Epson LQ-590II Impact Printer

AN EFFICIENT, RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE PRINTER YOU CAN RELY ON.

The Epson LQ-590II is designed to offer busy offices extraordinary speed, output quality and reliability. Based on Epson’s experience in delivering industry-standard solutions, this printer helps you run and grow your business and stay in control of your operations. Easily manage and print seven-part forms^* and reports at print speeds of up to 487 characters per seconds (cps) to deliver fast results and speedy transactions. Moreover, with a high character yield of up to 5 million characters, you can do more with less.

* For continuous paper only.

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Overview

Increased Productivity
Enjoy maximum productivity with fast print speeds of up to 487 cps (10 cpi) and 128 kb memory buffer.

Long-life Reliability
Enjoy cost savings, superior print quality and minimal downtime with a MTBF of 25,000 POH.

What's in the box:

Main Unit
CD-ROM
Set-up Manual
AC Power Cable
Ribbon Cartridge
Guide Stacker
Wing
Tractor

Specifications

Printing Technology:

Print Method: Impact dot matrixControl Panel: 6 switches and 10 LEDsPrint Direction: Bi-directionControl Code: ESC/P2, IBM PPDSNumber of Pins: 24

Print Speed:

Ultra High Speed Draft: 10 cpi: 550cpsHigh Speed Draft: 10 / 12 cpi: 487 / 584 cpsDraft: 10 / 12 cpi: 366 / 439 cpsNLQ: 10 / 12 cpi: 121 / 145 cps

Reliability:

Printhead Life: 400 million strokes / wireMean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF): 50 million lines (except print head)Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 25,000 Power On Hours (POH) (25% Duty)

Print Characteristics:

Character Sets: 1 Italic and 12 graphical character tables: Italic table, PC437 (US, StandardEurope), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC865 (Nordic), PC863 (Canadian-French), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15Bitmap Fonts: 10, 12, 15 cpiScalable Fonts: Epson Roman / Sans Serif / Roman T / Sans Serif H: 10.5pt., 8pt - 32pt. (every 2pt.)Barcode: EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A , UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET

Paper Path:

Manual Insertion: Front or Rear in-Top outPush Tractor: Front or rear in, top outPull Tractor: Front, rear or bottom in, top out

Paper Media:

Cut Sheet (Single Sheet): Entry: Front
Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
Width: 100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.14 mm (0.0025 - 0.0055”)
Entry: Rear
Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
Width:100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.14 mm (0.0025 - 0.0055”)Cut Sheet (Multi-part Forms): Entry: Front
Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
Width: 100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.12 - 0.46 mm (0.0047 - 0.018”)
Copies: 1 Original + 5 copiesContinuous Paper (Single Sheet / Multi-part): Entry: Front, Rear, Bottom
Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)
Width: 101.6 - 254 mm (4.0 - 10.0”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.49 mm (0.0025 - 0.019”)
Copies: Original + 6 copiesEnvelope (No.6): Entry: Rear
Length: 92mm (3.6”)
Width: 165mm (6.5”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.52 mm (0.0063 - 0.0205”)Envelope (No.10): Entry: Rear
Length: 105mm (4.1”)
Width: 241mm (9.5”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.52 mm (0.0063 - 0.0205”)Label (Base Sheet): Entry: Bottom
Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)
Width: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.19 mm (0.0063 - 0.0075”)Card: Entry: Front, Rear
Length: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Width: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Thickness: 0.22mm (0.0087”)Roll Paper: Entry: Rear
Diameter: 127mm (5”)
Width: 216mm (8.5”)
Thickness: 0.07 - 0.09 mm (0.0028 - 0.035”)Line Spacing: 4.23mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.0706mm (1/360”)

Options:

Options: Single Bin Cut Sheet Feeder C12C806372
Pull Tractor Unit C12C933761
Ribbon Cartridge C13S015589
High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder C12C806382

Environmental Conditions (Operating):

Temperature: 5 - 35 °C^*2Humidty: 10 - 80% RH^*2

Acoustic Noise:

Acoustic Noise: 55dB

Input Data Buffer:

Input Data Buffer: 128KB

Interface:

Interface: USB 2.0, Bi-directional parallel USB 2.0, Bi-directional parallel
(IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)

Printable Columns:

Pitch: 10cpi: 80 columns

Ribbon Cartridge:

Standard: Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black)Ribbon Life: Approx. 5 million Characters^*1

Supported Operating System:

Printer Driver: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10Utility: Epson Status Monitor 3: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
Epson Setting Utility: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10

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