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Epson LQ-850 - Impact Printer Manual

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  • Epson LQ-850 | Product Information Guide - Page 1
    of copies With continuous, multi-part, no-carbon paper only; one original plus up to three copies, maximum thickness: 0.0126 inches Mechanical Ribbon Cartridge ribbon, available in black only Do not use ribbons for 9-pm prmters. Prmter LQ-850 LQ-950 LQ-1050 Standard ribbon #1153 #1767 #1754 Film
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    on the country, and are not shown in the tables above. Selecting Character Sets more To make sure that the printing fits within this area, always perform a sample printing test using a normal single sheet of paper before printing on envelopes. LQ - 850/950/1050 - 2 12/12/88 24 - Pin Printers
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    , select the first one available on the following list. EX FX LX RX MX Epson printer Standard printer Draft printer To use all the features of the LQ-850. LQ-950, and LQ-1050. however, tt is best to use a program with the LQ-850. LQ-950, or LQ-1050 on its menu. If your program does not list these
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    . Printer LQ-850 LQ-950 LQ- 1050 Single bin #7339 #7345 #7340 Dual bin $7346 #7347 #7348 The dlustratlons m this chapter show the smgle bin feeder for the LQ-1050. but the others work in the same way. For the dual bin feeders, see the manual that comes with them for assembly instructions
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    ? 63 ESC @ 64 ESC A 65 ESC 35 24 - Pin Printers 12/12/88 Epson Interfaces have the EPSON name printed on them. If the board has an Identification code prmted on it. It wdl be a four digit number begmnmg with 8, and should correspond 10 one of the numbers listed in the table above. LQ - 850
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    . 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 the LQ-850/950/1050 is not listed in the software package, any Epson 24-pin driver will be compatible. (Preferably, choose the LQ-800/1000.) DIP Switch
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    case modification Change of printer cover B Product Support Bulletins P - 0020 5/6/88 Paper thickness lever Related Documentation M-TM-LQ8/9/10 Y45499114000 LQ -850/950/1050 Technical Manual LQ -850/950/1050 User's Manual Technical Information Bulletins LQ - 850 - 001 LQ-1050-001 5/6/88
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LQ - 850/950/1050 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER
Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing
method
24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed
10
draft
220
10
LCI
73
12
draft
264
12
LQ
88
Printing direction
Bi-directional with logic-seeking. User can select unidirectional
printing (left to right).
Line
spacing
l/6
inch, or programmable in increments of
1/36Oth
of an inch
Buffer
6 Kbytes or 0 Kbytes (DIP switch selectable)
Fonts
Epson New Draft
Epson Roman 10 CPI
Epson Roman 12 CPI
Epson Roman 15 CPI
Epson Roman proportional
Epson Sans Serif 10 CPI
Epson Sans Serif 12 CPI
Epson Sans Serif 15 CPI
Epson Sans Serif proportional
Optional
fonts
CcNmer
IO
CPI.
I2
CPI.
15
CPI
Prest1ee
IO
CPI.
I2
CPI.
15 CPI
Script-10 CPI, I2
CPI.
15
CPl
OCR-A
IO
CPI
OCR-B 10 CPI
Orator 10 CPI
Orator-S 10 CPI
Character tables
96 standard ASCII characters
13 international character sets
Epson Extended Graphics set
Paper
Paper feed methods
Friction
Built-in push feed tractor with paper tension unit
Single-bin or dual-bin cut sheet feeder (optional)
Pull tractor (optional)
Paper width
Type of
paper
La-650
LQ-950
LQ-1050
Smgle
sheets
7.2 to 10.1
mches
7 2
to
13.0 inches 7.2
to
14.4
Inches
Continuous
4.0 to 10.0
mches
4.0
to
12.0
Inches
4.0 to 16.0 inches
Envelopes
No. 6, No. 10
No. 6. No. 10
No 6. No. 10
Printable area
I-
Single sheet
Continuous paper
I
0.47”
(~/o-850:
4” to 9
I/.
”
wrdth paper)
(LQ-950: 4
-
to 12”
wdth
paper)
(LQ-1050: 4” to
14
7,
-
width
paper)
0.97”
(LQ-850:
IO”
wrdth
paper)
(LQ-1050:
IS’
to
16”
wrdth
paper)
Paper feed speed
Approximately
60
ms/line
at
l/6
inch
line
spacing
Paper thickness
Up to
0.004
inches for single sheets; up to 0.0126 inches for
continuous paper
Number of copies
With continuous, multi-part, no-carbon paper only; one original
plus up to three copies, maximum thickness: 0.0126 inches
Mechanical
Ribbon
Cartridge ribbon, available in black only Do not use ribbons for
9-pm
prmters.
Prmter
LQ-850
LQ-950
LQ-1050
Standard ribbon
#1153
#1767
#1754
Film ribbon
#7768
@7769
$7770
Life expectancy (in Letter Quality characters, at 48
dots/character): 2 million for standard ribbon and 0.2
million for
film
ribbon
MCBF
For
all components excluding
print head: 5 million lines.
MTBF
LQ-850:
4OtXl
power on hours (at 25% duty)
LQ-950: 5000 power on hours (at 25% duty)
LQ-1050:
6OtXl
power on hours (at 25% duty)
Print head life
200
million strokes per wire
Dimensions and weight
LQ-850
LQ-950
LQ-1050
Height: 5.6 in.
Height: 5.6 in.
Height: 5.6 in.
Width: 17.0 in.
Width: 20.5 in.
Width: 23.8 in.
Depth: 14.2 in.
Depth: 14.2 in.
Depth: 14.2 in.
Weight: 19.8
Ibs
Weight: 22.0 lbs
Weight: 26.4 Ibs
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