The Epson LQ-590II is designed to offer busy offices extraordinary speed, output quality and reliability. Based on Epson’s experience in delivering industry-standard solutions, this printer helps you run and grow your business and stay in control of your operations. Easily manage and print seven-part forms* and reports at print speeds of up to 487 characters per seconds (cps) to deliver fast results and speedy transactions. Moreover, with a high character yield of up to 5 million characters, you can do more with less.
Improved Efficiency, Proven Reliability
Increased Productivity
Enjoy maximum productivity with fast print speeds of up to 487 cps (10 cpi) and 128 kb memory buffer.
Long-life Reliability
Enjoy cost savings, superior print quality and minimal downtime with a MTBF of 25,000 POH.
Print Method: Impact dot matrix
Control Panel: 6 switches and 10 LEDs
Print Direction: Bi-direction
Control Code: ESC/P2, IBM PPDS
Number of Pins: 24
Ultra High Speed Draft: 10 cpi: 550cps
High Speed Draft: 10 / 12 cpi: 487 / 584 cps
Draft: 10 / 12 cpi: 366 / 439 cps
NLQ: 10 / 12 cpi: 121 / 145 cps
Printhead Life: 400 million strokes / wire
Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF): 50 million lines (except print head)
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 25,000 Power On Hours (POH) (25% Duty)
Character Sets: 1 Italic and 12 graphical character tables: Italic table, PC437 (US, StandardEurope), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC865 (Nordic), PC863 (Canadian-French), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15
Bitmap Fonts: 10, 12, 15 cpi
Scalable Fonts: Epson Roman / Sans Serif / Roman T / Sans Serif H: 10.5pt., 8pt - 32pt. (every 2pt.)
Barcode: EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A , UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
Manual Insertion: Front or Rear in-Top out
Push Tractor: Front or rear in, top out
Pull Tractor: Front, rear or bottom in, top out
Cut Sheet (Single Sheet): Entry: Front
Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
Width: 100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.14 mm (0.0025 - 0.0055”)
Entry: Rear
Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
Width:100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.14 mm (0.0025 - 0.0055”)
Cut Sheet (Multi-part Forms): Entry: Front
Length: 100 - 364 mm (3.9 - 14.3”)
Width: 100 - 257 mm (3.9 - 10.1”)
Thickness: 0.12 - 0.46 mm (0.0047 - 0.018”)
Copies: 1 Original + 5 copies
Continuous Paper (Single Sheet / Multi-part): Entry: Front, Rear, Bottom
Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)
Width: 101.6 - 254 mm (4.0 - 10.0”)
Thickness: 0.065 - 0.49 mm (0.0025 - 0.019”)
Copies: Original + 6 copies
Envelope (No.6): Entry: Rear
Length: 92mm (3.6”)
Width: 165mm (6.5”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.52 mm (0.0063 - 0.0205”)
Envelope (No.10): Entry: Rear
Length: 105mm (4.1”)
Width: 241mm (9.5”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.52 mm (0.0063 - 0.0205”)
Label (Base Sheet): Entry: Bottom
Length: 101.6 - 558.8 mm (4.0 - 22.0”)
Width: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Thickness: 0.16 - 0.19 mm (0.0063 - 0.0075”)
Card:Entry: Front, Rear
Length: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Width: 100 - 148 mm (3.9 - 5.8”)
Thickness: 0.22mm (0.0087”)
Roll Paper: Entry: Rear
Diameter: 127mm (5”)
Width: 216mm (8.5”)
Thickness: 0.07 - 0.09 mm (0.0028 - 0.035”)
Line Spacing: 4.23mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.0706mm (1/360”)
Options: Single Bin Cut Sheet Feeder C12C806372
Pull Tractor Unit C12C933761
Ribbon Cartridge C13S015589
High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder C12C806382
Input Data Buffer: 128KB
Interface: USB 2.0, Bi-directional parallel USB 2.0, Bi-directional parallel
(IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)
Pitch: 10cpi: 80 columns
Standard: Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black)
Ribbon Life: Approx. 5 million Characters