EPSON LQ-590II Impact Printer

Improved Efficiency, Proven Reliability

• 24-pins Impact Printer
• Print speeds of up to 487 cps (10 cpi)
• 128 kb memory buffer
• MTBF of 25,000 POH

 Printing Technology:

Print Method:Impact dot matrixControl Panel:6 switches and 10 LEDsPrint Direction:Bi-directionControl Code:ESC/P2, IBM PPDSNumber of Pins:24

Print Speed:

Ultra High Speed Draft:10 cpi: 550cpsHigh Speed Draft:10 / 12 cpi: 487 / 584 cpsDraft:10 / 12 cpi: 366 / 439 cpsNLQ:10 / 12 cpi: 121 / 145 cps

Reliability:

Printhead Life:400 million strokes / wireMean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF):50 million lines (except print head)Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF):25,000 Power On Hours (POH) (25% Duty)

Print Characteristics:

Character Sets:1 Italic and 12 graphical character tables: Italic table, PC437 (US, StandardEurope), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC865 (Nordic), PC863 (Canadian-French), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15Bitmap Fonts:10, 12, 15 cpiScalable Fonts:Epson Roman / Sans Serif / Roman T / Sans Serif H: 10.5pt., 8pt - 32pt. (every 2pt.)Barcode:EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A , UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET

Paper Path:

Manual Insertion:Front or Rear in-Top outPush Tractor:Front or rear in, top outPull Tractor:Front, rear or bottom in, top out

Paper Media:

Cut Sheet (Single Sheet):Entry: Front
 Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
 Width: 100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
 Thickness: 0.065 - 0.14 mm (0.0025 - 0.0055”)
 Entry: Rear
 Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
 Width:100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.14 mm (0.0025 - 0.0055”)Cut Sheet (Multi-part Forms):Entry: Front
 Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
 Width: 100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
 Thickness: 0.12 - 0.46 mm (0.0047 - 0.018”)
Copies: 1 Original + 5 copiesContinuous Paper (Single Sheet / Multi-part):Entry: Front, Rear, Bottom
 Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)
 Width: 101.6 - 254 mm (4.0 - 10.0”)
 Thickness: 0.065 - 0.49 mm (0.0025 - 0.019”)
Copies: Original + 6 copiesEnvelope (No.6):Entry: Rear
 Length: 92mm (3.6”)
 Width: 165mm (6.5”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.52 mm (0.0063 - 0.0205”)Envelope (No.10):Entry: Rear
 Length: 105mm (4.1”)
 Width: 241mm (9.5”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.52 mm (0.0063 - 0.0205”)Label (Base Sheet):Entry: Bottom
 Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)
 Width: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.19 mm (0.0063 - 0.0075”)Card:Entry: Front, Rear
 Length: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
 Width: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Thickness: 0.22mm (0.0087”)Roll Paper:Entry: Rear
 Diameter: 127mm (5”)
 Width: 216mm (8.5”)
Thickness: 0.07 - 0.09 mm (0.0028 - 0.035”)Line Spacing:4.23mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.0706mm (1/360”)

Options:

Options:Single Bin Cut Sheet Feeder C12C806372
 Pull Tractor Unit C12C933761
 Ribbon Cartridge C13S015589
 High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder C12C806382

Environmental Conditions (Operating):

Temperature:5 - 35 °C^*2Humidty:10 - 80% RH^*2

Acoustic Noise:

Acoustic Noise:55dB

Input Data Buffer:

Input Data Buffer:128KB

Interface:

Interface:USB 2.0, Bi-directional parallel USB 2.0, Bi-directional parallel
 (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)

Printable Columns:

Pitch:10cpi: 80 columns

Ribbon Cartridge:

Standard:Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black)Ribbon Life:Approx. 5 million Characters^*1

Supported Operating System:

Printer Driver:Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10Utility:Epson Status Monitor 3: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
 Epson Setting Utility: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10