have different transformers for this variable.
>thanks

The label on the printer reads:

220-240 volts    50-60 Hz    0.2A

Don´t really know what he means by watts, maybe he means amps which 
is the 0.2A The printers voltage draw should be controlled by the 
internal power supply. Forget where I left the spec sheet but you 
could check the differences by comparing the specs on the US and 
European site. If not let me know and I will root out the spec sheet. 
Hz refers to cycle which usually relates to voltage. One sure way to 
solve this is to contact a European Embassy in the US and ask where 
they buy their transformers for the electrical goods that their 
diplomats import to the US.

Jerry.

I just had a look at a transformer (I think this is what you're 
referring to when you said 'stabiliser')and on the side it reads
"AC-converter 
220V to 110V 
50HZ to 60Hz 
Up to 300W"
So these gizmos work then ? I thought that being made with fairly 
delicate electronics the printers may be tempramental under these 
conditions ?
Frank

> Hello Frank,
> 
> 	I just finished setting up the printers that I brought back 
from Bangkok
> with me and they work just fine.  What you need though is voltage 
stabilizer
> that will up the American 110v to 220v required by the European 
printer.
> Input 110 and output 220.  I have thee Epson printers and an HP set 
up this
> way and they are all working just fine.  Let me know if you need 
more
> information.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ian
so you will need a step down

> > > transformer. The built in transformer often puts out different
> > > voltages depending on the circuit boards requirement. I used to
> buy
> > > HAM equipment from the US and an external transformer was the
> > easiest
> > > and cheapest solution. Check you can find a suitable transformer
> > > before buying the printer or even if you need one to step down
> from
> > > 220 to 110/20 it will probable depend on the Hz range in your
> > > electricity supply.
> > >
>

Hello Frank,

	Let me make sure that I am reading this correctly - you want to use a
European 220V printer in the USA, which uses 120V?  If so what you need is a
voltage stabilizer that has an input of 120V and will boost that to the 220V
that your printer needs to operate.  All of my printers say that they
operate on 50 or 60Hz so that is not a problem.  I have been using these
things for years with North American equipment in Asia and now Asian
equipment here in Canada.  I have had no problem with anything so far.

Cheers,

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: fh.gross@... [mailto:fh.gross@...]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:01 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: using european printer in north america ?

I just had a look at a transformer (I think this is what you're
referring to when you said 'stabiliser')and on the side it reads
"AC-converter
220V to 110V
50HZ to 60Hz
Up to 300W"
So these gizmos work then ? I thought that being made with fairly
delicate electronics the printers may be tempramental under these
conditions ?
Frank

> Hello Frank,
>
>       I just finished setting up the printers that I brought back
from Bangkok
> with me and they work just fine.  What you need though is voltage
stabilizer
> that will up the American 110v to 220v required by the European
printer.
> Input 110 and output 220.  I have thee Epson printers and an HP set
up this
> way and they are all working just fine.  Let me know if you need
more
> information.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
so you will need a step down
> > > transformer. The built in transformer often puts out different
> > > voltages depending on the circuit boards requirement. I used to
> buy
> > > HAM equipment from the US and an external transformer was the
> > easiest
> > > and cheapest solution. Check you can find a suitable transformer
> > > before buying the printer or even if you need one to step down
> from
> > > 220 to 110/20 it will probable depend on the Hz range in your
> > > electricity supply.
> > >
>




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>As to your second point about Hz range - can you elaborate? The
>supplier didn't seem to have different transformers for this variable.
>thanks

>The label on the printer reads:

>220-240 volts    50-60 Hz    0.2A

W = V * A  (W: Watts; V: Volts; A: Amp\ufffdre)
for you: V 240* A 0.2 = W 48
best regards
edoardo
edoardo bellotti / italy
mailto:edoardo@...
www.e-bellotti.com



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