Epson LQ-510 Product Information Guide

LQ- 510 DOT- MATRIX PRINTER

Printer Specifications

Printing

Print method:

Print speed:

Quality

Draft

X-pin impact dot matrix

Characters per inch Characters/second/line

10 12 10 12

150 180

50 60

Ribbon cartridge

The Cut Sheet Feeder

The optional cut sheet feeder (C806122) makes it possible to handle single-sheet paper more easily and more efficiently. Up to 150 sheets of standard bond paper can be fed automatically into the printer without reloading.

The Multi- Font Module

Printing direction:

Lime spacing:

Paper feed speed:

(continuous feed)

Printable columns:

Input buffer:

Optional

fonts:

Bidirectional logic-seeking for text printing. Unidirectional for graphics (can also be switched to bidirectional by using the proper software command when DIP switch 2-6 is on).

1/6 inch or programmable in increments of

1/360th of an inch

Single sheet:

2.2 inches per set (100 ms/line)

Continuous:2.2 inches per sec

(100 ms/line)

8 KB/l KB / (DIP switch selectable)

LQ Epson Courier LQ Epson Prestige LQ Epson Script LQ Epson OCR-B LQ Epson OCR-A LQ Epson Orator LQ Epson Orator-S

The optional Multi-Font Module gives you an easy way to have access to seven more fonts for your printer. After you install the Multi-Font Module in its slot, you can use any one of the following fonts as your default font when the printer is turned on and any of the others optionally by sending a command to the printer.

Font name

Courier

;

Prestige

Script

i OCR-B

OCR-A 0rator Orator-S

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Family number

2 3

6 7 10 8

Characters per inch

10.

12.15

10.

12.15

10. 12.15

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Characters:

96 standard ASCII character set (including italic characters)

15 international character sets Epson Extended Graphics character set

Paper Paper

width:

Single sheet Continuous

7.2 to 10.1 inches

(182

to 257 mm) 4 to 10 inches (101 to 254 mm)

Envelope Labels

inches (166 or 240 mm) 2 l/2 x 15/16 inches

(continuous (minimum)

(63.5 x 23.8 mm)

7.2 to 14.3 inches

(182

to 364 mm)

Paper Length:

only)

Single sheet

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0.51 inches (13 mm) or more (both sides) when the 4 to 9.5 inch (101 mm to 242 mm) width paper is used.

0.98 inches (25 mm) or more (both sides) when the 10 inch (254 mm) width paper is used.

Envelope

‘1 Il.87

mchrs 122 mmJ

Ribbon:

Life expectancy of ribbon:

MCBF:

MTBF:

Print head life: Dimensions and

weight: (excluding knobs and paper guides)

Electrical

Voltage:

Dielectric strength (between AC line and chassis):

120 VAC ± 10% 100 watts maximum 50 ± 0.5 Hz, 60 ± 0.5 Hz 10 Mohms between AC power line

and chassis Can withstand 1.25 kV rms

applied for one minute

Environment

Temperature:

Humidity:

Shock:

operation angle:

Operation: Storage:

Operation: 10% to 80% (noncondensing) storage:

Operation:

Storage: Operation:

Storage:

Cartridge ribbon, available in black: #7753

#7753: 2,000,000 characters (in Letter Quality characters, at 48 dots/character)

For all components excluding print head: 3,000,000 lines

4000 power on hours (duty 25%) 200,000,000 strokes/wire

Height: Width: Depth: Weight:

Less than 15° (without cut sheet feeder) 0° (with cut sheet feeder)

5.51 inches (139.9 mm)

16.46 inches (418.0 mm)

13.66 inches (347.0 mm) 13 lbs (6

approx.)

40°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)

-22°F to 140°F (-30°C to 60°C)

5% to 85% (noncondensing) Up to 1 G within 1 ms

Up to 2 G within 1 ms

Up to 0.25 G at up to 55 H Up to 0.50 G at up to 55 Hz

Note:

Envelope printing is only available at normal temperature.

Load the envelope with its long side horizontal.

Paper weight:

Paper thickness:

Copy

Capacity:

Note:

Label printing is available only at normal temperature.

Single Sheet Continuous Multi-part forms Envelope

Single Sheet Continuous Envelope

Label (with backing)

Up to 3 sheets including the original. Total thickness must not exceed 0.01 inches

(0.25

14 lb to 24 lb 14 lb to 22 lb 12 lb to 15 lb per sheet. Maximum number sheets = 3 12 lb to 24 lb

0.0025 to 0.0055 inches (0.065 to 0.14 mm)

0.0025 to 0.01 inches (0.065 to 0.25 mm)

0.0063 to 0.0197 inches (0.16 to 0.52 mm)

0.01 inches

(Maximum 0.28 mm)

mm).

Mechanical

Paper feeding methods; Friction

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Push tractor

Cut sheet feeder (optional)

Pull tractor (optional)

Interface Timing

The figure below shows the timing for the parallel interface.

Compatible Interfaces

The following is a list of Epson interfaces that are compatible with your LQ-510 printer.

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Printing Enabled/Disabled Signals and Control Conditions

The table below shows the relationship between printing being enabled or disabled, the on line/off line status, and the receipt of the data on/off control characters, DC1 or DC3.

l While printing is disabled, character data is being received and

acknowledged so that the printer

can

look for another DC1

character, which would allow it to resume printing.

Setting the DIP Switches

Country 0 USA 1

Frame

2Germany

3 4Denmark 5Sweden 6

Italy

Spain

24405B5C

ASCII coda hex

607B7C

5D5E

I#$@[

\ 1

7D7E

-‘(

I-/ONiONiON

In addition to the eight character sets shown above, the seven international character sets that follow can be selected with a software command: ESC R. For more information, see the command summary

8Japan

9Norway

10Denmark II 11

Spain II

Latin America 13Korea 64 Legal

The Control Panel

Lights

I DIP SW

1-1

1-2 1-3

1-6/ Condensed mode on/off

1-7/ Character table

SW! -h

2-1

Page length ,/I

2-2 Tear-off mode

2-3’ 1-inch skip overperforation

2-4

Auto line feed

2-5

Input buffer capacity

2-6

Graphics print direction

2-7 Character spacing

2-8

ON 1 ON

Germany

ON / OFF

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Condensedj Normal

Graphics

12 inches 11 inches

;

8KB

Bidirect I

On Off on off on off

See table 3

I Draft

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1Ocol

12cp1 115cpi OFF I ON ~ ~

Propallonal

Italics

1 KB

Unidirect

ON 1 ON

i ~~2.7 / ~~24 I

OFF 1 OFF

ON 1 OFF

ON ON

3-19

3-22

3-10 3-9 3-11 3-9 3-9 3-9

3-8

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blinking, the micro-adjustment

POWER (green) On when the POWER switch is on and power is supplied.

READY (green) On when the printer IS ready to accept input data. Flickers during printing.

CONDENSED

OAD/

EJECT

PAPER On when the printer is out of

paper or when continuous paper is in the standby position.

ON LINE (green)

On when the printer is on line and ready to accept data.

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FONT This button is used to select LQ ROMAN, LQ SANS SERIF, DRAFT mode, or a cartridge font (if

installed). The two orange indicator lights show the selected font. See Selecting Typestyles later in this chapter.

CONDENSED This button is used to turn the condensed mode on and off. The orange indicator light is on when

the printer is in the condensed

mode. In the condensed mode, all

characters are Printed at approximately 60 percent of their

normal width.

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OUT (red)

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