Printing Method
24-pin serial impact dot matrix
Print Direction
Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics; selectable unidirectional printing
Print Speed
Ultra speed draft: 550 cps at 10 cpi
High-speed draft: 487 cps at 10 cpi or up to 584 cps at 12 cpi
Draft: 366 cps at 10 cpi
Letter quality: 121 cps at 10 cpi
Print Resolution
Up to 360 × 180 dpi in letter-quality mode
Character Sets
13 standard character tables; 15 international character sets, according to Epson’s user guide
Bitmap Fonts
Epson Draft, Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, OCR-B, Orator, Orator-S and Script C; available pitches vary by font
Scalable Fonts
Epson Roman, Sans Serif, Roman T and Sans Serif H; 10.5 pt or 8–32 pt in 2 pt steps
Barcodes
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET, Codabar (NW-7), Industrial 2 of 5 and Matrix 2 of 5.
Column Width
80 columns at 10 cpi; 96 at 12 cpi; 120 at 15 cpi; 137 at 17 cpi; 160 at 20 cpi
Line Spacing
1/6 in or programmable in 1/360 in increments
Paper Feed
Friction feed; front/rear push tractor; front/bottom/rear pull tractor; push-pull tractor; optional cut-sheet feeder and roll-paper holder
Paper Feed Speed
Continuous: 139 mm/s (5.5 in/s); intermittent: 40.7 ms per line at 1/6 in spacing
Media Types
Single sheets, continuous forms, multipart forms, envelopes, labels and roll paper
Maximum Media Thickness
Up to 0.49 mm (0.0193 in). One original plus five copies normally; up to one original plus six copies with front or bottom pull tractor under Epson’s normal conditions.
Media Width
Single sheet: 3.9" to 10.1"
Continuous: 4.0" to 10.0"
Cut-sheet feeder: 7.2" to 8.5"
Media Length
Single sheets: 3.9–14.3 in; continuous forms: 4–22 in; cut-sheet feeder: 8.3–14.3 in.
Optional Feeder Capacity
Single-bin: up to 50 sheets; high-capacity: up to 150 sheets of 82 g/m² paper, or up to 25 plain/bond envelopes or 30 airmail envelopes
Interfaces
LQ-590II: bidirectional parallel and USB 2.0
LQ-590II N: parallel, USB 2.0, serial and 10/100Base-TX Ethernet
Sound Level
55 dBA (ISO 7779 pattern)
Power Requirements
AC 100–240 V, 50–60 Hz
Power Consumption
Operating: approx. 57 W
Ready: approx. 12 W
Sleep: approx. 0.4 W; 0.7 W for network model
Dimensions (W x D x H)
437 × 320 × 176.5 mm (17.2 × 12.6 × 6.9 in), W × D × H; excludes sheet guide and paper release lever
Control Panel
Font, pitch, pause, tear-off/bin selection, line feed/form feed, load/eject, micro-adjust, reset, self-test, data dump and default-setting selection.
Reliability
MTBF: 25,000 power-on hours at 25% duty
MVBF: 50 million lines
Printhead life: 400 million characters
Ribbon Life
Up to 5 million characters at letter quality, 10 cpi
Standards
UL62368-1, CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1, IEC/EN62368-1; FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class A and ICES-003 Class A; CE marking; ENERGY STAR V2.0 and RoHS.
Software Drivers / OS Support
Windows Vista, XP, 7, 8 and 10; Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 and 2016, as listed in Epson’s specification sheet. Additional OS support depends on the installed driver version.
Printer Languages
Epson ESC/P2 and IBM PPDS
Ribbon
S015337 black ribbon for LQ-590II and LQ-590IIN
What’s Included
LQ-590II impact printer, AC cable, ribbon cartridge, User’s Manual/Start Here Guide, setup guide, driver CD and warranty certificate
Warranty
3-year limited warranty in the U.S. and Canada