Epson LQ-570 User Manual

Power cord

Ribbon cartridge

LQ-570/1070

Characterfonts:

! Fort1

Epson

Drafi

Epson

Cower

Epson Roman

Epson

San6 Sent

Epson Presllge

~ Epson

Scnpt

Epson Sormt

Epson Orator

Epson Orator-S

OCR-B

Point

Pitch/ 15cpl ,

i7P’

10 IO

10 /O

You can also select other font/pitch combinations using ESC/P 2

commands.

Scalable fonts:

Font

Epson Roman

Epson Sans serif

1 mln pt

I8 j8

1Ocpl

10.5

, 12cpl

i0 IO

I IO

] maxpl

(

Proptilonel

j 1

10 IO

Increments ~

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printing method: Printing speed:

Quellly

Mgh-speed draft DraR

Letter quality

Printing direction: Bidirectional logic-seeking for text and

Line spacing:

Paper feed speed:

Printable columns:

Character size

IOcpl

opl

condensed

l12coI

Buffer: 0 or 8 Kbytes (DIP-switch selectable)

24-pin impact dot matrix

Chemcten

10 225 10 210

110 !

per Inch

Cheratefdecondlllne

252

184

graphics. Unidirectional for graphics

(unidirectional can be selected with DIP switch or software command).

l/6

inch,

l/8

inch, or programmable in

1/36&nch

77.6 milliseconds per

increments

l/&inch line;

2.2 inches

per second with continuous feed

Maximum prlnted characters

La570

137

I LO-1070

136 233

164

Character tables: Character sets:

Mechanical

Paper-feed methods:

MCBF:

M7BF:

Print head life:

Dimensions and weight:

i Height I

Width

I I

Deoth

Weight

1 italic and 5 graphics character tables 14 international character se6 and 1 legal

character set

Friction Push-tractor Pull-tractor Single-bin cut-sheet feeder (optional) Double-bin cut-sheet feeder (by combination of both optional cut-sheet feeders)

Black ribbon cartridge

#7753 (LQ-570)

#I7754 (LQ-1070):

Life expectancy

ln LQ, at 48 dots/character: 2 million

characters In draft, at 28 dots/character: 3.42 million

characters

Film

ribbon

#7770 (LQ-2070)

cartridge #7768

(LQ-570)

(optional):

Life expectancy

In LQ,

at 48 dots/character:

0.2 million characters

0.3 million characters

(#7768), (#7770)

For all components (excluding print head):

3 million lines

LQ-570:

4OCO

power-on hours (25% duty)

LQ-1070: 6000 power-on hours (25% duty)

2OOmillionstrokesperwire(withfabricribbon)

100

million strokes per wire (with film ribbon)

La-570

151 mm (5.8 Inches)

434

mm (17 1 Inches)

368 mm (14.5

6.1 kg (13.4 lb)

Inches

I LQ-1070

151 mm (5.9 Inches)

609 mm (24 0 Inches)

I366

mm 114.5 inches)

16.4

kg (18.5 lb)

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LQ-570/1070

Electrical

Rated voltage: AC 120 V (120 V model) Input voltage range: AC Rated cuwen t:

Power cunsrrnption:

lcr3.5

to 132 V (120 V model)

2.0 A (120 V model) (during self-test printing in draft mode,

at 10 cpi) Approx. 33 W (120 V model)

Ratedfrequency range: 50 to 60 Hz Inputfrequency range: 49.5 to 60.5 Hz

Insulation resistance:

10 MR minimum (at DC 500 V between AC

power line and chassis)

Dielectric strength

(between

AC line and chassis):

120 V model:

AC 1.0 kV (rms), 1 minute

or AC 1.2 kV (rms), 1 second

Environmental

Temperature:

Humidity:

Operation: 5” to 35°C (41” to 95°F)

Storage: -30” to

60°C (-22’

Operation: 10% to 80% RH without condensation Storage: 5% to 85% RH without condensation

Paper

Single sheets:

Width

top

front

Length Thickness weight

Sing&sheet multi-part forms:

Width

Length

copies

Thickness

Weight

Continuous paper:

Width

Copies Thickness

Weight

148 to 257 mm (5.8 to 10.1 inches) for 148 to 420 mm (5.8 to 16.5 inches) for LQ-1070 182 to 257 mm (7.2 to 10.1 inches) for LQ570 182 to 364 mm (7.2 to 14.3 inches) for LQ1070 364 mm (14.3 inches) maximum

0.065 to 0.14 mm (0.0025 to 0.0055 inches)

52.3 to 90

182

g/m2

(14 to 24 lb)

to 216 mm (7.2 to 8.5 inches) for LQ-570 182 to 364 mm (7.2 to 14.3 inches) for LQ-1070 257 mm to 297 mm (10.1 to 11.7 inches) Four sheets (1 original plus up to 3 copies)

0.12 to 0.32 mm (0.0047 to 0.012 inches) 40 to 58

g/m*

l Load single-sheet multi-part forms only

(12 to 15 lb) per sheet

into the front slot.

Use orily carbonless multi-part forms.

101 to 254 mm (4 to 10 inches) for LQ-570 101 to 406 mm (4 to 16 inches) for LQ1070 Four sheets (1 original plus up to 3 copies)

0.065 to 0.10 mm (0.0025 to one sheet

0.065 to 0.32 mm (0.0025 to 0.012 inches) total

52.3 to 82 40 to 58

g/m*

(14 to 22 lb) for one sheet

g/m*

(12 to 15 lb) per sheet in

part forms

l Use only carbonless multi-part forms.

140OF)

O.OU.39

LQ570

inches) for

multi-

lRbd5:

Size

Thickness

Envelopes:

Size

Thickness Weight

Printable area:

Single sheets

The minimum top margin is 8.5 mm (0.33 inches).

The minimum left and right margins are 3 mm

(0.12 inches). However, the maximum printable width is 203 mm (8 inches)

for LQ-570 or 345 mm

(13.6 inches) for LQ1070.

The minimum bottom

margin is 13.5 mm

(0.53 inches).

Continuous

The

puper

xninimum

top and bottom margins (above and below the perforation) are 9 mm (0.35 inches).

The minimum left and right margins are 13 mm

(0.51 inches). However, the maximum printable width is 203 mm (8 inches) for

LQ570

or 345 mm

(13.6 inches) for

LQ1070

Envelopes A The minimum top

margin is 8.5 mm (0.33 inches).

B The minimum left

and right margins

are 3 mm (0.12 inches).

minimum bottom

C The

margin is 13.5 mm

(0.53 inches).

63.5 x 23.8 mm 101 x 23.8 mm (4 x 101 x 27 mm (4 x

0.07 to 0.09 mm

(2%

15/16

inches)

17/16

inches)

(O.OM8

to 0.0031 inches) for

inches)

backing sheet

0.16 to 0.19 mm

Use continuous type labels only.

Use labels

(O.OCKi3

to 0.0075 inches) total

only

under normal temperature

and humidity conditions.

No. 6-166 x 92 mm (6.5 x 3.6 inches) No. 10-240 x 104 mm (9.5 x 4.1 inches)

0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0197 inches) 45 to 91 g/m2 (12 to 15

Use envelopes only under normal

lb)

temperature and humidity conditions.

insert

envelopes into the top slot only.

Printable

area

Printable area

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24-Pin Printers

The Control Panel

The indicator lights give you the current status of the printer. The buttons let you control many of the printer settings.

ALT

While

holding down this button, pressing certain other buttons

results in the following:

BUFFER CLEAR

(PAUSE) clears the printer’s buffer and intitializes

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Lights

OPERATE (green)

On when operate switch is on and power is supplied.

PAUSE (yellow)

On when the printer is not ready to print data. Stays off unless you press the PAUSE button to prevent printing.

DATA (yellow)

On when data is present in the printer’s buffer.

MULTI-PART (green)

On when you move the paper-thickness lever to position 2 or higher. The printing speed is reduced when this light is on.

PAPER OUT (red)

On when the printer runs out of paper.

BIN

1 (green)

On when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper feeding.

BIN

2 (green)

On when bin 2 of the

feeding.

optionai

cut-sheet feeder is selected for paper

TEAR OFF (yellow)

On when you press the TEAR OFF button to feed the paper to the tear-

off position

Fonts(gretm)

On when a specific font is selected.

Buttons

PAUSE

Press this button to temporarily stop printing. Press this button again to resume printing.

LOAD/EJECT

Press this button to load single-sheet or continuous paper to the loading position (however, the printer normally loads paper automatically). If single-sheet paper is already in the loading position, use this button to eject the sheet. lf continuous paper is in the loading or tear-off position, press this button to feed it backward to the standby position.

LF/FF

(Line feed/Form feed)

Tap this button briefly to feed the paper forward one line. Hold this button down to eject a single sheet of paper or advance continuous paper to the top of the next page. You can also use this button to load a single sheet of paper from the cut-sheet feeder or to feed continuous paper from the standby position to the loading position.

Sfzji?

(LOAD/EJECT) feeds paper forward in

’J

(LVFF)

feed paper backward in 1 /lB@inch

increments

l/ 180~inch

Bin Sale&TEAR OFF

This button selects the paper bin when both optional cut-sheet feeders are installed and you are printing on single sheets. When printing on continuous paper, press this button once to feed paper

from the loading position to the tear-off position. Press this button

again to feed the paper backward to the loading position.

CONDENSED

Press this button to print condensed characters. Press again to return to normal character printing.

FONT

Press this button to select from among the built-in fonts.

Note: The panel’s font name actual minted results may differ slightly.

typestyles

are meant as guides only;

Other control-panel features

The control panel also gives you access to two special functions: self test:

Hold down the

LF/FF

button (for LQ printing) or the LOAD/EJECT button (for draft printing) while turning on the printer to perform the self test. The self test lets you

check that your printer is operating properly and gives you a printout of the current DIP-switch settings.

Data dump: Hold down both the

button while turning on the printer to enter data dump mode. Data dump mode allows advanced users to find the cause of communication problems between the

printer and the computer.

LF/FF

button and LOAD/EJECT

Setting the DIP Switches

DIP-switch tables

The section below shows the settings and functions of each DIP switch. You can see the current DIP-switch settings at any time by running the self test.

Table I DIP switch

l-l 1-2 l-3

l-4 l-5

1-6 1-7 l-6

DWCliptlOfl

lntemabonal

character tables’

/ Pnnt

High-speed

Input buffer

1 -Inch &D-over-Derforatlon

dwctlon

character

draft

sets/

See Tables 3 and 4 below

1 Unldwctlonal Bidvechonai j

Off

None

I On

OFF

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