Epson LQ-310 Dot Matrix Printer

Description

24-Pin Narrow Carriage Impact Printer
Your fast and affordable printing solution

Narrow carriage 24-pin SIDM
High 416 CPS print speed at 12CPI
10,000 power on hour MTBF
USB, Serial and Parallel ports

Printing Technology:
Print Method:
Impact dot matrix
Control Panel:
4 switches and 5 LEDs
Print Direction:
Bi-direction with logic seeking
Number of Pins in Head:
24 pins
Control Code:
ESC/P2 and IBM PPDS emulation

Print Speed:
High Speed Draft:
10cpi: 347 cps
12cpi: 416 cps
Draft:
10cpi: 260 cps
12cpi: 312 cps
15cpi: 390 cps
(Condensed) 17cpi: 222 cps
(Condensed) 20cpi: 260 cps
Letter Quality:
10cpi: 86 cps
12cpi: 103 cps
15cpi: 129 cps
(Condensed) 17cpi: 147 cps
(Condensed) 20cpi: 172 cps

Reliability:
MTBF:
Approx. 10,000 POH (25% Duty)
Printhead Life:
Approx. 400 million strokes/wire
Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF):
Approx. 20 million lines (Except print head)

Print Characteristics:
Character Sets:
Italic table, PC437 (US Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC863 (Canadian-French), PC865 (Nordic), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15
Bitmap Fonts:
Epson Draft: 10, 12, 15 cpi; Epson Roman & San Serif: 10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional; Epson Courier: 10, 12, 15 cpi; Epson Prestige: 10, 12 cpi; Epson Script, OCR-B, Orator & Orator-S: 10cpi; Epson Script C: Proportional
Scalable Fonts:
Epson Roman, Epson San Serif, Epson Roman T & Epson San 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:
Rear in, Top out
Push Tractor:
Rear in, Top out

Paper Media:
Cut Sheet (Single Sheet):
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):
Length: 100 ~ 364 mm (3.9 ~ 14.3")
Width: 100 ~ 257 mm (3.9 ~ 10.1")
Thickness: 0.12 ~ 0.32 mm (0.0047 ~ 0.0126") (Total)
Envelope (No.6):
Length: 92 mm (3.6"), Width: 165 mm (6.5"), Thickness: 0.16 ~ 0.52 mm (0.0063 ~ 0.0205") (Total)
Envelope (No.10):
Length: 105 mm (4.1"), Width: 241 mm (9.5"), Thickness: 0.16 ~ 0.52 mm (0.0063 ~ 0.0205") (Total)
Continuous Paper (Single Sheet):
Length: 101.6 ~ 558.8 mm (4.0 ~ 22.0")
Width: 101.6 ~ 254.0 mm (4.0 ~ 10.0")
Thickness: 0.065 ~ 0.32 mm (0.0025 ~ 0.0126") (Total)
Continuous Paper (Multi-part Forms):
Length: 101.6 ~ 558.8 mm (4.0 ~ 22.0")
Width: 101.6 ~ 254.0 mm (4.0 ~ 10.0")
Thickness: 0.065 ~ 0.32 mm (0.0025 ~ 0.0126") (Total)
Roll Paper:
Width: 216 mm (8.5"), Thickness: 0.07 ~ 0.09 mm (0.0028 ~ 0.0035")