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2361 McGaw Ave
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PHONE: (949) 660-7080
FAX: (949) 975-1557
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
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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
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, 12, OCR-B 10, EPSON Script C, proportional,
EPSON Orator 10, EPSON Orator-S 10
Column Width
10 cpi
80
12 cpi
96
15 cpi
120
17.16 cpi
137
Physical Dimensions
Height
6.3"
Depth
14.5"
Width
17.1"
Weight
14.8 lb
Print Enhancements
Bitmapped fonts
Double-wide, double-high, condensed, double-strike
Bitmapped & scalable
Superscript, subscript, emphasized, underline, score,
outline, shadow, italic, strike-through, double underline
Formatting
32 horizontal tabs; line spacing in 1/6" or 1/8" or program-
mable (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, front and
bottom feed; automatic fanfold paper load; automatic single
sheet paper stacking; friction feed; top and front automatic
single sheet load
Paper Feed Speed
65.2 millisecond per 1/6" line
2.8" per second continuous feed
Sound Level
46.5 dB(A)
Letter
112 cps (15 cpi)
Quality
90 cps (12 cpi)
75 cps (10 cpi)
Draft
337 cps (15 cpi)
269 cps (12 cpi)
225 cps (10 cpi)
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.
Paper Handling
Single sheets of
5.8" to 10.1" (top loading)
plain/recycled paper 7.2" to 10.1" (front loading)
Continuous
4.0" to 10.1"
No. 6 envelopes
6.5" x 3.625"
No. 10 envelopes
9.5" x 4.125"
Labels
Continuous sheets
Forms
Continuous multipart:
original plus three carbonless
copies; maximum thickness 0.012"
Input Buffer
8KB
Interface
Centronics
®
‚ compatible 8-bit Parallel standard; optional
Serial and buffered Parallel, Twinax, Coax, LocalTalk
®
,
Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Servers
Printer Language
EPSON ESC/P2
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
4,000 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-570+ impact printer
C107001
Std. capacity cut sheet feeder
C806371
High capacity cut sheet
and envelope feeder
C806381
Pull tractor
C800191
Interfaces—Type B
Serial
C823051
32KB Serial
C823071
Bidirectional Parallel
C823452
Multiprotocol Series 2 Ethernet
Print Server
C823622
Twinax
C823151
Coax
C823141
LocalTalk
C823121
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
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