Epson LQ-2190 Heavy Duty Multi Copy 136 column Dot Matrix Printer

MODEL NUMBER

LQ-2190

Printing Technology

Print Method

Impact dot matrix

Number of Pins in Head

24 pins

Print Direction

Bi-direction with logic seeking

Control Code

ESC/P2 and IBM PPDS emulation

Printer Speed

High Speed Draft

10 / 12  cpi

480 / 576 cps

Draft

10 / 12 / 15 cpi

360 / 432 / 540 cps

Draft Condensed

17 / 20 cpi

308 / 360 cps

Letter Quality

10 / 12 / 15 cpi

120 / 144 / 180 cps

Letter Quality Condensed

17 / 20 cpi

205 / 240 cps

Print Characteristics

Character Table

14 international character sets and one legal character sets. 1 Italic and 12 graphical character tables: Italic table, PC437 (US Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC863 (Canadian-French), PC865 (Nordic), BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15

Bitmap Fonts

Epson Draft / Epson Courier: 10cpi, 12cpi, 15cpi;
Epson Roman / Epson Sans Serif: 10cpi, 12cpi, 15cpi, Proportional; Epson Prestige: 10cpi, 12cpi;
Epson Script / OCR-B / Orator / Orator-S / Epson Script C: 10cpi, Proportional

Scalable Fonts

Epson Roman / Sans Serif / Roman T / Sans Serif H: 10.5pt., 8pt. – 32pt. (every 2pt.)

Barcode Fonts

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

Printable Columns

Pitch

10 / 12 / 15 / 17 / 20 cpi

136 / 163 / 204 / 233 / 272 cpl

Paper Handling

Paper Path

Manual Insertion (Front or rear in, top out), Push Tractor (Front or rear in, top out), Pull Tractor (Front or rear or bottom in, top out)

Paper / Media

LengthWidthThickness

Cut Sheet (Single Sheet)

Entry: Front

148 – 420mm
(5.8 – 16.5”)100 – 420mm
(3.9″ – 16.5″)0.065 – 0.14mm
(0.0025″ – 0.0055″)

Entry: Rear

100 – 420mm
(3.9″ – 16.5″)100 – 420mm
(3.9″ – 16.5″)0.065 – 0.14mm
(0.0025″ – 0.0055″)

Cut Sheet (Multi-part)

Entry: Front

148 – 420.0mm
(5.8″ – 16.5″)100 – 420.0mm
(3.9″ – 16.5″)0.12 – 0.46mm
(0.0047″ – 0.018″) (Total)

Entry: Rear

100 – 420 mm
(3.9 – 16.5”)100 – 420 mm
(3.9 – 16.5”)0.12 – 0.46 mm
(0.0047″ – 0.018″) (Total)

Copies

 1 Original + 5 Copies

Continuous Paper (Single Sheet / Multi-part)

Entry: Front, Rear, Bottom

 101.6 – 558.8 mm
(4 – 22”)101.6 – 406.4 mm
(4 – 16”)0.065 – 0.46 mm
(0.0025″ – 0.0018″) (Total)

Copies

 1 Original + 5 Copies

Envelope (No. 6)

Entry: Rear

92mm
(3.6”)165mm
(6.5”)0.16 – 0.52mm
(0.0063″ – 0.020″)(Total)

Envelope (No.10)

Entry: Rear

105.0mm(4.1″)241mm
(9.5″)0.16 – 0.52mm
(0.0063″ – 0.020″)(Total)

Label (Base Sheet)

Entry: Bottom

 101.6 – 558.8 mm
(4 – 22”)101.6 – 406.4 mm
(4 – 16”)0.16 – 0.19 mm
0.0063 – 0.0075”) (Total)

Card

Entry: Front, Rear

 148 – 200 mm
(5.8 – 7.8”)100 – 200 mm
(3.9 – 7.8”)0.22mm
(0.0087”)

Entry: Rear

 127mm (5”)216mm (8.5”)0.07 – 0.09 mm (0.0028 – 0.0035”)

Line Spacing

4.23mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.0706mm (1/360”)

Acoustic Noise

54 dB

Input Data Buffer

128 KB

Interface

Bi-directional Parallel Interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB 2.0 (Full Speed), Type B I/F Level 2 (Option)

Ribbon Cartridge

Standard

Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black)

Ribbon Life

Approx. 15 million Characters^*1

Reliability

Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF)

40 million lines (except print head)

Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

20,000 Power On Hours (POH) (25% Duty)

Print Head Life

400 million strokes/wire

Control Panel

6 switches and 10 LEDs are located on the panel

Environmental Conditions 

Temperature

5 – 35°C (Operating^*2), 15 – 25°C (Operating^{*2 *3})

Humidty

10 – 80% RH (Operating^*2), 30 – 60% RH (Operating^{*2 *3})

Electrical Specification

Rated Voltage

AC 220 – 240 V

Rated Frequency

50 – 60 Hz

Power Consumption

Operating

Approx. 46W (ISO/IEC10561 Letter Pattern) (Energy STAR Compliant)

Sleep Mode

Approx. 3W

Power Off

0W in powered off mode

Printer Driver / Utility

Operating System

Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8

Utility

Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8)
Epson Printer Setting (Microsoft^® Windows^® 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8)

Dimensions and Weight