EPSON DotMatr DotMatrix LQ-680 User Guide and Manual

EPSON. A proven Leader in Speed and Reliability mm

EPSON LQ-680

387mm

497mm INTERFACES

STANDARD Centronics®-type 8-bit parallel interface

(IEEE-1284 Nibble mode)

OPTION Expansion slot (Optional Type B interfaces) EPSON Dot Matrix LQ-680 RIBBON CARTRIDGE Speci icat ions COLOUR Black TYPE Fabric ribbon cartridge RIBBON LIFE Approx. 2 million characters

PRINTER TYPE

(LQ 10cpi, 48 dots/character)

PRINTING METHOD Impact dot matrix

NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 24 pins ACOUSTIC NOISE Approx. 55d B (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking

RELIABILITY

PRINT SPEED MVBF (Mean Print Volume 20 million lines (Except print head)

Introducing the HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10 CPI 413 cps Between Failure) DRAFT 15 CPI 465 cps MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) 10000 POH (25% duty cycle) DRAFT 12 CPI 372 cps PRINT HEAD LIFE 400 million strokes/wire

DRAFT 10 CPI 310 cps

CONTROL PANEL 6 switches, 8 LEDs

DRAFT 20 CPI CONDENSED 310 cps

DRAFT 17 CPI CONDENSED 264 cos ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING) LQ 15 CPI 155 cps TEMPERATURE 5~35o C

EPSON LQ-680 LQ 12 CPI 124 cps HUMIDITY 10~80% RH

LQ 10 CPI 103 cps

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

LQ 20 CPI CONDENSED 206 cps

RATED VOLTAGE AC 120V or AC 220~240V

LQ 17 CPI CONDENSED 175 cps

RATED FREQUENCY 50~60Hz

A hard-working new flatbed printer that PRINT CHARACTERISTICS POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 42W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)

CHARACTER SETS 1 legal character set Energy Star compliant

14 international character sets

DIMENSIONS

13 character code tables (Standard)

WIDTH x DEPTH x HEIGHT 497 x 387 x 230mm

offers enhanced speed, reliability and Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865,

WEIGHT Approx. 9.0 kg

Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858,

ISO 8859-15 PRINTER DRIVER/UTILITIES

BITMAP FONTS EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi OS Microsoft® Windows® operating system Version 3.1

EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000 and Microsoft® operating ease. Designed and built with your EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional Windows NT® operating system Version 3.50/3.51/4.0 EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi UTILITIES EPSON Remote! (MS-DOS environment only) EPSON Prestige 10, 12 cpi EPSON Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® EPSON Script 10 cpi 95/98/2000 and Microsoft® Windows NT® operating EPSON Script C Proportional system Version 4.0 environment only) needs in mind, its got all the user-friendly EPSON OCR-B 10 cpi

OPTIONS

EPSON Orator 10 cpi

RIBBON CARTRIDGE S015016

EPSON Orator-S 10 cpi

HIGH CAPACITY CUT SHEET FEEDER C806872

SCALABLE FONTS EPSON Roman 8 to 32 pt

SECOND-BIN CUT SHEET FEEDER† C806792

EPSON Sans Serif 8 to 32 pt

features you’ve been waiting for. For high ROLL PAPER HOLDER #8310

EPSON Roman T 8 to 32 pt

TYPE B SERIAL INTERFACE CARD C823061

EPSON Sans Serif H 8 to 32 pt

TYPE B 32KB INTELLIGENT SERIAL INTERFACE CARD C823081

BAR CODE FONT EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A

TYPE B IEEE-1284 PARALLEL INTERFACE CARD C823453

UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, Post Net

TYPE B 32KB IEEE-488 INTERFACE CARD C823132

performance countertop/desktop printing PRINTABLE COLUMNS TYPE B INTERFACE CARD FOR Local Talk™ C823122 PITCH (CPI) Characters per line Character TYPE B COAX INTERFACE CARD C823142

10 CPI TYPE B TWINAX INTERFACE CARD C823152 12 CPI Epson Net 10 Base 2/T Int. Print Server C823623 and year round dependability, this flatbed 15 CPI Epson Net 10/100 Base TX Int. Print Server‡ C823633 17 CPI CONDENSED 17.1 Epson Net 10/100 Base TX Int. Print Server C823844 20 CPI CONDENSED * Manual insertion

Second-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder cannot be used without High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder.

PAPER HANDLING

Regional AC Adapter Set (C82525) is required.

PAPER PATH Manual Insertion Front in, Front out

printer is the way to go! Tractor Rear in, Front out

Cut Sheet Feeder Rear in, Front out

CUT SHEET SIZE Width 90~304.8mm (3.5~12.0")*

Length 70~420mm (2.8~16.5")

ENVELOPES No.6, No.10 Ultra-Reliable Flatbed Printer

CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE Width 101.6~304.8mm (4.0~12.0")

Length 101.6~558.8mm (4.0~22.0") IN

Can also print labels

PAPER THICKNESS

CUT SHEET Single sheet 0.065~0.19mm (0.0025~0.0074")* with EPSON Quality and Style

Multi-part forms 0.12~0.46mm (0.0047~0.018")

ENVELOPES 0.16~0.52mm (0.0063~0.0205") CONTINUOUS PAPER Single sheet/

Multi-part forms 0.065~0.46mm (0.0025~0.018")

CONTINUOUS FORMS

As an international ENERGY STAR Partner, EPSON has determined that this

WITH LABELS Base Sheet 0.07~0.09mm (0.0028~0.0035")

product meets the international ENERGY STAR Program for energy efficiency.

Total Sheet 0.16~0.19mm (0.0063~0.0075")

“EPSON ESC/P2 stands for EPSON standard code for printers Level 2. This • Up to 400 Characters per second

PAPER FEEDING

second generation printer control language supports scalable fonts as well

STANDARD Friction: Manual insertion (Front in, Front out)

as enhanced graphics capability. It also provides complete backwards

Push Tractor: Rear in, Front out

compatibility with EPSON’s ESC/P, the standard printer language for dot

OPTIONAL matrix printing.” • 64KB Buffer Memory FEEDER Friction: Cut Sheet Feeder (Rear in, Front out) EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. COPIES Original + 5 copies EPSON ESC/P2 is a trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. LINE SPACING 1/6 inch or programmable by 1/360 inch Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft

• 1 + 5 Multi-Part Form Printing

PAPER THICKNESS SETTING Manual Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other product names and other compa- PAPER PATH SETTING Manual ny names used herein are for identification purpose only and maybe the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.

INPUT DATA BUFFER 64 K Byte • EPSON Status Monitor 3 Software

Print samples shown herein are simulations. Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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