Datasheet
Specifications
Epson 24-pin
LQ-300+ LQ-590 LQ-630/S LQ-680/Pro LQ-2090 LQ-2180 DLQ-3500
Part numbers C11C395001BZ C11C558021BZ C11C480011 C11C376023KA C11C559011BZ C11C272023KA C11C396081BZ
C11C480071BZ C11C376123KA
Carriage width in columns 80 80 80 106 136 136 136
Print speeds 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi
High speed draft 300 n/a 440 529 300 360 413 n/a 440 529 480 n/a 550 n/a
Draft 225 270 330 396 225 270 310 372 330 396 360 431 495 594
Letter quality 75 90 110 132 79 94 103 124 110 132 120 143 165 198
Emulations
Epson LQ ESC/P 2 LQ ESC/P 2 LQ ESC/P 2 LQ ESC/P 2 LQ ESC/P 2 LQ ESC/P 2 LQ ESC/P 2
IBM 2390 Plus IBM PPDS IBM PPDS 2390 Plus IBM PPDS 2391 Plus ProPrinter DS
Paper handling features
Auto paper loading ■■■■■■■
Auto and manual tear off position ■■■■■■■
Paper parking – continuous stationery ■■■■■■■
Micro feed ■■■■■■■
Automatic platen gap adjustment *7 ■ ■
Cut sheet stationery
Single sheet, paper, labels or envelopes ■■■■■■■
Multi-part forms (original + copies) 1+3 *4
1+4 1+4 1+5 1+4 1+5 1+7
Sheets with varying thickness *7 ■ ■
Multipart with overlap *7 ■ ■
Front in front out ■■ ■
Front in top out ■ ■■
Top in top out ■■ ■■
50 sheet cut sheet feeder
*3
*3
150 sheet cut sheet feeder
250 sheet cut sheet feeder
Combined 50 and 150 sheet cut sheet feeders
*3
Front paper guide *5 ■ *5
*5 ■
Front sheet guide *6
■■*6 ■■
Automatic sheet alignment unit
Roll paper
Continuous stationary
Single sheet or labels ■■■■■■■
Multi-part (original + copies) 1+3 1+4 1+4 1+5 1+4 1+5 1+7
Sheets with varying thickness
*7 ■ ■
Multipart with Overlap *7 ■ ■
Rear in front out – push feed ■■ ■
Rear in top out – push feed ■■ ■■
Rear in top out – pull feed ■■ ■■
Rear in top out – push and pull feed *1
*1
*1
■
Front in top out – push feed ■ ■■
Front in top out – pull feed ■ ■■
Front in top out – push and pull feed
*1
*1
*1
Bottom in top out – pull feed ■■ ■■
Two stationery types loaded at once *1
*1
■
Buffer 32 KB 128 KB 32 KB 64 KB 128 KB 64 KB 128 KB
Acoustic noise level 49 dB(A) 49 dB(A) 57 dB(A) 55 dB(A) 50 dB(A) 54 dB(A) 59 dB(A)
Colour printing
■
Fonts
Epson Draft ■■■■■■■
Epson Courier ■■■■■■■
Epson OCR-B ■■■■■■■
Epson Orator ■■■■■■■
Epson Orator-S ■■■■■■■
Epson Prestige ■■■■■■■
Epson Roman ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S
Epson Roman T ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S
Epson Sans Serif ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S
Epson Sans Serif H ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S ■ S
Epson Script ■■■■■■■
Epson Script C ■■■■■■■
Barcode fonts
Code 128 ■■■■■■■
Code 39 ■■■■■■■
EAN-13 ■■■■■■■
EAN-8 ■■■■■■■
Interleave 2 of 5 ■■■■■■■
PostNet ■■■■■■■
UPC-A ■■■■■■■
UPC-E ■■■■■■■
Interfaces
USB ■ *8 ■■■
Parallel ■■*8 ■■■■■
Serial ■
*8 ■
Ethernet print server
802.11b wireless
LocalTalk
Coax
Twinax
Dimensions in millimetres
Width 366 mm 437.5 mm 386 mm 497 mm 612.5 mm 639 mm 660 mm
Depth 275 mm 374.5 mm 306 mm 387 mm 374.5 mm 402 mm 432 mm
Height 159 mm 171.5 mm 185 mm 230 mm 171.5 mm 268 mm 276 mm
Weight 4.4 kg 7.1 kg 3.5 kg 9.4 kg 9.5 kg 13 kg 18.1 kg
MTBF (power on hours) 6,000 20,000 6,000 10,000 20,000 10,000 10,000
Print head life
(Million strokes per wire)
Black 200 m 400 m 200 m 400 m 400 m 400 m 400 m
Colour 100 m
Ribbon life (in million characters)
Black ribbon 2 m 5 m 2 m 2 m 8 m 8 m 6 m or 9 m
Ribbon life (in characters)
Colour ribbon
Black 1 m 1,5 m
Cyan 0,7 m 1,1 m
Magenta 0,7 m 1,1 m
Yellow 0,5 m 0,8 m