Epson LQ-590II Impact Dot Matrix Printer

Printing Technology:

Print Method:
Impact dot matrix
Control Panel:
6 switches and 10 LEDs
Print Direction:
Bi-direction
Control Code:
ESC/P2, IBM PPDS
Number of Pins:
24

Print Speed:

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

Reliability:

Printhead Life:
400 million strokes / wire
Mean 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 8859-15
Bitmap Fonts:
10, 12, 15 cpi
Scalable 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 out
Push Tractor:
Front or rear in, top out
Pull 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 copies
Continuous 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 copies
Envelope (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:
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*2
Humidty:
10 – 80% RH*2

Acoustic Noise:
55dB

Input Data Buffer:
128KB

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