Epson PLQ-20, LQ 2090, LQ 630, LQ-680, PLQ-20D User Manual

EPSON DOT MATRIX RANGE

9-PIN DOT MATRIX PRINTERS
24-PIN DOT MATRIX PRINTERS

EPSON
DOT MATRIX RANGE

Epson is the world’s largest manufacturer of dot matrix
printers with a product range that offers the ultimate
in high speed, low cost, reliable and durable printing
across all stationery types. Ideal for drafting, high
volume data processing, and multi-part stationery –
for which there is simply no alternative – no other
technology offers such broad capability from a single
machine.

Offering a wider choice than any other manufacturer – and spanning every
duty cycle, from light to heavy duty – the Epson dot matrix range enables you
to strike exactly the right balance between capability, performance and cost.
And built to the standards which have made the Epson brand synonymous
with reliability, Epson dot matrix printers are not only competitively priced, but
extremely economical to run.

EPSON 9-PIN
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS

Featur ing durable, heavy and medium
duty printers for continuous data
processing and high speed drafting
tasks – while offering competitively
priced low cost printers – the Epson
9-pin dot matrix range offers excep­tional value.

Outstanding performance combined
with high precision alignment and
sophisticated paper handling enables
this truly comprehensive range of
narrow and wide carriage printers to
tackle the widest range of high speed
printing tasks with supreme accuracy,
making them ideal for commercial,
industrial and logistic applications –
including data processing, invoicing,
stock requisitions, cheque runs, label
printing etc.

EPSON 24-PIN
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS

Offering all the features available
across the Epson 9-pin range, but
with the addition of scalable fonts
and letter quality, for superior print
quality, Epson 24-pin printers are
ideal for front desk applications in
the retail and service industries, and
for tasks such as invoice and order
printing.

NEW

EPSON LQ-690

• Print speed enhancer: fast printing of bit image data

from the Windows

• High reliability at MTBF of 20,000 hours

• High ribbon yield of 10 million characters

2

®

environment

The range is further enhanced with
fl at-bed printers that enable 24-pin
printing to be achieved on less
fl exible materials and a wide variety
of non-standard stationery such as
receipts and label printing.

Printer Model Duty 9-Pin 24-Pin POS Instore Accounting Listing Passbook

LX-300+II

LX-1170II

FX-890

FX-2190

DFX-9000

LQ-300+II

LQ-590

LQ-630

LQ-680/680Pro

LQ-690

LQ-2090

LQ-2180

DLQ-3500

PLQ-20/20M

PLQ-20D/20DM

Light

Medium

High

High

Heavy

Light

Medium

Light

Medium

Medium

Medium

High

Heavy

Heavy

Heavy

THE DOT MATRIX PRINTER ADVANTAGES

• Low TCO per print-outs (as low as 20 euro cents/
100 pages)

• Multi-part capability (up to 1 original + 9 copies)

• Long lasting print-outs (up to 100 years)

• Can work under harsh environments
(Hot, cold, dry, humid or dusty environments)

• Less maintenance

• Handles continuous paper (Good for transaction
continuity)

• Handles media of varying thickness
(Paper, multipart forms, envelopes, card etc)

• Multiple paper paths (Choose paper loading paths
that match your workstation environment)

• Handles cut sheets and continuous paper

simultaneously

COMPATIBILITY – ESC/P2

ESC/P (Epson Standard Code for Printers) is the defacto

standard dot matrix printer control language, worldwide.
Adopted in the vast majority of popular software packages,

ESC/P enables you to plug straight in – and print. The

versatility and quality of Epson impact printing is further

extended by ESC/P2 which enables Epson 24-pin printers

to achieve scalable fonts and high resolution graphics.

Fully compatible with existing software, ESC/P2 is
designed for use with non Windows® operating systems,
enabling you to achieve font manipulation without the
need for costly on-board processors. If you are working
within the Windows® environment you will be able to
achieve your printer’s maximum speed by using printer
resident fonts.

CONNECTIVITY

Epson connectivity goes far beyond USB, parallel and
serial interfaces. Where Epson impact printers are required
to serve either as a shared resource or as a personal

printer, we offer Ethernet and Wireless 802.11b. For full

details of interfacing options please refer to the options
and specifications tables at the back of this brochure.

COLOUR PRINTING

Colour printing highlights important information and
gives clarity to forms. Epson colour ribbons are ultra
tough and produce colourful results without bleed or
smudging. An easily installed colour upgrade is available
for selected printers. For full details of printing options
please refer to the options and specifications tables at
the back of this brochure.

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EPSON DOT MATRIX PRINTER SELECTOR

9 pin – speed is more important

than print quality

≤ A4

≤ A3/A4 landscape

PAPER SIZE

PRINT VOLUME PRINT VOLUME

low low highhigh

LX-300+II FX-890 LX-1170II FX-2190 DFX-9000

Quick comparison

Speed

Print volumes / durability

Footprint

Quieter printing

Flatbed printer

Platen gap adjustment

Multi copy capability

Paper feeds Continuous rear rear rear rear rear

front

Cut sheet top top top top

Print width

Printer language

Colour printing

top

rear

bottom

lmmmm llllm lmmmm llllm lllll

lmmmm llllm lmmmm llllm lllll

lmmmm llmmm llmmm llllm lllll

lmmmm lllmm lmmmm lllmm llllm

manual manual manual manual automatic*

1+4 parts 1+5 parts 1+4 parts 1+5 parts 1+9 parts

bottom bottom bottom bottom bottom (front)

front front

front (optional) front (optional)

80 columns, 8“ 80 columns, 8“ 136 columns, 13.6“ 136 columns, 13.6“ 136 columns, 13.6“

Epson / IBM Epson / IBM / Oki Epson / IBM Epson / IBM / Oki Epson / IBM

optional

lmmmm = low l ll ll = high

* DFX-9000, LQ-680Pro and DLQ-3500 have automatic platen gap adjustment to ensure optimum settings when changing between different media types

with the minimum of user intervention. Automatic platen gap adjustment also allows printing on forms with varying thickness, such as multipart courier forms that
also include a label.

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PRINT QUALITY

24 pin – print quality

is as important as speed

≤ A4

≤ A3/A4 landscape

PAPER SIZE

low no yes

PRINT VOLUME FLATBED

FLATBED

A4 landscape

no yes high A3

LQ-300+II LQ-630 LQ-590 LQ-2090 LQ-2180

LQ-680/

680Pro

LQ-690 DLQ-3500

lmmmm lmmmm llmmm llmmm lllmm llmmm llmmm llllm

lmmmm lmmmm lllmm llllm llllm lllmm lllmm lllll

lmmmm lmmmm llmmm llllm lllll llllm llllm lllll

lmmmm llllm lmmmm llmmm lllmm lllmm lllmm lllll

flatbed flatbed flatbed flatbed

manual manual manual manual manual

1+3 parts 1+4 parts 1+4 parts 1+4 parts 1+5 parts 1+5 parts 1+6 parts 1+7 parts

rear rear rear rear rear rear rear rear

bottom bottom bottom bottom

front front front

top front top top top front front front

front front front

80 columns, 8“ 80 columns, 8“ 80 columns, 8“ 136 columns, 13.6“ 136 columns, 13.6“ 106 columns, 10.6“ 106 columns, 10.6“ 136 columns, 13.6“

Epson / IBM Epson / IBM Epson / IBM Epson / IBM Epson / IBM Epson / IBM Epson / IBM Epson / IBM

optional standard

manual (LQ-680)

autom.* (LQ-680 Pro)

manual automatic*

Errors and omissions excepted, all specifications are subject to change without notice.

July 2009

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EPSON DOT MATRIX PRINTER COMPARISON

per inch

Model

LX-300+II

LX-1170II

FX-890

9-pin24-pin

FX-2190

DFX-9000

LQ-300+II

LQ-590

C11C640041 (220 V)

C11C640051 (240 V)

C11C641001 (220 V)

C11C641002 (240 V)

C11C524025 (220 V)

C11C524026 (240 V)

C11C526022 (220 V)

C11C526023 (240 V)

C11C605011BZ (220 V)

C11C605011DA (240 V)

C11C638001 (220 V)

C11C638002 (240 V)

C11C558022 (220 V)

C11C558022A1 (240 V)

Order code

Character per line

80

136

80

136

High speed high volume

136

80

80

Applications

Office application

Front desk

Listing

Accounting

Invoicing

Listing

Accounting

Invoicing

Listing

Accounting

Invoicing

printing

Office application

Front desk

Office application

Listing

Quality:

Quality:

Ultra high speed draft:

Quality:

Ultra high speed draft:

Quality:

Quality:

Quality:

Quality:

(characters

Print speed in CPS

per second)

High speed draft:

High speed draft:

High speed draft:

High speed draft:

High speed draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

per inch

CPS @ 12 characters

CPS @ 10 characters

300

337

225

27067Low 1+4 366 x 275 x 159

56

300

337

225

27067Low 1+4 546 x 275 x 163

56

566

680

419

503

104.6

566
419

104.6

1550
1320

330

300
225

75

440
330
110

Medium 1+5 414 x 350 x 167.5

125.9

680
503

Medium 1+5 589 x 350 x 167.5

125.9

1450
1320

High 1+9 700 x 378 x 363

330

n/a

27090Low 1+3 366 x 275 x 159

529
396

Medium 1+4 473.5 x 374.5 x 171.5

132

Multipart copy capability

Print volume

mm

Dimensions (WxDxH)

6

standard

l

LQ-630

LQ-680

LQ-680Pro

LQ-690

LQ-2090

LQ-2180

DLQ-3500

PLQ-20/

PLQ-20M

PLQ-20D/

PLQ-20DM

optional

m

C11C480019 (220 V)

C11C480019A1 (240 V)

C11C376025 (220 V)

C11C376026 (240 V)

C11C376125 (220 V)

C11C376125A1 (240 V)

C11CA13041 (220 V)
C11CA13051 (240 V)

C11C559012 (220 V)

C11C559012A1 (240 V)

C11C272152 (220 V)

C11C272153 (240 V)

C11C396085 (220 V)

C11C396086 (240 V)

PLQ-20:
C11C560171 (220 V)
C11C560021DA (240 V)
PLQ-20M:
C11C560181 (220 V)
C11C560031DA (240 V)

PLQ-20D:
C11C560361 (220 V)
C11C560311A1 (240 V)
PLQ-20DM:
C11C560371 (220 V)
C11C560341A1 (240 V)

80

106 Flat bed printing

106

106

136

136 High speed listing

136

94

94

Office application

Flat bed printing

Flat bed printing,

paper with varying thickness

(auto platten gap adjustment)

Office application

Flat bed application

Listing

Accounting

Invoicing

High speed listing

Flat bed printing,

paper with varying thickness

(auto platten gap adjustment)

Passbook, cheques,

front desk applications

Passbook, cheques,

front desk applications

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

High speed draft:

Quality:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

Draft:

300

360

225

27094Low 1+4 386 x 306 x 185

79

413

n/a

310

372

103

413
310
103

440
330
110

440
330
110

480
360
120

550
495
165

480
360
120

480
360
120

Medium 1+5 497 x 387 x 230

124

n/a

372

Medium 1+5 497 x 387 x 230

124

529
396

Medium 1+6 480 x 370 x 210

132

529
396

Medium 1+4 612.5 x 374.5 x 171.5

132

n/a

431

Medium 1+5 639 x 402 x 268

143

n/a

594

High 1+7 660 x 432 x 276

198

576
432

Medium 1+6 384 x 280 x 203

144

576
432

Medium 1+6 384 x 280 x 203

144