Epson LQ-2170

Printing Method Impact Dot Matrix
Number of Pins in Head 24 pins
Print direction Bi-directional with logic seeking
PRINT SPEED
High speed draft

Draft 12cpi

Draft 10 cpi

NLQ 12cpi

NLQ 10 cpi

440 cps
396 cps

330 cps

132 cps

110 cps

RESOLUTION 360 x 360 dpi (maximum)
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
Character sets

1 legal character set
14 international character sets

11 character code tables

Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1

Fonts
Bit - Map Fonts

Scalable Fonts

Bar Code Font

Epson Draft 10, 12, 15cpi
Epson Roman 10, 12, 15cpi proportional

Epson Sans Serif 10, 12, 15cpi, proportional

Epson Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi

Epson Prestige 10, 12 cpi

Epson OCR-B 10 CPI

Epson Orator S 10 cpi

Epson Script C Proportional

Epson Roman 10.5, 8 to 32 points

Epson Sans Serif 10.5, 8 to 32 points

Epson Roman T 10.5, 8 to 32 points

Epson Sans Serif H 10.5, 8 to 32 points

EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET

CONTROL CODE ESC/P2 and IBM® 2391 Plus
PRIINTABLE COLUMNS
10 cpi

10 cpi condensed

12 cpi

12 cpi condensed

15 cpi

Characters per line / Character Pitch (CPI)
136 / 10

233 / 17.1

163 / 12

272 / 20

204 / 15

PAPER HANDLING
Cut Sheet Size

Envelopes

Cards

Continuous paper size

Paper Thickness

width 101-420 mm
LENGTH Front 147-420 mm

Rear 101-420 mm

No. 6, No. 10

width 100-148 mm

LENGTH Front 148 mm

Rear 100-148 mm

width 101-406mm

LENGTH 101-559mm

CUT SHEET

Single Sheet 0.065-0.14mm

Multi-part forms 0.12-0.39mm

CARD 0.22mm

CONTINUOUS PAPER

Multi-part forms 0.065-0.39mm

Paper feed method FRICTION FEED (front/rear)
PUSH TRACTOR FEED (front/rear)

PUSH-PULL TRACTOR FEED (front/rear) with optional pull tractor

PULL TRACTOR FEED (front/rear/bottom)

CUT SHEET FEEDER (optional)

Printable area
Top margin
Bottom margin
Left margin
Right margin
Maximum print area

Single Sheets / Continuous Paper
Env. Postcards

4.2 mm / 4.2 mm

4.2 mm / 4.2 mm

3.0 mm / 13 mm

3.0 mm / 13 mm

345.4 mm / 345.2 mm

Paper thickness
Cut Sheet

Card

Continuous

Single sheet 0.065-0.14 mm
Multi-part forms 0.12-0.39 mm

0.22 mm

Multi-part forms 0.065-0.39mm

Paper weight
Cut Sheet

Envelopes

Card

Continuous paper

(Single sheet & multi part)

Single sheet 52.3 to 90 g/m2
Multi-part 40 to 58 g/m2

45 to 91 g/m2

192 g/m2

40 to 58 g/m2

Input data buffer 64 K or 0K
Interface Bi-directional parallel interface
Optional Type B interface slot

Ribbon cartridge
Colour
Type
Ribbon life

Black
Fabric Ribbon Cartridge

8 million characters (LQ, 48 dots/character)

Reliability
Print head life

Ribbon life
Total print volume

400 million characters
8 million characters

7.5 million lines (except print head)

Control panel
Buttons

Indicators

Operate, Pause, Load/Eject, LF/FF, Tear off/Bin Font, Pitch
Pause, Paper out, Paper jam, Head hot, Cover open, Micro Adjust, Tear off, Bin selection, Pitch selection, Font slection, Fatal error

Environmental conditions (operating)
Temperature
Humidity

5° to 35° C
10 to 80% RH

Acoustic Noise Approx. 55 dB (A ) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Electrical specifications
Voltage
Rated frequency

Power consumption

220V-240V AC
50 to 60 Hz

Approx. 62 W (during Draft self test)

Dimensions
Width

Depth

Height

Weight

639 mm
402 mm

257 mm

Approx. 13 kg