Epson LQ-690 Dot Matrix Printer

Durable, 24 pin, 106 column, medium duty flatbed dot matrix printer

• Prints up to 440 cps (10 cpi) at High Speed Draft
• Print Speed Enhancer: Fast printing of bit image data under Windows® environment
• High reliability at mean time between failure of 20,000 hours
• High ribbon yield of 10 million characters
• High memory buffer of 128 Kbytes
• Low power consumption
• Copy capability of one original + 6 copies
• Compact design

Epson LQ-690 Dot Matrix Printer

Epson LQ-690 Dot Matrix Printer Print faster and more productively, thanks to the Print Speed Enhancer – a unique feature in the Epson driver.

Perfect for those printing directly from any Windows ® applications. Also, LQ-690 is capable of printing an impressive 440 cps (10 cpi) when using printer resident fonts.

High Ribbon Yield

In a demanding and fast-moving work environment, a high ribbon yield is essential, and with 10 million characters per ribbon, this marks out the LQ-690 as a leading force in the flatbed market. It is also cost-effective with long ribbon replacement cycles, low running costs and total cost of ownership.

Dependable

Durable and built to last, users will be assured by the MTBF (mean time between failures) of 20,000 power on hours, plus a print head life of 400 million strokes/wire.

This results in greater productivity and less maintenance – essential when producing large amounts of documents and data.

Designed with the dot matrix user in mind, our latest model has an impressive print speed of up to 440 cps.

This flexible and compact printer can easily handle cut sheets, continuous paper, labels, envelopes and cards.

aIt has a built-in Print Speed Enhancer to increase the speed of bit image printing, making it an ideal printer for those in the most demanding of work environments.

Print Other:

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Printing Technology:24 pin
impact dot matrixPrint Resolution:Bi-directional with logic seekingPrint Speed:HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12CPI – 529cps
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10CPI – 440cps
DRAFT 15CPI – 496cps
DRAFT 12CPI – 396cps
DRAFT 10CPI – 330cps
DRAFT 20CPI condensed – 330cps
DRAFT 17CPI condensed – 283cps
LQ 15CPI – 165cps
LQ 12CPI – 132cps
LQ 10CPI – 110cps
LQ 20CPI condensed – 220cps
LQ 17CPI condensed – 188cpsPrint Direction:Bi-directional with logic seeking

Paper Handling Impact:

Single Sheets:Width 90.0 – 304.8 mm (3.5 – 12.0 inch)
Length 70 – 420 mm (2.8 – 16.5 inch)
Thickness 0.065 – 0.19 mm (0.0025 – 0.0074 inch)
Envelopes:No
6
Width 165.0 mm (6.5 inch)
Length 92.0 mm (3.6 inch)
Total thickness 0.16 – 0.52 mm (0.0063 – 0.0205 inch)
No
10
Width 241.0 mm (9.5 inch)
Length 105.0 mm (4.1 inch)
Total thickness 0.16 – 0.52 mm (0.0063 – 0.0205 inch)
Cards:Width 100.0 – 200.0 mm (3.9 – 7.8 inch)
Length 100.0 – 200.0 mm (3.9 – 7.8 inch)
Thickness 0.22mm (0.0087inch)
Continuous:Width 101.6 – 304.8 mm (4.0 – 12.0 inch)
Length (one page) 76.2 – 558.8 mm (3.0 – 22.0 inch)
Total thickness 0.065 – 0.49 mm (0.0025 – 0.019 inch)
Labels:Base sheet width 100.0 – 210.0 mm (3.9 – 8.3 inch)
Base sheet length (one page) 100.0 – 297.0 mm (3.9 – 11.7 inch)
Base sheet thickness 0.07 – 0.09 mm (0.0028 – 0.0035 inch)
Total thickness 0.16 – 0.19 mm (0.0063 – 0.0075 inch)
Paper Feed Mechanism:Friction feed : Front
Rear
Push tractor feed : Rear
Feeder : Rear push tractor and Optional roll paper holder
COPIES 1 original + 6 copies
Paper Path:Manual Insertion : front in
front out
Push Tractor : Rear in
front out
Optinal Roll paper holder : Rear in
front out

Power:

Power Consumption:Approx. 37.5 W (ISO/IEC10561 Letter pattern)
approx. 2.4W in sleep mode *
0 W in powered off mode
Energy Star Compliant
Power Source:AC 220 – 240 VInput frequency range:50 – 60 Hz

General:

Memory Buffer:54 dB(A)Continuous Forms with Labels:6.8kgEmulations:WIDTH 480 mm
DEPTH 370 mm
HEIGHT 210 mm

General Impact:

Software Drivers:Windows® XP (32bit) SP2 or later Professional
Windows Vista® (32bit/64bit) SP1 or later Ultimate/Enterprise/Business
Windows® 7 (32bit/64bit) Ultimate/Enterprise/Professional
Windows Server® 2003 (32bit/64bit) SP2 Standard/Enterprise
Windows Server® 2008 Standard/Enterprise (32bit/64bit)
R2 Standard/Enterprise (64bit)

Characters & Lines:

Character Sets:14 international character sets and one leagal character setsResident Bitmapped Fonts:EPSON Draft : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
EPSON Roman : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
Proportional
EPSON Sans Serif : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
Proportional
EPSON Courier : 10 cpi
12 cpi
15 cpi
EPSON Prestige : 10 cpi
12 cpi
EPSON Script : 10 cpi
EPSON OCR-B : 10 cpi
EPSON Orator : 10 cpi
EPSON Orator-S : 10 cpi
EPSON Script C : Proportional
Scalable Fonts:EPSON Roman : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Sans Serif : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Roman T : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
EPSON Sans Serif H : 10.5 pt.
8 pt. – 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
Bar Code Fonts:EAN-13
EAN-8
Interleaved 2 of 5
UPC-A
UPC-E
Code 39
Code 128
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