EPSON AUSTRALIA
CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE
Tel: 1300 361 054
VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
www.epson.com.au
HEAD OFFICE
SYDNEY
3 Talavera Road
North Ryde, NSW 2113
Tel: (02) 8899 3666
MELBOURNE
Tel: (03) 8823 9200
BRISBANE
Tel: (07) 3360 0219
PERTH
Tel: (08) 9480 0418
ADELAIDE
Tel: (08) 8237 0518
EPSON NEW ZEALAND
CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE
Tel: 0800 23 77 66
VISIT OUR WEBSITE:
www.epson.co.nz
AUCKLAND
245 Hobson Street
Auckland NZ
Tel: (09) 366 6855
WELLINGTON
Tel: (04) 473 3494
ABN 91 002 625 783
08/04
EPSON LQ-590 / LQ-2090
Specifications
24-PIN
DOT MATRIX
PRINTER
7.1Kg9.5Kg
LQ-2090 LQ-590
167.5mm
350mm
167.5mm
350mm
414mm
589mm
ARTWORK FOR PDF ONLY
PRINTING METHOD Impact Dot Matrix
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 10 cpi 330 cps
Draft 12 cpi 396 cps
Draft 15 cpi 495 cps
Draft 17 cpi condensed 559 cps
Draft 20 cpi condensed 658 cps
LQ 10 cpi 110 cps
LQ 12 cpi 132 cps
LQ 15 cpi 165 cps
LQ 17 cpi condensed 187 cps
LQ 20 cpi condensed 220 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS 14 International character sets
13 character code tables
Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863,
PC865, Abicomp, BRASC II, Roman 8,
ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO8859-15
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.)
BARCODE FONTS EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A,
UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet
PRINTABLE COLUMNS
PITCH (cpi) Characters per line
LQ-590 LQ-2090
10 cpi 80 136
12 cpi 96 163
15 cpi 120 204
17 cpi condensed 137 233
20 cpi condensed 160 272
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
LQ-590 Width: 100 - 257mm (3.9 - 10.1")
Length: 100 - 364mm (3.9 - 14.3")
LQ-2090 Width: 100 - 420mm (3.9 - 16.5")
Length: 100 - 420mm (3.9 - 16.5")
ENVELOPES No.6, No.10
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE
LQ-590 Width: 101.6 - 254mm (4 - 10")
Length: 101.6 - 558.8mm (4 - 22")
LQ-2090 Width: 101.6 - 406.4mm (4 - 16")
Length: 101.6 - 558.8mm (4 - 22")
PAPER THICKNESS
CUT SHEET Single sheet 0.065 - 0.14mm
(0.0025 - 0.0055")
MULTI-PART FORMS 0.12 - 0.46mm (0.0047 - 0.015")
ENVELOPES 0.16 - 0.52mm (0.0063 - 0.0205")
CONTINUOUS PAPER Single sheet/multi part forms 0.065 - 0.39mm
(0.0025 - 0.018")
LABEL BASE SHEET
0.07 - 0.09mm
(0.0028 - 0.0035")
TOTAL SHEET 0.16 - 0.19mm
(0.0063 - 0.0075")
PAPER FEEDING
STANDARD FRICTION (rear 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
ACOUSTIC NOISE 52db(A) (ISO7779 pattern)
LINE SPACING 4.23mm (1/6")
INPUT DATA BUFFER 128 KByte
INTERFACES
STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface
(IEEE-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
LQ-590 Approx. 5 million characters
LQ-2090 Approx. 8 million characters
RELIABILITY
MEAN PRINT VOLUME
BETWEEN FAILURE (MVBF) 40 million lines (except print head)
PRINT HEAD LIFE 400 million strokes / wire
CONTROL PANEL 6 switches, 10 LEDs
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 220 - 240V)
ENERGY STAR COMPLIANT
DIMENSIONS LQ-590 LQ-2090
WIDTH x DEPTH x HEIGHT 414 x 350 x 167.5mm 589 x 350 x 167.5mm
WEIGHT Approx. 7.1Kg Approx. 9.5Kg
PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY
OS Microsoft®Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
Microsoft®Windows NT 4.0
UTILITY EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft®
Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP and
Microsoft®Windows NT 4.0 environment only)
PRODUCT CODE LQ-590 LQ-2090
C11C558071 C11C559081
PRODUCT OPTIONS LQ-590 LQ-2090
RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK) C13S015337 C13S015336
HIGH CAPACITY CUT SHEET FEEDER
C12C806382 C12C806402
SINGLE BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER C12C806372 C12C806392
PULL TRACTOR UNIT C12C800202 C12C800212
ROLL PAPER HOLDER C12C811141 C12C811141
I/F SERIAL BOARD C12C823061 C12C823061
I/F SERIAL 32Kb CARD C12C823081 C12C823081
I/F Ethernet C12C823914 C12C823914
WARRANTY
STANDARD
12 months return to base
For warranty terms see www.epson.com.au/warranty
As an international ENERGY STAR Partner, EPSON has determined that this product meets
the international ENERGY STAR Program for energy efficiency.
“EPSON ESC/PS stands for EPSON standard code for
printers Level 2. This second generation printer control
language supports scalable fonts as well as enhances
graphics capability. It also provides complete backwards
compatibility with EPSON's ESC/P, the standard printer language for dot matrix printing”.
EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON Corporation. EPSON ESC/P2 is a
trademark of SEIKO EPSON Corporation. Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe
Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
All other product names and other company names used herein are for indentification
purposes only and may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights to those marks. Specifications are subject to
change without notice.
FILENAME: Dot LQ590_LQ2090 BACK > Illustrator 8.0
EPSON > EP5767 > PB, LK, PB, IA
ARTWORK SCALE 100% PRINTED HERE AT 100%
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