Epson LQ690 Dot Matrix Printer

24-pin dot matrix printer

For the very best in dot matrix performance, look no further than the versatile and user-friendly Epson LQ-690, offering a winning combination of speed, reliability and ribbon yield.

Designed with the dot matrix user in mind, our latest model has an impressive print speed of up to 529 cps. This flexible and compact printer can easily handle cut sheets, continuous paper, labels, envelopes and cards. It 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.

Very fast

Print faster and more productively. Perfect for those printing directly from any Windows applications.

Smart design

This compact hard-working printer is designed to fit on your desk. The platen gap adjustment lever is thoughtfully hidden under the front cover, to avoid accidental setting changes and paper setting is made easy thanks to the ruler in the front paper guide.

Quality

The 106 column capacity with 24 pins means greater quality.

Speedy

Impressive print speed of 529 cps.

Productive

Big memory buffer of 128 KB.

Energy efficient

Low power consumption so better for environment.

Technology

Printing Method

Impact dot matrix

Number of Pins

24 pins

Number of columns

106 columns

Pins

24 Needles

Print

Printing Speed

HighSpeed-Draft: 10 cpi: 440 chars/s, 12 cpi: 529 chars/s, Draft: 10 cpi: 330 chars/s, 12 cpi: 396 chars/s, LQ: 10 cpi: 110 chars/s, 12 cpi: 132 chars/s

Barcodes

Coda bar (NW-7), Code 128, Code 39, EAN-13, EAN-8, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, POSTNET, UPC-A, UPC-E

Carbon Copies

6 plus one original

Character Tables

PC437, PC708, PC720, PC850, PC858, PC864, PCAR864, ISO-8859-15, Roman 8, Italic

Printing Resolution

360 x 180 DPI

Connectivity

Interfaces

USB 2.0, Bidirectional parallel

General

Power consumption

38 Watts, 3 Watts (standby)

Product dimensions

480‎ x 370 x 210mm (Width x Depth x Height)

Product weight

6.8 kg

Supported Temperature

Operation 5° C - 35° C

Supported Humidity

Operation 10% - 80%

Compatible Operating Systems

Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 98, Windows XP

Mean Time Between Failures

20,000 hours

Print Head Life

400 Million Strokes/Wire

Noise

Operation:57 dB (A)- 

Standby:54 dB (A)

Fonts

Bitmap font EPSON Courier (10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON Draft (10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON OCR-B (10 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON Orator (10 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON Orator-S (10 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON Prestige (10 CPI, 12 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON Roman (10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI, Proportional), Bitmap font EPSON Sans Serif (10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI, Proportional), Bitmap font EPSON Script (10 CPI), Bitmap font EPSON Script C (Proportional), Scalable font EPSON Roman, Scalable font EPSON Roman T, Scalable font EPSON Sans Serif, Scalable font EPSON Sans Serif H

Memory

128 kB Included

Ribbon Yield

10000000 characters Black Draft