EPSON LQ310 Dot Matrix Printer

Printing Technology

• Print Method: Impact dot matrix
• Control Panel: 4 switches and 5 LEDs
• Print Direction: Bi-direction with logic seeking
• Number of Pins in Head: 24 pins
• Control Code: ESC/P2 and IBM PPDS emulation

Print Speed

High Speed Draft:

• 10cpi: 347 cps
• 12cpi: 416 cps

Draft:

• 10cpi: 260 cps
• 12cpi: 312 cps
• 15cpi: 390 cps
• (Condensed) 17cpi: 222 cps
• (Condensed) 20cpi: 260 cps

Letter Quality:

• 10cpi: 86 cps
• 12cpi: 103 cps
• 15cpi: 129 cps
• (Condensed) 17cpi: 147 cps
• (Condensed) 20cpi: 172 cps 

Reliability

• MTBF: Approx. 10,000 POH (25% Duty)
• Printhead Life: Approx. 400 million strokes/wire
• Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF): Approx. 20 million lines (Except print head) 

Print Characteristics

Character Sets:

• Italic table, PC437 (US Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 (Icelandic), PC863 (Canadian-French), PC865 (Nordic), Abicomp, BRASCII, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC 858, ISO 8859-15

Bitmap Fonts:

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

Scalable Fonts:

• Epson Roman, Epson San Serif, Epson Roman T & Epson San 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 

Paper Path

• Manual Insertion:Rear in, Top out
• Push Tractor:Rear in, Top out 

General

• Memory Buffer: 128KB 

Supported OS and Applications

Supported OS: 

• Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 / Me /XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10

Utility:

• Epson Status Monitor 3: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
• Epson Printer Setting: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 

Dimensions and Weight

• Dimensions (W x D x H):362 x 275 x 154 mm
• Weight:4.1kg 

Consumables

• Ribbon Cartridge Black: Approx. 2.5 million characters (LQ 10cpi, 48 dots/character) - C13S015639 

Options

• Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black) - S015634 

Environmental Conditions (Operating)

• Temperature: 5 ~ 35°C
• Humidity: 10 ~ 80 % RH 

Acoustic Noise

• Approx. 53 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern) 

Interface

Standard:

• Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)
• USB 2.0 Full-Speed
• Serial