Product Information

Printer Specifications

Mechanical
Electronic
Electrical
Environmental
Paper
Printable area
Safety approvals
CE marking

Mechanical

Printing method:	24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed:	High-speed draft Draft Draft condensed LQ LQ condensed	413 cps at 10 cpi 310 cps at 10 cpi 372 cps at 12 cpi 465 cps at 15 cpi 264 cps at 17 cpi 310 cps at 20 cpi 103 cps at 10 cpi 124 cps at 12 cpi 155 cps at 15 cpi 175 cps at 17 cpi 206 cps at 20 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:	106 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution:	360 x 180 dpi maximum
Paper feed methods:	Friction (front paper entry) Push tractor (rear paper entry) Cut-sheet feeders (optional) Roll paper holder (optional)
Paper feed speed:	Continuous Intermittent	127 mm/second (5 inches/second) 64 msec/line at 1/6-inch line spacing
Paper capacity:	High-capacity cut-sheet feeder up to 150 sheets of 82 g/m² (22 lb) paper up to 25 plain or bond envelopes up to 30 airmail envelopes up to 50 postcards
	Note: The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 15 mm (0.59 inch).
	Single-bin cut-sheet feeder
	Up to 50 sheets of 82 g/m² (22 lb) paper
	Note: The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 5 mm (0.20 inch).
Reliability:	Total print volume Print head life	20 million lines (except print head) MTBF 10,000 POH (25% duty) 400 million strokes per wire
Acoustic noise:	Approx. 55 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Dimensions and weight:	Height Width Depth Weight	230 mm (9 inches) 497 mm (19.6 inches) 387 mm (15.2 inches) LQ-680 approx. 9.0 kg (19.8 lb) LQ-680Pro approx. 9.4 kg (20.7 lb)
Ribbon:	Black ribbon cartridge (S015016)
	Ribbon life	2 million characters (LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/ character)

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Electronic

Interfaces:	One standard bidirectional 8-bit parallel interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode support and one optional interface slot
Buffer:	64KB
Built-in fonts:	Bitmap fonts EPSON Draft EPSON Roman EPSON Sans Serif EPSON Courier EPSON Prestige EPSON Script EPSON OCR-B EPSON Orator EPSON Orator-S EPSON Script C Scalable fonts EPSON Roman EPSON Sans Serif EPSON Roman T EPSON Sans Serif H	10, 12, 15 cpi 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional 10, 12, 15 cpi 10, 12 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi proportional 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt) 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt) 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt) 10.5, 8-32 pt (every 2 pt)
	Barcode fonts EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
Character tables:	One Italic and 12 graphical character tables: Italic table, PC 437 (US, Standard Europe), PC 850 (Multilingual), PC 860 (Portuguese), PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic), PC 863 (French-Canadian), BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15 Following 23 graphical character tables are also available in some countries: PC 437 Greek, PC 852 (Eastern Europe), PC 853 (Turkish), PC 855 (Cyrillic), PC 857 (Turkish), PC 866 (Russian), PC 864 (Arabic), PC 869 (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 (Ukranian), PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic), PC 720 (Arabic), PC AR 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 Latter 7 sets can be selected only with the ESC R command.

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Electrical

	120 V Model	220 to 240 V Model
Input voltage range	99 to 132 V	198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range	50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range	49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current	1.0 A (maximum 2.5 A depending on the character type)	0.5 A (maximum 1.4 A depending on the character type)
Power consumption	Approx. 42 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	5 to 35 °C (41 to 95 °F)	10 to 80% RH
Storage	-30 to 60 °C (-22 to 140 °F)	0 to 85% RH

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Paper

Note:

Use recycled paper, postcards, envelopes, and labels only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows:

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

Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled.

Ordinary single sheets: front and cut-sheet feeder entry

Width

Front:

90 to 304.8 mm (3.5 to 12 inches)

Cut-sheet feeders:

100 to 297 mm (3.9 to 11.6 inches)

Length

Front:

70 to 420 mm (2.8 to 16.5 inches)

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:

70 to 420 mm (2.8 to 16.5 inches)

Second-bin cut-sheet feeder:

210 to 420 mm (8.2 to 16.5 inches)

Thickness

Front:

0.065 to 0.19 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0074 inch)

Cut-sheet feeders:

0.065 to 0.12 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0047 inch)

Weight

Front:

52 to 157 g/m² (14 to 42 lb)

Cut-sheet feeders:

52 to 91 g/m² (14 to 24 lb)

Single-sheet multipart forms: front and high-capacity cut-sheet feeder entry

Width

Front:

90 to 304.8 mm (3.5 to 12 inches)

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:

100 to 297 mm (3.9 to 11.7 inches)

Length

Front, top glue:

70 to 420 mm (2.8 to 16.5 inches)

Front, side glue:

70 to 297 mm (2.8 to 11.7 inches)

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:

70 to 420 mm (2.8 to 16.5 inches)

Copies

1 original + up to 5 copies

Thickness

0.12 to 0.46 mm (0.0047 to 0.018 inch)

Weight

40 to 58 g/m² (10 to 15 lb)

Binding

Front:

Line glue at the top or a side of
form

High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:

Line glue at the top of form

Envelopes: front and high-capacity cut-sheet feeder entry

Size

No. 6: 165 x 92 mm (6.5 x 3.6 inches)

No. 10: 241 x 105 mm (9.5 x 4.1 inches)

Thickness

0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0205 inch)

Weight

45 to 90 g/m² (12 to 24 lb)

Postcards: front and high-capacity cut-sheet feeder entry

Width	100 to 200 mm (3.9 to 7.8 inches)
Length	100 to 200 mm (3.9 to 7.8 inches)
Thickness	0.22 mm (0.0087 inch)
Weight	192 g/m² (51 lb)

Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holder

Width

216 ± 3 mm (8.5 ± 0.12 inches)

Thickness

0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)

Weight

52 to 82 g/m² (14 to 22 lb)

Continuous paper (standard and multipart): rear entry

Width

101.6 to 304.8 mm (4 to 12 inches)

Length (one page)

76.2 to 558.8 mm (3 to 22 inches)

Copies

1 original + up to 5 copies

Thickness

Printable area 0.065 to 0.46 mm

(0.0025 to 0.018 inch)

Gathering area up to 0.9 mm

(0.035 inch)

Weight
(not multipart)

52 to 128 g/m² (14 to 34 lb)

Weight
(one sheet of multipart)

40 to 58 g/m² (10 to 15 lb)

Binding

Point glue or/and paper staples on both sides

Note:

The ratio of the cut/uncut length at the perforation should be between 3:1 and 5:1.

The thickness of the perforation part when extended should be 2 mm or less.

The perforation between pages should not extend all the way to the edges of the paper. Uncut length on the edges should be 1 mm or more.

When the horizontal and vertical perforation cuts crossing, do not print in between 3 mm above and below the horizontal perforation and in between 28 mm left and right the vertical perforation.

Continuous paper with overlapping multipart forms
(LQ-680Pro only): rear entry

Width and length of the backing sheet	Same as standard continuous paper
Copies	1 original + up to 5 copies
Thickness	Printable area	0.065 to 0.46 mm (0.0025 to 0.018 inch)
	overlapping area up to 0.70 mm
		(0.028 inch)
other measurements	See below

Labels: rear entry

Label size	23.8 x 63.5 mm (15/16 x 2.5 inches) minimum 2.5 mm (0.1 inch) corner radius, minimum
Backing sheet width	101.6 to 304.8 mm (4 to 12 inches)
Backing sheet length (one page)	76.2 to 558.8 mm (3 to 22 inches)
Backing sheet thickness	0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)
Total thickness	0.16 to 0.19 mm (0.0063 to 0.0075 inch)
Label weight	64 g/m² (17 lb)