Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing method
24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed
10
draft
1 0
12
draft
12
Printing direction
Bi-directional with logic-seeking. User can select unidirectional
printing (left to right).
Line spacing
Buffer
6 Kbytes or 0 Kbytes (DIP switch selectable)
Fonts
Epson New Draft
Epson Roman 10 CPI
Epson Roman 12 CPI
Epson Roman 15 CPI
Epson Roman proportional
Epson Sans Serif 10 CPI
Epson Sans Serif 12 CPI
Epson Sans Serif 15 CPI
Epson Sans Serif proportional
Optional fonts
Script-10 CPI, I2 CPI. 15 CPl
OCR-A IO CPI
OCR-B 10 CPI
Orator 10 CPI
Orator-S 10 CPI
24 - Pin Printers
LQ - 850/950/1050 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER
2 2 0
7 3
2 6 4
1 2 / 1 2 / 8 8
Character tables
96 standard ASCII characters
13 international character sets
Epson Extended Graphics set
Paper
Paper feed methods
Friction
Built-in push feed tractor with paper tension unit
Single-bin or dual-bin cut sheet feeder (optional)
Pull tractor (optional)
Paper width
paper
Type of
7.2 to 10.1 mches 7 2 to 13.0 inches 7.2 to 14.4 Inches
4.0 to 10.0 mches 4.0 to 12.0 Inches 4.0 to 16.0 inches
No. 6, No. 10
Envelopes
Printable area
Single sheet
0.47" (~/o-850: 4" to 9 I/. " wrdth paper)
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Paper feed speed
Approximately 60 ms/line at l/6 inch line spacing
Paper thickness
Up to 0.004 inches for single sheets; up to 0.0126 inches for
continuous paper
Number of copies
With continuous, multi-part, no-carbon paper only; one original
plus up to three copies, maximum thickness: 0.0126 inches
Mechanical
Ribbon
Cartridge ribbon, available in black only Do not use ribbons for
Standard ribbon
LQ-850
LQ-950
LQ-1050
Life expectancy (in Letter Quality characters, at 48
dots/character): 2 million for standard ribbon and 0.2
million for film ribbon
MCBF
For all components excluding print head: 5 million lines.
MTBF
LQ-850: 4OtXl power on hours (at 25% duty)
LQ-950: 5000 power on hours (at 25% duty)
LQ-1050: 6OtXl power on hours (at 25% duty)
Print head life
Dimensions and weight
LQ-950
LQ-850
Height: 5.6 in.
Height: 5.6 in.
Width: 20.5 in.
Width: 17.0 in.
Depth: 14.2 in.
Depth: 14.2 in.
Weight: 22.0 lbs
Weight: 19.8 Ibs
L Q - 1 0 5 0
L Q - 9 5 0
No. 6. No. 10
No 6. No. 10
Continuous paper
(LQ-950: 4 - to 12" wdth paper)
(LQ-1050: 4" to 14 7, - width paper)
Film ribbon
$7770
LQ-1050
Height: 5.6 in.
Width: 23.8 in.
Depth: 14.2 in.
Weight: 26.4 Ibs
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