Epson LQ-680

Epson LQ-680

24-Pin Dot Matrix Printers

A Proven Leader in Speed and Reliability


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PRINTER TYPE Impact Dot Matrix
PRODUCT NAME Epson LQ-680
PRODUCT CODE C11C376041
PRINTING METHOD Impact Dot Matrix
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 24 pins
PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking
PRINT SPEED
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10CPI - 413cps
DRAFT 15CPI - 465cps
DRAFT 12CPI - 372cps
DRAFT 10CPI - 310cps
DRAFT 20CPI condensed - 206cps
DRAFT 17CPI condensed - 175cps
LQ 15CPI - 155cps
LQ 12CPI - 124cps
LQ 10CPI - 103cps
LQ 20CPI condensed - 206cps
LQ 17CPI condensed - 175cps
PRINT CHARATERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS 1 legal character set
14 international character sets
13 character code tables (Standard)
Italic, PC437, PC850, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomb, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO8859-15
BITMAP FONTS
Epson Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi
Epson Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi Proportional
Epson Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi Proportional
Epson Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi
Epson Prestige 10, 12 cpi
Epson Script 10 cpi
Epson Script C Proportional
Epson OCR-8 10 cpi
Epson Orator 10 cpi
Epson Orator S 10 cpi
SCALABLE FONTS
Epson Roman 8 to 32 pt
Epson Sans Serif 8 to 32 pt
Epson Roman T 8 to 32 pt
Epson Sans Serif H 8 to 32 pt
BAR CODE FONT EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet
PRINTABLE COLUMNS
PITCH 10 CPI 106 characters per line, 10 character
PITCH 12 CPI 127 characters per line, 12 character
PITCH 15 CPI 159 characters per line, 15 character
PITCH 17 CPI 181 characters per line, 17.1 character
PITCH 20 CPI 212 characters per line, 20 character
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH
Manual Insertion Front In, Rear Out
Tractor Rear In, Front Out
Cut Sheet Feeder Rear In, Front Out
CUT SHEET SIZE
Width 90-304.8mm (3.5-12.0)
Length 70-420mm (2.8-16.5)
ENVELOPES No.6, No 10
CONTINUOUS PAPER SIZE
Width 101.6-304.8mm (4.0-12.0)
Length 101.6-558.8mm (4.0-22.0)
Can also print labels
PAPER THICKNESS
CUT SHEET
Single Sheet 0.065-0.19mm (0.0025-0.0074)
Multi-part Forms 0.12-0.46mm (0.0047-0.018)
ENVELOPES 0.16-0.52mm0.0063-0.0205)
CONTINUOUS PAPER
Single Sheet / Multi-part Forms 0.065-0.19mm0.0025-0.0074)
CONTINUOUS FORMS WITH LABELS
BASE SHEET 0.07-0.09mm (0.0028-0.0035)
TOTAL SHEET 0.16-0.52mm (0.0063-0.0075)
PAPER FEEDING STANDARD
Friction Manual Insertion (Front In, Front Out)
Push Tractor Rear In, Front Out
OPTIONAL FEEDER
Friction Cut Sheet Feeder (Rear In, Front Out)
COPIES Original + 5 copies
LINE SPACING 1/6 inch or programmable by 1/360 inch
PAPER THICKNESS SETTING Manual
PAPER PATH SETTING Manual
INPUT DATA BUFFER 64 K Byte
INTERFACES
STANDARD Centronics®-type 8 bit parallel interface
(IEEE-1284 Nibble Mode)
OPTION Expansion slot (Optional type B interfaces)
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
COLOUR Black
TYPE Fabric ribbon cartridge
RIBBON LIFE Approx 2 million characters
(LQ 10cpi, 48 dots/character)
ACOUSTIC NOISE Approx 55dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
RELIABILITY
MVBF (Mean Print Volume Between Failure) 20 million lines (except print head)
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) 10000 POH (25% duty cycle)
PRINT HEAD LIFE 400 million strokes/wire
CONTROL PANEL 6 switches, 8 LEDs
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5-35°C
HUMIDITY 10-80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 120V or AC 220-240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50-60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx 42W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)
DIMENSIONS
WIDTH x DEPTH x HEIGHT 497 x 387 x 230mm
WEIGHT Approx 9.0kg
PRINTER DRIVER UTILITIES
OS Microsoft® Windows® operating system Version 3.1
Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000 and Microsoft Windows NT® operating system Version 3.50/3.51/4.0
UTILITIES Epson Remote! (MS-DOS environment only)
Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/2000 and Microsoft Windows NT® operating system Version 4.0 environment only)
WARRANTY
Standard Warranty 12 months return to base
Optional Additional 2 years return to base warranty   -   3YWLQ680
* For more information visit www.epson.com.au/warranty/

Product Options

Product Code Description
  Media Handling Options
8310 Roll Paper holder
C806872 High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder
C806792 Second-bin cut sheet feeder
  Interfaces
C823061 Type "B" serial interface
C823081 Type "B" 32 Kbyte intelligent serial interface
C823132 Type B 32 Kbyte IEEE-488 interface card
C823453 Type "B" Bi-directional parallel interface
  Options
C12C824352 10/100 BaseTX Internal Print Server

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Usage Conditions
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