Epson LQ-50 Technical data

DOT MATRIX PRINTER

Epson LQ-50

Compact, versatile bill printer

with ﬂ exible wide-receipt options

IMAGING

INNOVATION

INNOVATI

Epson’s constant innovations in retail printing solutions give you the best performing printer that suit your business requirements

• Allows users to print on wider receipts

It supports 152.4mm (6”) width fanfold paper for the issuing of receipts.

Roll paper can also be used if the optional roll paper holder is attached to the printer.

• Saves counter space

At only 275mm (10.83”) wide, it is compactly designed to allow easy

installation even on counters with limited space.

• High quality printing

Its 24-pin print head supports printing of Indian texts in high resolution both by the command control and through a Windows® driver. 10 local Indian language device fonts are pre-installed. In addition, it is designed to perform well in dusty or sandy locations.

IMAGING INNOVATION

OPTIONS

FABRIC RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK)

FABRIC RIBBON PACK (BLACK)

ROLL PAPER HOLDER C12C811261

240mm (9.45”)

* paper not included

PRINTER STAND C12C847221

* paper not included

LEGEND:

cpi: Characters per inch (Character per 25.4 mm)

cps: Characters per second

cpl: Characters per line

POH: Power On Hours

As an international ENERGY STAR Partner, Epson has determined that this product meets the international ENERGY STAR Programme for energy efﬁ ciency.

EPSON is the registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

All other product names and other company names used herein are for identiﬁ cation purposes only and are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks. Scan/Print samples shown herein are simulations. Speciﬁ cations are subject to change without notice.

275mm (10.83”)

C13S015621

C13S010086

153mm (6.02”)

Epson LQ-50

SPECIFICATIONS

PRODUCT CODE C11CB12001

PRINTER TYPE

PRINTING METHOD Impact dot matrix NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 24 pins PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking CONTROL CODE ESC/P 2 and IBM 2390 Plus emulation

PRINTER SPEED

HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10 / 12 cpi 300 / 360 cps DRAFT 10 / 12 / 15 cpi 225 / 270 / 337 cps DRAFT CONDENSED 17 / 20 cpi 192 / 225 cps LQ 10 / 12 / 15 cpi 75 / 90 / 112 cps LQ CONDENSED 17 / 20 cpi 128 / 150 cps

PRINT CHARACTERISTICS

CHARACTER SETS 15 International character sets 13 Standard character code tables :

Italic table, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15

5 Indian tables :

ISCII, PC-ISCII, EA-ISCII, TAB-Tamil99, TAM-Tamil99

BIT MAP FONT 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 OCR-B: 10 cpi; EPSON Orator: 10 cpi; EPSON Orator-S: 10 cpi

INDIAN FONTS CDAC Devanagari, CDAC Bengali, CDAC Tamil, CDAC Telugu, CDAC Assamese, CDAC Oriya, CDAC Kannada, CDAC Malayalam, CDAC Gujarati, CDAC Punjabi: Proportional

SCALABLE FONTS EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Roman T, EPSON Sans Serif H, EPSON Sans Serif H: 10.5 pt., 8 to 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)

BAR CODE FONT EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET

PRINTABLE COLUMNS

PITCH 10 cpi 50 cpl 12 cpi 60 cpl 15 cpi 75 cpl 17 cpi CONDENSED 85 cpl 20 cpi CONDENSED 100 cpl

PAPER/MEDIA HANDLING

PAPER PATH TRACTOR Rear in, Top out ROLL PAPER Rear in, Top out PAPER SIZE

CONTINUOUS PAPER WIDTH x LENGTH 101.6 - 152.4 mm (4.0 - 6.0”) x 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)

THICKNESS 0.065 - 0.25 mm (0.0025 - 0.0098”) (Total) ROLL PAPER WIDTH 121.0 - 127.0 mm (4.0 - 5.0”) THICKNESS 0.065 - 0.09 mm (0.0025 - 0.0035”) PAPER FEEDING

STANDARD FRICTION FEED Rear

PUSH TRACTOR FEED Rear OPTIONAL FEEDER Rear push tractor and Roll paper holder COPIES Original + 2 copies LINE SPACING 4.23 mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.071 mm (1/360”)

INPUT DATA BUFFER 64 KB

INTERFACE

STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported) USB (ver 2.0 Full Speed) interface

RIBBON CARTRIDGE

STANDARD FABRIC RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK) RIBBON LIFE Approx. 3 million characters (LQ 10 cpi, 48 dots/character)

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

RELIABILITY

MEAN PRINT VOLUME BETWEEN FAILURE (MVBF) 20 million lines (Except print head) MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE (MTBF) 10000 POH (25% Duty) PRINT HEAD LIFE Approx. 200 million strokes/wire

CONTROL PANEL 3 switches and 3 LEDs

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)

TEMPERATURE 5 to 35°C / 45 to 95°F HUMIDITY 10 to 80% RH

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION

RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 - 240 V RATED FREQUENCY 50 - 60 Hz POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 20 W (Original Pattern), ENERGY STAR compliant

DIMENSIONS

WIDTH X DEPTH X HEIGHT 275 mm (10.83”) x 240 mm (9.45”) x 153 mm (6.02”) WEIGHT Approx. 3.3 kg / 7.28 lbs

PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY

OS Microsoft UTILITY EPSON STATUS MONITOR 3 Microsoft EPSON PRINTER SETTING Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista

Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Linux

Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista