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- Epson LQ-500 | Product Information Guide - Page 1
L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Paper guide Paper rest %3 Paper feed knob Ribbon cartridge Single - Bin Cut - Sheet Feeder (#7341A) The cut sheet feeder gives you easy and efficient handling of single sheet paper. It automatically feeds up to 75 sheets of standard bond paper ml the printer - Epson LQ-500 | Product Information Guide - Page 2
L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER 1 Environment Temperature: Humidity: Shock: Vibration: Printable area: Smgle sheet Co"tlnuous paper Paper feed speed: Paper thickness: Number of copies: Approx. 100 msiline at l/&inch - Epson LQ-500 | Product Information Guide - Page 3
L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Pitch selection Font selection w ~Descrlptlon 1'. ION iOFF Page / ON LINE: SelecType: Buttons ON LINE: FORM FEED. LINE FEED. On when the printer can receive and print data from the computer. If this light flickers, the print head is overheated. In this case. - Epson LQ-500 | Product Information Guide - Page 4
L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Commands in Numerical Order 2 B R b r x3cscs~ $?DTdt; X5EL.e"' &6FVf" 'iCWkYb+ ( 8 H .A' h .v ) 9 I 1. i .r Epson Extended Graphics Character Tables iCODE / 0 1 2 34 5 678 9 ABCDEF 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A I3 C 0 E F L-1000-4 12/12/88 24 - Pin Printers - Epson LQ-500 | Product Information Guide - Page 5
L-1000/LQ-500 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER I Installation/Support Tips I Software The type of printer installed on your system must be identified for each software package. This is usually done through a setup menu. If this printer is not listed in your program, look in the printer User's Manual for the
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L-1000/LQ-500
DOT-MATRIX
PRINTER
Printer Specifications
I
I
.
I
Printing
Printing method:
24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed:
Paper rest
Paper guide
Pitch
Quality
:
Character/second/line
10
draft
i
150
10
Letter
Quality
50
12
draft
I
180
1
12
Letter
Quality
I
60
%3
Paper feed knob
Printing direction:
Bidirectional Iogic-seeking for
text
and
graphics printing. Can also be switched
to unidirectional by using the proper
software command or setting DIP switch
2-6 OFF).
Line spacing:
1/6
inch, or programmable in
increments
of
1/180th
of
an
inch
Printable
columns:
1
Character pitch
1
1U
oltch
I
80
1
Mawmum
orlntea
characrers
Ribbon
cartridge
Single
-
Bin Cut
-
Sheet Feeder (#7341A)
The cut sheet feeder gives you easy and efficient handling of single sheet
paper. It automatically feeds up
to 75
sheets of standard bond paper
ml
the printer without reloading.
1
10 pitch doublewide
I
40
j
10 pitch condensed
I 137
/
12 pitch
I
96
/
12 pitch doublewide
/
48
/
12 pitch condensed
i
160
I
120
1
15 pitch
1
15 pitch doublewide
1
60
I
Proportional
68 (maximum width character)
160 (minimum width character)
/
Character fonts:
’
Font
1
AvaiIable Pitches (characters per Inch)
Epson
Dratt
I
10. 12. 15
The Font Modules
:
Epson
Roman
10.
12.
15,
prooomonal
/
Epson
Sans
Surf
10.
12.
15.
prwomonal
Cower
ioptlonal)
10.
12.
15
Prestrge
(OptIonal)
)
10
12.
15
I
ScrlotODtlO”.d)
10.
12.
15
L
I
To expand the range
ot
your
pnnter’s
capabiiitles.
your
pnnter
has a slot
in which you can
mstall
an
optmnal
font module. The table
beiow
hsts
some of the
tent
modules that can be
used
wrth
the
L-loo0.
i
OCR-8
(optional)
I
10
I
OptIon
~
Font Name
(LO)
Character
Pitch
Proportional
474cOk
I
CoUm?~
‘10
‘2
15
NO
X7401A
Presrqe
10
:2
‘5
iNO
1
X74C2A
I
si:lot
10 12.
‘5
uo
Character tables:
06
standard ASCII characters
13
mtematlonai
character sets
Epson Extended Graphics character
Paper
Paper feed methods:
I
Interface number
Name
Frictron
Single-bin cut sheet feeder
co~tlonai)
Pull tractor
Single sheets
7.2
to 10.1
m&s
I
182 to 257 mm)
Co”tinuous
4.0
to 10.0 inches
,101
to 254 mm)
SingIe
sheets
7.2
t o 14.3
inches
1182
to 364
mm)
Paper width:
a0143
18145
a8148
al3149
Xf3149M
‘XB161
#I3165
#81?2
ra172’\n
Paper length:
24 - Pin Printers
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