Epson LQ-850+ Product Information Manual Download Page 2

NEW LQ-850/1050+ DOT-MATRIX PRINTER

Mechanical

Ribbon:

Black 

ribbon cartridge #7753/#7754:

Life expectancy (in Letter Quality
characters, at 48 dots/character)

million characters

Film ribbon cartridge #7768/#7770:

Life expectancy (in Letter Quality

characters)

#7768: 0.2 million characters
#7770: 0.3 million characters

MCBF:

For all components excluding print head:

5,000,000 lines

MTBF:

LQ-850: 4000 power-on hours

(at 25% duty)

LQ-1050: 6000 power-on hours

(at 25% duty)

Print head life:

200 million strokes fabric ribbon

100 million strokes film ribbon

Dimensions and weight:

Electrical

Voltage:

120 VAC ± 10%

Power consumption:

(self test printing: draft mode)
LQ-850: 55W 240W (maximum)
LQ-1050: 60 W

Frequency:

49.5-60.5 Hz

Insulation resistance: 

10M ohms between AC power line and

chassis

Dielectric strength

Can withstand 1.00 kV rms

(between 

AC 

line

applied for one minute or 1.20 kV rms

and chassis):

applied for one second

Environmental

Notes:

Temperature:

Operation:
Storage:

Humidity 

(without

Operation:

condensation):

Storage:

41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)
-22°F to 150°F (-30°C to 65°C)

10% to 80%

5% to 85%

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The use of 24 lb paper is only available at normal temperature.

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Printing past the edge of envelopes, multi-part forms labels,
or paper that is thicker than normal can damage the print

Operation angle:

Less than 15° (without cut sheet feeder)

0° (with cut sheet feeder)

Shock:

Vibration:

Operation:

Up to 1G  within 1 ms

Storage:

Up to 2G within 1 ms

Operation:

Up to 0.25 G at up to 

55 Hz

Storage:

Up to 0.50 G at up to 55 Hz

 

Paper Handling

Paper feeding methods:

Friction
Built-in push feed tractor with paper

tension unit
Pull tractor (optional)

Single-bin or double-bin cut sheet feeder

(optional)

Paper width and length:

Paper

LQ-850

LQ-1050

Single sheet

width

7.2 to 10.1 inches                7.2 to 14.3 inches
(182 to 257 mm)

(182 to 364 mm)

length

7.2 to 14.3 inches               7.2 to 14.3 inches
(182 to 364 mm)

(182 to 364 mm)

Continuous paper

width

4.0 to 10.0 inches                  4.0 to 16.0 inches
(101 to 254 mm)

(101 to 406 mm)

Envelopes

No.6 6.54 

3.62 inches (166 x 92 mm)

No.10 9.45 

4.09 inches (240 x 104 mm)

Labels

2.5 

0.94 inch (63.5 x 23.8 mm ) minimurn

Printable area:

Single sheet

0.33 inch (8.5 mm) minimum

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Printable

=

:

area

.12 inches (3.0 mm)

 minimum

0.53 inch (13.5 mm) minimum

Note;  

For the LQ-850, printing on paper from 9 to 10.1 inches

wide increases the minimum right and left margins to 0.53 inches.

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Labels with a pressure sensitive covering, either glued or
tacked onto the backing sheet, can be printed under the
conditions listed below. The total thickness may not exceed
0.0118 inch (0.3 mm).

-The temperature range is between 41°F and 95°F (5 to 35°C).
-The relative humidity is between 10 and 80 percent.

NEW LQ-850/1050+-2

12/31/90

24-Pin Printers

Summary of Contents for LQ-850+

Page 1: ...ton selectable OCR A and Orator S must be selected using escape sequences Characters 96 standard ASCII character set including italic characters 14 international character sets 1 Legal character set Epson Extended Graphics character set 5 graphics character sets Paper weight Paper thickness Number of copies Single sheet Multi part forms Envelope Single Sheet Continuous Envelope Label 14 1b to 24 l...

Page 2: ...amage the print Operation angle Less than 15 without cut sheet feeder 0 with cut sheet feeder Shock Vibration Operation Up to 1G within 1 ms Storage Up to 2G within 1 ms Operation Up to 0 25 G at up to 55 Hz Storage Up to 0 50 G at up to 55 Hz Paper Handling Paper feeding methods Friction Built in push feed tractor with paper tension unit Pull tractor optional Single bin or double bin cut sheet fe...

Page 3: ... side horizontal Note The ESC R control codes can change the above settings to any country s character 5 The following table gives you general guidelines for selecting the right paper thickness lever position for the type of paper you are using Paper typo Lever position Paper single sheets or continuous 1 paper with film ribbon installed 1 Thin paper 2 or 1 Paper single sheets or continuous paper ...

Page 4: ...ble that supports your model Buttons LINE FEED When the printer is off line press this button to advance the paper one line or hold it down to advance the paper continuously LOAD EJECT When the printer is off line press this button to feed paper to the loading position or to eject paper that is already loaded Paper is ejected forward if the paper release lever is set to the single sheet position a...

Page 5: ...verrides proportional spacing CONDENSED Press this button to turn the condensed mode on and off The orange indicator light is on when the printer is in the condensed mode In the condensed mode all characters are printed at approximately 40 percent of their normal width You cannot select condensed mode with a pitch of 15 cpi 1 Graphics 1 Option Single density Double density High speed double densit...

Page 6: ...Line 9 12 Delete Character 9 9 Select Double wide Mode one line 9 27 Select Condensed Mode 9 26 Control Cut Sheet Feeder 9 10 Set Intercharacter Space 9 33 Master select 9 23 Cancel MSB Control 9 11 Set Absolute Print Position 9 20 Select User defined Set 9 37 Define User defined Characters 9 36 Select Score 9 31 Select Graphics Mode 9 39 Set n 360 inch Line Spacing 9 15 Turn Underline Mode on Off...

Page 7: ...9 14 Select 10 CPI 9 24 Set Right Margin 9 19 Select an International character set 9 35 Select Superscript Mode 9 30 Select Subscript Mode 9 30 Cancel Superscript Subscript Mode 9 30 Turn Unidirectional Mode on Off 9 10 Turn Doublewide Mode on Off 9 27 Select High speed Doubledensity Graphics Mode 9 38 Select Quadruple density Graphics Mode 9 39 Set Relative Print Position 9 21 Select Justificati...

Page 8: ...r Setting up the Page Length The page length has to be adjusted for using single sheets and for using tractor paper When your software you asks you to set up the number of lines page single sheets require a shorter page length than does tractor paper Set the page length to 61 lines for single sheets also when using the cut sheet feeder and 66 lines for tractor paper Software The type of printer in...

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