Epson LQ-590 User manual

Extremely robust high speed
24pin dot matrix printers
• Very high speed printing up to 529cps
• Mean Time Between Failure 20,000 power on hours
• Mean Volume Between Failure 40 million lines
• Print head life 400 million strokes/wire
• Flexible paper handling from front, top, rear and bottom
• Standard parallel and USB interfaces and optional network capabilities

The EPSON LQ-590 and EPSON LQ-2090 bring exceptional
performance to the 24pin segment. In addition to high
speed printing up to 529 characters per second, they are
extremely compact, robust and reliable. This is perfect for
the relentless everyday demands of busy environments like
doctors’ surgeries, banks, travel agencies and freight
forwarders. Versatile paper management also comes as
standard, for fast, flexible printing of orders and invoices,
labels, system event logs, cheques and barcodes.
These printers are built to last in
even the most difficult printing
environments. They have a Mean
Volume Between Failure (MVBF)
of print mechanisms of 40 million
lines, a Mean Time Between
Failure (MTBF) of 20,000 Power On
Hours, a print head life of 400
million strokes per wire and a long
life ribbon that will last up to
5 million/8 million characters
(EPSON LQ-590/LQ-2090).
Even more versatility is provided
by the front paper guide for
handling smaller sheets*, and
optional additions include a front
sheet guide**** for A4 sheets, a
high capacity 150 page cut sheet
feeder, a standard capacity 50
page cut sheet feeder, and an
additional tractor unit for push
and pull feeding or to allow two
continuous paper types to be
loaded at the same time.
Versatile paper handling
Multiple business applications are
a breeze for the EPSON LQ-590
and EPSON LQ-2090. In addition
to a high copy capability of 5-part
forms, continuous paper can be
inserted from front, rear or
bottom, and up to four different
forms stored simultaneously
(2 continuous**, 2 single
sheet***). The push tractor can
be changed to a pull tractor to
ensure a straighter paper pass,
while the push and optional pull
tractors can be used to ensure the
smoothest paper feed.
*Standard on the EPSON LQ-2090, optional on the EPSON LQ-590
**Optional tractor required
***Optional cut sheet feeders required
****Standard on the EPSON LQ-590, optional on the EPSON LQ-2090
THE PERFECT PRINTERS FOR MEDIUM
AND LARGE PRINT VOLUMES
EPSON LQ-2090

Key Features
Very high print speed up to 529cps
High copy capability of five part forms
Flexible paper handling from front, top, rear and bottom
Two optional cut sheet feeders to store different forms
Additional tractor unit option to accommodate two
continuous forms at the same time or to allow push
and pull feeding
Flexible connectivity with standard USB
and Parallel interfaces
Optional wireless and wired network interface
Very robust and reliable
Mean Volume Between Failure 40 million lines
Mean Time Between Failure 20,000 Power On Hours
Print head life 400 million strokes/wire
Ribbon Life 5 million characters EPSON LQ-590, 8 million
characters EPSON LQ-2090
Two noise level modes
The EPSON LQ-590 and EPSON
LQ-2090 offer maximum
performance at a minimum sound
level, thanks to quiet operation and
a choice of Standard and Low-Noise
modes which represent just 51/49
dB(A) for the EPSON LQ-590 and
52/50 dB(A) for the EPSON LQ-2090.
Total connectivity
These printers can be quickly and
easily integrated into any set-up
with their standard USB and Parallel
interfaces and optional serial,
Twinax and Coax. They can also be
integrated into a network – with or
without wires – via the optional
EPSONNet 10/100 BaseTx Int. Print
Server or EPSONNet Wireless Ext.
Print Server.
Long life ribbons for
cost-effective results
Even the heaviest workloads require
fewer ribbon changes, thanks to
EPSON ribbons that feature a re-ink
tank for longer life. The result is up
to 5 million/8 million (EPSON LQ-
590/EPSONLQ-2090) per ribbon,
and an impressively low net cost
per page.
EPSON LQ-590

Specifications
LQ590_2090 -1GB-04/04
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their respective owners. Errors and omissions excepted, all specifications are subject to change without notice.
171.5mm
374.75mm
612.5mm
171.5mm
374.75mm
437.5mm
*Check your local website for complete character table list
**Included as standard with the EPSON LQ-2090
***Included as standard with the EPSON LQ-590
PRINTER NAME EPSON LQ-590 EPSON LQ-2090
PART NUMBER C11C558021DA (240V) C11C559011DA (240V)
PRINT SPEED
High Speed Draft 12, 10 CPI 529, 440 cps
Draft 15, 12, 10 CPI 495, 396, 330 cps
LQ 15, 12, 10 CPI 165, 132, 110 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
Character Sets 14 International character sets
Character Tables* PC APTEC-PC 720- PC864-PC708-PCAR864 (Arabic)
Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15, Italic, PC437, PC850,
Bitmap Fonts EPSON Draft, EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Courier, EPSON Prestige
EPSON Script, EPSON OCR-B, EPSON Orator, EPSON Orator-S, EPSON Script C
Scalable Fonts EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Roman T, EPSON Sans Serif H
Bar Codes EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
PRINTABLE COLUMNS (Characters per line)
PITCH
12, 10 CPI 96, 80 163, 136
PAPER HANDLING
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
Cut Sheet Feeder Rear in, top out
CUT SHEET SIZE
Width 100 - 257mm (3.9 - 10.1 inch) 100 - 420mm (3.9 - 16.5 inch)
Length 100 - 364mm (3.9 -14.3 inch) 100 - 420mm (3.9 - 16.5 inch)
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE
Width 101.6 - 254 mm, (4 - 10 inch) 101.6 - 406.4 mm (4-16 inch)
Length 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4 - 22 inch) 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4 - 22 inch)
PAPER THICKNESS
Single Sheet 0.065-0.14mm (0.0025-0.0055 inch)
Multi Part 0.12-0.39mm (0.0047-0.015 inch)
Continuous Paper (Single sheet and multi part) 0.065 - 0.39mm (0.0025 - 0.018 inch)
Label Base Sheet 0.07 - 0.09mm (0.0028 - 0.0035 inch)
Label Total Sheet 0.16 - 0.19mm (0.0063 - 0.0075 inch)
PAPER FEEDING
Standard Cut Sheet Rear in, top out
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
COPY 1 original + 4 copies
ACOUSTIC NOISE
Low-Noise mode 49dB(A) 50dB(A)
Standard Noise mode 51dB(A) 52dB(A)
LINE SPACING 4.23mm (1/6 inch) or programmable in increments of 0.0706mm (1/360 inch)
INPUT DATA BUFFER
128 KByte
INTERFACE
STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB (ver 1.1)
OPTIONAL Wired and wireless network interfaces
Serial, Twinax and Coax interfaces
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOR Black
TYPE Fabric
RIBBON LIFE (EPSON LQ-590 /EPSON LQ-2090) Approx. 5 million characters/8 million characters
RELIABILITY
MEAN PRINT VOLUME BETWEEN FAILURE (MVBF) 40 million lines (except print head)
MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE (MTBF) 20,000 Power on hours
PRINT HEAD LIFE 400 million strokes/wire
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5 ~ 35 °C
HUMIDITY 10 ~ 80 %
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 ~ 240 V
RATED FREQUENCY 50 ~ 60 Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 42 W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter pattern) (AC 220 ~ 240 V)
Energy Star compliant
DIMENSIONS
DIMENSIONS (wxdxh) 437.5 x 374.75 x 171.5mm 612.5 x 374.75 x 171.5mm
WEIGHT Approx. 7.1 kg Approx. 9.5 kg
PRINTER DRIVER/UTILITY
OS Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000/Me/XP and
Mircosoft® Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0
UTILITY EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/Me/XP and
Microsoft® Windows® NT® operating system Version 4.0 environment only)
OPTIONS
HIGH CAPACITY CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806382 C12C806402
STANDARD CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806372 C12C806392
ADDITIONAL PUSH/PULL TRACTOR C12C800202 C12C800212
ROLL PAPER HOLDER C12C811141 C12C811141
FRONT PAPER GUIDE** C12C814022 –
FRONT SHEET GUIDE*** –C12C814011
EPSON (UK) Ltd
Campus 100, Maylands Avenue,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 7TJ
United Kingdom
Telephone: [phone]
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E-mail: [email protected]
Home Page: www.epson.co.uk
For product support, call the EPSON Customer
Support Hotline on 08704 437 766
For Ireland, call 01 679 9016 (Stylus products)
01 679 9015 (non Stylus products)
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