Epson LQ-2180 Product Brochure

EPSON LQ-2180 Impact Printer

FEATURES BENEFITS

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24-pin, wide Sharp, easy-to-read, letter-quality carriage printing printing, even on multipart forms.

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Prints at up to 480 Printing tasks are completed faster cps high speed draft than comparable 24-pin printers.

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Print up to 6-part Prints virtually any multipart form (original + 5) with superior legibility on all parts forms

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Zero tear-off Eliminates paper waste of both paper handling pre-numbered and standard forms

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Front, Rear, Multiple paper paths allow printing of Bottom and Top single sheet, continuous forms, labels, paper paths checks, multiple-size envelopes, spreadsheets,

greenbar forms and much more.

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Windows 3.1x, Compatible with most popular industry Windows 95 and standard software. Windows NT 3.51/4.0 printer drivers

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Optional Ethernet Easy connectivity to popular networks and Type B for use within a multi-platform environment. interface cards

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MTBF rating of Ultra-dependable and trouble-free printing 10,000 POH with for the entire department or office. 400-million strokes/wire print head life

ULTRA-FAST, ULTRA-DEPENDABLE LETTER-QUALITY IMPACT PRINTING FOR DEMANDING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS.

Faster. More reliable. More versatile. Combine

all three and you’ve got the EPSON

LQ-2180 printer. It can print at draft speeds of up to 480 cps, making it one of the fastest 24 pin impact printers around. Its MTBF rating is an impressive 10,000 Power-On-Hours (POH) and its print head has a 400 million strokes/wire rating. Translation? The EPSON LQ-2180 gives you years of high-quality, carefree printing.

Front, rear, bottom and top paper paths let you print single sheet, continuous forms, multipart forms, envelopes, labels, checks, greenbar forms, invoices and more—all from the same printer. The EPSON LQ-2180 can print up to 6-part forms (original + 5). Plus, its zero tear-off paper handling eliminates wasted pre-numbered and standard forms while saving both time and money. In fact, the EPSON LQ-2180 is so versatile, it’s the only impact printer your entire department or office needs.

The EPSON LQ-2180 is ready to go right out of the box. Popular Windows

printer drivers are standard. Add optional network interface boards and you can quickly connect it to an Ethernet network or a Type B device.

Whether you’re looking for your first letter-quality impact printer or looking to upgrade, take a close look at the EPSON LQ-2180, the ultra-reliable printer that gives you more for your impact printing dollar.

SPECIFICATIONS

Specifications are subject to change without notice. EPSON is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. “The World Leader in Impact Printing” is a trademark and Epson Connection is a servicemark of Epson America, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. As an E

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Epson America, Inc.

20770 Madrona Ave., Torrance, CA 90503

Epson Canada, Ltd.

550 McNicoll, Willowdale, Ontario M2H 2E1

Epson Latin America, Inc.

6303 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126 1-305-265-0092

Printed on recycled paper

PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS

Paper Handling (con’t)

Paper path

Cut sheet Front/rear entry Continuous paper Front/rear/bottom entry

Line spacing

1/6" or programmable by 1/360"

Input data buffer

64KB or 0KB (user selectable)

Interface

Standard Bidirectional parallel interface (IEEE-P1284 nibble mode supported)

Printer Language

ESC/P2 and IBM 2391+ (IBM®ProPrinter compatible)

Reliability/Life Expectancy

MVBF (Mean Print Volume Between Failure) 24 million lines

(except print head)

MTBF 10,000 power-on hours (POH)

@25% duty Print head life 400 million strokes/wire Ribbon life 8 million characters

(48 dots/character)

Control Panel

Buttons Operate, Pause, Load/Eject, LF/FF, Tear

Off/Bin, Font, Pitch selection

Indicators Pause, Paper Out, Micro Adjust, Tear

Off/Bin selection, Pitch selection, Font selection

Sound Level

Approx. 54 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern)

Environmental Conditions

Temperature 41º to 95ºF; 5º to 35ºC Humidity 10 to 80% RH

Power Requirements

Voltage 120V AC ± 10% Frequency 50 to 60Hz Power Consumption Approx. 52W

(ISO/IEC I0561 letter pattern)

Physical Dimensions

Width 25.16" Depth 15.82" Length 10.11" Weight Approx. 28.7 lb

Product/Supplies Part Numbers

EPSON LQ-2180 printer C272001 EPSON LQ-2180 ribbon fabric S015086 Pull Tractor Unit C800321 High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder C806731 Second-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder C806741 Interfaces—Type B

Serial C823051 32KB Serial C823071 Bidirectional Parallel C823452 Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Server C823622 Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Server 10/100 C823642 Twinax C823151 Coax C823141

Warranty

Two year limited in the U.S. and Canada

Support–The Epson Connection

Pre-Sales Support U.S. and Canada 800-463-7766 Automated Technical Support 800-922-8911 Download Service 800-442-2007 Internet Website http://www.epson.com

Printing Method

24-pin, (12 x 2 staggered), impact dot matrix

Print Direction

Bidirectional with logic seeking

Print Speed

High Speed Draft 480 cps (10 cpi) Draft 360 cps (10 cpi) LQ 120 cps (10 cpi)

Print Characteristics

Character sets

14 international; 1 legal

Character code tables

13 tables: Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASC II, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, 1508859-15

Bitmap fonts

EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15; EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 proportional; EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 proportional; EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi; EPSON Prestige 10, 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 8 to 32 points; EPSON Sans Serif 8

to 32 points; EPSON Roman T 8 to 32 points;

EPSON Sans Serif H 8 to 32 points Bar code fonts

EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet

Printable Columns

Characters Per Line Character Pitch (CP)

10 cp i 136 10 10 cpi condensed 233 17.1 12 cp i 163 12 12 cpi condensed 272 20 15 cpi 204 15

Paper Handling

Cut sheet size (Single sheet or multipart)

Width 3.9-16.5" (100-420mm)

Length Max 16.5" (420mm) Envelopes

No. 6, No. 10 Card

Width 3.9-7.8" (100-200mm)

Length Max 7.8" (200mm) Continuous paper size (Single sheet, multipart or labels)

Width 4.0-16.0" (101-406mm)

Length Max 22.0" (559mm) Paper thickness

Cut sheet 0.0025-0.0055" (0.065-0.14mm) Cut sheet multipart forms thickness

0.0047-0.018" (0.12-0.46mm)

Card thickness

0.0087" (0.22mm)

Continuous paper multipart forms thickness

0.0025-0.018"(0.065-0.46mm)

Paper feeding

Friction feed (front/rear); Push tractor feed

(front/rear); Push/pull tractor feed (front/rear);

Pull tractor feed (front/rear/bottom) Copies

Original + 5 copies