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Printer Specifications

Mechanical
Electronic
Electrical
Environmental
Paper
Printable area

Mechanical

Printing method:	24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed:	High speed draft	300 cps at 10 cpi 360 cps at 12 cpi
	Draft	225 cps at 10 cpi (337 cps at 15 cpi maximum)
	Letter quality	79 cps at 10 cpi
Printing direction:	Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics printing. Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands.
Line spacing:	1/6-inch or programmable in 1/360-inch increments
Printable columns:	80 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution:	Maximum 360 x 180 dpi (letter-quality mode)
Paper feed methods:	Friction (front) Push tractor (rear)
Paper feed speed:	Continuous	3.61 inches/second
Paper feed speed:	Intermittent	53 msec/line at 1/6-inch line spacing
Reliability:	Total print volume	12 million lines (except print head) MTBF 6,000 POH (25% duty)
Reliability:	Print head life	Approx. 200 million strokes/wire
Dimensions and weight (with paper guide):	Height Width Depth Weight	185 mm (7.3 inches) 386 mm (15.2 inches) 306 mm (12.0 inches) Approx. 3.5 kg (7.7 lb)
Ribbon:	Black ribbon cartridge	S015290
Ribbon:	Ribbon life	Approx. 2 million characters (at 10 cpi in the letter-quality mode with 48 dots/character)
Acoustic noise:	Approx. 57 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Note:

The paper-thickness lever position or an overheated print head may affect the print speed.

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Electronic

Interfaces:	LQ-630: One standard bidirectional, 8-bit, parallel interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode support, one USB (ver 1.1) interface slot LQ-630S: One EIA-232D serial interface, One USB (ver 1.1) interface slot
Buffer:	32KB
Built-in fonts:	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 Script C	proportional
	EPSON Orator	10 cpi
	EPSON Orator S	10 cpi
	EPSON OCR-B	10 cpi
	Scalable fonts
	EPSON Roman	10.5, 8 to 32 points, in 2-point increments
	EPSON Sans Serif	10.5, 8 to 32 points, in 2-point increments
	EPSON Roman T	10.5, 8 to 32 points, in 2-point increments
	EPSON Sans Serif H	10.5, 8 to 32 points, in 2-point increments
	Barcode fonts
	EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
Character tables:	Standard version One italic and 12 graphics character tables: Italic table, PC437 (US, Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC865 (Nordic), PC863 (Canadian-French), BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15 Following 23 graphical character tables are also available in some countries: PC 864 (Arabic), PC437 Greek, PC852 (Eastern Europe), PC853 (Turkish), PC855 (Cyrillic), PC857 (Turkish), PC866 (Russian), PC869 (Greek), MAZOWIA (Poland), Code MJK (CSFR), ISO 8859-7 (Latin/Greek), ISO Latin 1T (Turkish), Bulgaria (Bulgarian), PC 774 (LST 1283: 1993), Estonia (Estonian), PC 771 (Lithuanian), ISO 8859-2, PC 866 LAT. (Latvian), PC 866 UKR (Ukraina), PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic), PC 720 (Arabic), PCAR 864 (Arabic)
Character sets:	14 international character sets and one legal character set: USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, Spain I, Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America, Korea, Legal

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Electrical

	220 to 240 V Model
Input voltage range	198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range	50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range	49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current	0.3 A (max. 0.9 A)
Power consumption	Approx. 20 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)

Note:

Check the label on the back of the printer for the voltage of your printer.

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Environmental

	Temperature	Humidity (without condensation)
Operation (plain paper)	5 to 35°C (41 to 95°F)	10 to 80% RH
Operation (recycled paper or label)	15 to 25°C (59 to 77°F)	30 to 60% RH
Storage	-30 to 60°C (-22 to 140°F)	0 to 85%

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Paper

Note:

Use recycled paper and label only under normal temperature and humidity conditions described below.

Temperature	15 to 25°C (59 to 77°F)
Humidity	30 to 60% RH

Do not load paper that is curled, folded, or crumpled.

Single sheets

See also Multipart forms for detailed information on the specification for single-sheet multipart forms.

Width	90 to 257 mm (3.5 to 10.1 inches)
Length	70 to 364 mm (2.8 to 14.3 inches)
Thickness
single sheets multipart forms	0.065 to 0.14 mm (0.0025 to 0.0055 inch) 0.12 to 0.39 mm (0.0047 to 0.015 inch)
Weight
single sheets multipart forms	52 to 90 g/m² (14 to 24 lb) 40 to 58 g/m² (11 to 15 lb)
Quality
single sheets	Plain paper and recycled paper
multipart forms	Carbonless or carbon-backed multipart forms with a line of glue at the top or the side of the form Multipart forms that are joined together along the left and right edges by crimping or spot-gluing*
Copies	1 original + 4 copies

* When using 4 inches or wider but less than 9.4 inches wide multipart forms joined by crimping (multipart forms with cut-paper tab binding), set the Multipart forms with cut-paper tab binding in the default-setting mode to on.

Continuous paper

See also Multipart forms for detailed information on the specifications for continuous multipart forms.

The sprocket hole must be a circle or notched circle.

The holes must be cleanly cut.

At the perforation between pages, the horizontal and vertical perforation cuts must not cross.

The ratio of the cut/uncut length at the perforation should be between 3:1 and 5:1. The perforation between pages must not extend all the way to the edges of the paper.

1. cut area
2. uncut area
3. uncut part of the edges of the paper

If you use continuous paper whose page length (A in the next illustration) is under 101.6 mm (4.0 inches), make sure that the length between folds (B) is over 101.6 mm (4.0 inches.)

Width	101.6 to 254.0 mm (4.0 to 10.0 inches)
Length/page	101.6 to 558.8 mm (4.0 to 22.0 inches)
Copies	1 original + 4 copies
Total thickness	0.065 to 0.39 mm (0.0025 to 0.015 inch)
Weight
single sheets	52 to 82 g/m² (14 to 22 lb)
multipart forms	40 to 58 g/m² (11 to 15 lb) (weight/part)
Quality
single sheets	Plain paper, recycled paper, carbonless, and carbon-backed
multipart forms	Multipart forms that are joined together along the left and right edges by crimping or spot-gluing*

Multipart forms

The specifications for the dimensions of multipart forms are the same as those for single sheets and continuous paper. See Single sheets and Continuous paper for detailed information.

The form sheets of continuous multipart forms should be securely joined together along the left and right edges by crimping or, spot-gluing. For the best printing quality, use multipart forms joined with spot-gluing.

spot-gluing

crimping

spot-gluing and crimping on each side

1. 1 inch or less
2. 3 inches or less
3. printing side
4. 1 inch or less
5. 3 inches or less

Note:

When using 4 inches or wider but less than 9.4 inches wide multipart forms joined by crimping (multipart forms with cut-paper tab binding), set the Multipart forms with cut-paper tab binding in the default-setting mode to on.

Caution:

Never use continuous multipart forms that are joined with metal staples or bar-gluing.

1. bar-gluing
2. metal stapling

The thickness of the folded part when extended should be 1 mm or less.

* 1 mm or less

The binding area should be flat and have no creases.

The sprocket holes should be a circle or a notched circle.

The sprocket holes of all sheets in the form should be aligned properly.

The binding position should be outside the printable area. See Printable area for more information.

Labels (single-sheet)

Labels should be securely attached to the backing sheet and the label surface must be flat.

The labels should not peel off their backing sheet under the conditions below.

wrapping drum radius

wrapping angle

wrapping time

ambient temperature

ambient humidity

27 mm

180°

24 hours

40°C

30%

1. label
2. 27 mm

Always use labels whose backing sheet is entirely covered, and make sure the cuts around the edges of the labels are perforated.

1. backing sheet
2. label sheet
3. several uncut areas on each side
4. label

Backing sheet
Width Length	100 to 210 mm (3.9 to 8.3 inches) 100 to 297 mm (3.9 to 11.7 inches)
Labels
Width Height Weight	63.5 mm (2.5 inches), minimum 23.8 mm (0.94 inch), minimum 64 g/m² (17 lb)
Thickness
Backing sheet Total	0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch) 0.16 to 0.19 mm (0.0063 to 0.0075 inch)
Quality	Plain paper or the same quality labels with backing sheet

Labels (continuous forms)

Labels should be securely attached to the backing sheet and the label surface must be flat.

The labels should not peel off their backing sheet under the conditions below.

wrapping drum radius

wrapping angle

wrapping time

ambient temperature

ambient humidity

27 mm

180°

24 hours

40°C

30%

1. label
2. 27 mm

When using labels whose backing sheet is entirely covered, make sure the cuts around the edges of the labels are perforated.

1. backing sheet
2. label sheet
3. several uncut areas on each side
4. label

When using labels whose backing sheet is not covered with the label material, see the illustration below.

1. label
2. backing sheet
3. corner radius is more than 2.5 mm
4. label

Backing sheet
Width Length/page	101.6 to 254 mm (4 to 10 inches) 101.6 to 558.8 mm (4 to 22 inches)
Labels
Width Height Corner radius Weight	63.5 mm (2.5 inches), minimum 23.8 mm (0.94 inch), minimum 2.5 mm (0.1 inch), minimum 64 g/m² (17 lb)
Thickness
Backing sheet Total	0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch) 0.16 to 0.19 mm (0.0063 to 0.0075 inch)
Quality	Plain paper or the same quality labels with continuous backing sheet

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Printable area

Single sheets (including single-sheet multipart forms)

	A	4.2 mm (0.17 inch) or more
	B	The minimum left and right margins are 3.0 mm (0.12 inch) each.
	The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). For single sheets wider than 209.2 mm (8.24 inches), the side margins increase proportionally to match the width of the paper.

* printable area

Continuous paper (including continuous multipart forms)

The minimum top and bottom margins (above and below the perforation) are 4.2 mm (0.165 inch).

The minimum left or right margin is 13 mm (0.512 inch).
The maximum printable width is 203.2 mm (8.0 inches). For paper wider than 229.2 mm (9.0 inches), the side margins increase propotionally to match the width of the paper.

* printable area

Labels (single-sheet)

3 mm (0.118 inch) or more

Labels (continuous forms)

6.35 mm (0.25 inch) or more

1.2 mm (0.0472 inch) or more

3 mm (0.118 inch) or more

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