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Epson America, Inc.
3840 Kilroy Airport Way, Long Beach, CA 90806
Epson Canada, Ltd.
550 McNicoll, Willowdale, Ontario M2H 2E1
Epson Latin America, Inc.
6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126 305-265-0092
Printed on recycled paper
P R I N T E R S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Printing Method
24-pin, impact dot matrix
Print Direction
Bidirectional with logic seeking in text and graphics mode
Print Speed
Bitmapped fonts
High Speed Draft
400 cps
(10 cpi)
Character Matrix
Bitmapped fonts
9 x 22 Draft mode (10 cpi)
31 x 22 Letter Quality mode (10 cpi)
22 x 16 Letter Quality mode (15 cpi)
37 x 22 proportional
Character Sets
96 ASCII characters; 14 international character sets
and 1 legal character set; 128 user-defined characters;
Extended IBM style graphic characters; 5 code pages
Scalable Fonts
EPSON Roman 8 to 32 points
EPSON San Serif 8 to 32 points
EPSON Roman T 8 to 32 points
EPSON San Serif H 8 to 32 points
Resident Bitmapped Fonts (cpi)
EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15, EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15,
proportional, EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15,
proportional, EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15,
EPSON Prestige 10, 12, EPSON Script 10, OCR-B 10,
EPSON Script 10 cpi,
EPSON Script C, proportional,
EPSON Orator 10, EPSON Orator-S 10,
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E,
Code 39, PostNet
Column Width
10 cpi
80
12 cpi
96
15 cpi
120
17 cpi
137
20 cpi
160
Physical Dimensions
Height
6.3"
Depth
14.5"
Width
16.35"
Weight
16.53 lb
Print Enhancements
Bitmapped fonts
Double-wide, double-high, condensed, double-strike
Bitmapped & scaleable
Superscript, subscript, emphasized, underline, score,
outline, shadow, italic, strike-through, double underline
Formatting
32 horizontal tabs; line spacing in 1/6" or programmable
(minimum 1/360" increments); skip over perforations in lines;
page length in lines or inches
Maximum Graphics Resolution
360 x 360 dpi
Paper Feed Mechanism
Removable push/pull tractor for rear; automatic fanfold paper load;
automatic single sheet paper stacking; friction feed; top and front
automatic single sheet load
Paper Feed Speed
45 millisecond per 1/6" line
5.0" per second continuous feed
Sound Level
49 dB(A)
Advanced Paper Handling
Micro-adjustment for top-of-form and tear-off mode, paper parking
for loading single sheet paper without removing continuous paper.
Optional pull tractor, standard capacity cut sheet feeder, and high
capacity cut sheet and envelope feeder
Letter
150 cps (15 cpi)
Quality
120 cps (12 cpi)
100 cps (10 cpi)
Draft
450 cps (15 cpi)
360 cps (12 cpi)
300 cps (10 cpi)
Paper Handling
Single sheets: front, top and cut-sheet feeder entry
Width
Front and top
10.1" to 14"
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder
3.9" to 14.3"
Second-bin cut-sheet feeder
7.2" to 8.5"
Length
Front and top
3.9" to 14.3"
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder
10.1" to 14"
Second-bin cut-sheet feeder
10.1" to 14"
Continuous
4.0" to 22"
No. 6 envelopes
6.5" x 3.625"
No. 10 envelopes
9.5" x 4.125"
Labels
Continuous sheets
Forms
Continuous multipart: original plus four carbonless copies;
maximum thickness 0.015"
Input Buffer
64KB
Interface
Centronics
®
compatible 8-bit Parallel standard; optional
Type B Serial and buffered Parallel, Twinax, Coax, LocalTalk
®
,
Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Servers
Printer Language
EPSON ESC/P 2, IBM 2390 Plus Emulation
Power Requirements
120V AC± 10%; 49.5 to 60.5Hz; 120 VA max.
Hardware Features
Control panel selection of fonts, condensed mode, paper source,
micro-adjustment, paper feeding, buffer clear, tear-off mode
Reliability/ Life Expectancy
MTBF
10,000 power-on hours (POH)
@ 25% duty
Print head life
Fabric
200 million strokes per wire
Film
100 million strokes per wire
Ribbon life
Fabric
2 million characters in LQ mode
at 48 dots/character
Film
0.2 million characters in LQ mode
at 48 LQ dots/character
Product/Accessory Part Numbers
EPSON LQ-570e impact printer
C293001
Std. capacity cut sheet feeder
C806371
High capacity cut sheet
and envelope feeder
C806381
Pull tractor
C800201
Front sheet guide
C814231
Roll paper holder
8310
Parallel cable
C1-9E-A
Interfaces—Type B
Serial
C823051
32KB Intelligent Serial
C823071
Bidirectional Parallel
C823452
Multiprotocol Series 2 Ethernet
Print Server
C823622
Twinax
C823151
Coax
C823141
LocalTalk
C823121
Multiprotocol 10/100 Ethernet
with AC adapter
C823642
Ribbons
Fabric (black)
7753
Film (black)
7768
Warranty
Two year limited warranty in the U.S. and Canada
Support—The Epson Connection
SM
Pre-sales Support U.S. and Canada
800-463-7766
Automated Technical Support
800-922-8911
Internet Website
http://www.epson.com
