Epson LQ-690 Dot Matrix Printer

• Durable, 24 pin, 106 column, medium duty flatbed dot matrix printer

• Prints up to 440 cps (10 cpi) at High Speed Draft

• Print Speed Enhancer: Fast printing of bit image data under Windows® environment

• High reliability at mean time between failure of 20,000 hours

• High ribbon yield of 10 million characters

• High memory buffer of 128 Kbytes

• Low power consumption

• Copy capability of one original + 6 copies

• Compact design

Printing Technology: 24 pin impact dot matrix

Print Resolution: Bi-directional with logic seeking

Print Speed: HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12CPI – 529cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10CPI – 440cps
DRAFT 15CPI – 496cps
DRAFT 12CPI – 396cps
DRAFT 10CPI – 330cps
DRAFT 20CPI condensed – 330cps
DRAFT 17CPI condensed – 283cps
LQ 15CPI – 165cps
LQ 12CPI – 132cps
LQ 10CPI – 110cps
LQ 20CPI condensed – 220cps
LQ 17CPI condensed – 188cps

Print Direction:Bi-directional with logic seeking

Paper Handling Impact:

Single Sheets:Width 90.0 – 304.8 mm (3.5 – 12.0 inch)
Length 70 – 420 mm (2.8 – 16.5 inch)
Thickness 0.065 – 0.19 mm (0.0025 – 0.0074 inch)
Envelopes: No
6
Width 165.0 mm (6.5 inch)
Length 92.0 mm (3.6 inch)
Total thickness 0.16 – 0.52 mm (0.0063 – 0.0205 inch)
No
10
Width 241.0 mm (9.5 inch)
Length 105.0 mm (4.1 inch)
Total thickness 0.16 – 0.52 mm (0.0063 – 0.0205 inch)
Cards:Width 100.0 – 200.0 mm (3.9 – 7.8 inch)
Length 100.0 – 200.0 mm (3.9 – 7.8 inch)
Thickness 0.22mm (0.0087inch)
Continuous:Width 101.6 – 304.8 mm (4.0 – 12.0 inch)
Length (one page) 76.2 – 558.8 mm (3.0 – 22.0 inch)
Total thickness 0.065 – 0.49 mm (0.0025 – 0.019 inch)
Labels:Base sheet width 100.0 – 210.0 mm (3.9 – 8.3 inch)
Base sheet length (one page) 100.0 – 297.0 mm (3.9 – 11.7 inch)
Base sheet thickness 0.07 – 0.09 mm (0.0028 – 0.0035 inch)
Total thickness 0.16 – 0.19 mm (0.0063 – 0.0075 inch)
Paper Feed Mechanism:Friction feed : Front
Rear
Push tractor feed : Rear
Feeder : Rear push tractor and Optional roll paper holder
COPIES 1 original + 6 copies
Paper Path:Manual Insertion : front in
front out
Push Tractor : Rear in
front out
Optinal Roll paper holder : Rear in
front out

Power:

Power Consumption: Approx. 37.5 W (ISO/IEC10561 Letter pattern)
approx. 2.4W in sleep mode *
0 W in powered off mode
Energy Star Compliant
Power Source: AC 220 – 240 VInput frequency range:50 – 60 Hz

General:

Memory Buffer:54 dB(A)Continuous Forms with Labels:6.8kgEmulations:WIDTH 480 mm
DEPTH 370 mm
HEIGHT 210 mm

General Impact:

Software Drivers:Windows® XP (32bit) SP2 or later Professional
Windows Vista® (32bit/64bit) SP1 or later Ultimate/Enterprise/Business
Windows® 7 (32bit/64bit) Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional
Windows Server® 2003 (32bit/64bit) SP2 Standard/Enterprise
Windows Server® 2008 Standard/Enterprise (32bit/64bit)
R2 Standard/Enterprise (64bit)

Characters & Lines:

Character Sets:14 international character sets and one leagal character setsResident Bitmapped Fonts:EPSON Draft : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
EPSON Roman : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
Proportional
EPSON Sans Serif : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
Proportional
EPSON Courier : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
EPSON Prestige : 10 cpi
12 cpi
EPSON Script : 10 cpi
EPSON OCR-B : 10 cpi
EPSON Orator : 10 cpi
EPSON Orator-S : 10 cpi
EPSON Script C : Proportional
Scalable Fonts: EPSON Roman : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Sans Serif : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Roman T : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Sans Serif H : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
Bar Code Fonts:EAN-13
EAN-8
Interleaved 2 of 5
UPC-A
UPC-E
Code 39
Code 128
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