PRINTER TYPE	Impact Dot Matrix
PRODUCT NAME	LQ-590
PRODUCT CODE	C11C558071
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD	24 pins
PRINT DIRECTION	Bi-directional with logic seeking
PRINT SPEED
HIGH SPEED DRAFT	10CPI	440 cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT	12CPI	529 cps
DRAFT	10CPI	330 cps
DRAFT	12CPI	396 cps
DRAFT	15CPI	495 cps
DRAFT	17CPI (Condensed)	559 cps
DRAFT	20CPI (Condensed)	658 cps
LQ	10CPI	110 cps
LQ	12CPI	132 cps
LQ	15CPI	165 cps
LQ	17CPI (Condensed)	187 cps
LQ	20CPI (Condensed)	220 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS	14 international character sets 13 character code tables (Standard) Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15
BITMAP FONTS
Epson Draft	10, 12, 15 cpi
Epson Roman	10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional
Epson Sans Serif	10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional
Epson Courier	10, 12, 15 cpi
Epson Prestige	10, 12, cpi
Epson Script	10, cpi
Epson OCR-B	10, cpi
Epson Orator	10, cpi
Epson Orator-S	10, cpi
Epson Script C	Proportional
SCALABLE FONTS
Epson Roman	10.5pt., 8pt. - 32pt. (every 2pt.)
Epson Sans Serif	10.5pt., 8pt. - 32pt. (every 2pt.)
Epson Roman T	10.5pt., 8pt. - 32pt. (every 2pt.)
Epson Sans Serif H	10.5pt., 8pt. - 32pt. (every 2pt.)
BAR CODE	EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet
PRINTABLE COLUMNS
PITCH (cpi)	Characters per line
10 cpi	80
12 cpi	96
15 cpi	120
17 cpi condensed	137
20 cpi condensed	160
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH
Manual Insertion :	(Front or rear in, top out)
Push Tractor :	(Front or rear in, top out)
Pull Tractor :	(Front or rear or bottom in, top out)
Cut Sheet Feeder	(Rear in, top out)
CUT SHEET SIZE	Width: 100 - 257mm (3.9 - 10")
	Length: 100 - 364mm (3.9 - 14.3")
ENVELOPES	No.6, No.10
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE	Width: 101.6 - 254 mm (4 - 10")
	Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4 - 22")
PAPER THICKNESS
CUT SHEET	0.065 - 0.14mm (0.0025 - 0.0055")
MULTI-PART FORMS	0.12 - 0.39mm
ENVELOPES	0.16 - 0.52 mm
CONTINUOUS PAPER	single sheet / multi part forms 0.065 - 0.39mm (0.0025 - 0.0018")
LABEL BASE SHEET	0.07 - 0.09mm (0.0028 - 0.0035 inch)
TOTAL SHEET	0.16 - 0.19 mm (0.0063 - 0.0075 inch)
PAPER FEEDING
STANDARD FRICTION	(front in, top out)
PUSH TRACTOR	(rear in, top out)(front in, top out)
PULL TRACTOR	(rear in, top out)(front in, top out)(bottom in, top out)
OPTIONAL FEEDER
CUT SHEET FEEDER	(rear in, top out)
PUSH-PULL TRACTOR	(rear in, top out)(front in, top out)
COPIES	1 Original + 4 copies always
ACCOUSTIC NOISE	52db(A) (ISO7779 pattern)
LINE SPACING	4.23mm (1/6")
INPUT DATA BUFFER	128 KByte
INTERFACE
STANDARD	Bi-directional parallel interface (IEE - 1284 nibble mode supported), USB (ver 1.1) I/F
OPTION	Type B I/F level 2
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOUR	Black
TYPE	Fabric ribbon cartridge
RIBBON LIFE	Approx. 5 million characters
RELIABILITY
MEAN PRINT VOLUME
BETWEEN FAILURE (MVBF)	40 million lines (except print head)
MTBF	20,000 POH
PRINT HEAD LIFE	400 Million strokes / wire
CONTROL PANEL	6 Switches and 10 LED's
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE	5 - 35° C
HUMIDITY	10 - 80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE	AC 220 - 240V
RATED FREQUENCY	50 - 60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION	Approx. 42W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern) (AC 120V / AC 220 - 240V) Approx. 44W (ISO / IEC 10561 Letter Pattern) (UPS version)
DIMENSIONS
width	414 mm
DEPTH	350 mm
height	167.5 mm
WEIGHT	Approx. 7.1 Kg
PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY
OS	Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0 / 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP and
UTILITY	Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® NT 4.0 / 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
Standard Warranty	12 months return to base
Optional	Additional 2 years return to base warranty   -   3YWLQ590