Epson Stylus Color 1520 P892A Wide Format Inkjet Printer 1440dpi ANSI C

Epson Stylus Color 1520 P892A Wide Format Inkjet Printer 1440dpi ANSI C

The Epson Stylus Color 1520 (model P892A) is a wide-carriage desktop inkjet printer capable of printing up to ANSI C size media (17 × 22 inches / 432 × 559 mm). It produces color and black-and-white output at up to 1440 × 720 dpi resolution and connects to both PC and Mac hosts via its Centronics parallel and mini-DIN serial interfaces. Note: both the front and back paper trays are missing on this unit.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Epson
• Model: Stylus Color 1520 / P892A
• Technology: Inkjet (color)
• Maximum print resolution: 1440 × 720 dpi (color and black)
• Black print speed: 6 ppm
• Color print speed: 5 ppm
• Maximum media size: ANSI C — 432 × 559 mm (17 × 22 in)
• Total media capacity: 100 sheets
• Supported media: Plain paper, photo paper, glossy paper, glossy photo paper, labels, envelopes, transparencies
• Platform compatibility: PC, Mac
• Language simulation: Epson ESC/P 2, IBM XL24E
• Form factor: Desktop
• Interfaces: 36-pin Centronics parallel, mini-DIN serial (both visible on rear panel)
• Power: 120V AC, 50–60Hz, 0.7A (from rating label)
• Certifications: UL Listed (UL1950), CSA (LR101860), FCC Class B
• Country of manufacture: Singapore
• Front control panel includes: Power, Pause, Reset, Micro Adjust (up/down), LF/FF, Load/Eject, Alt, and Cleaning buttons with Operate, Cover Open, Ink Out (black), Ink Out (color), and Paper Out status indicators
• Not included: front paper tray, rear paper tray

Applications

The Epson Stylus Color 1520 was Epson's wide-format offering in the mid-to-late 1990s aimed at professional desktop users who needed to print larger-than-letter output without moving to a dedicated plotter or wide-format roll printer. Its ANSI C capability made it popular with architects, engineers, graphic designers, and photographers who needed tabloid-plus-size proofs and presentations from a standard desktop footprint. The ESC/P 2 language emulation allowed it to work with a broad range of period software on both Windows and classic Mac OS, and IBM XL24E emulation extended compatibility to DOS-based applications. Today these printers are primarily sought by collectors of vintage Epson hardware, users maintaining legacy workflows, or buyers needing a wide-carriage inkjet for occasional oversized prints where replacement consumables are still sourced.