Epson LQ-2550 Paper Manual

Ribbon

Printer Specifications

Printing
Print method: 24-pin impact dot matrix
Print speed: See table below.
10
12
LO 10
12
Bidirectional logic-seeking for text and
Printing direction:
graphics. Unidirectional available through
tine spacing:
Paper feed speed: . 83 msiiine at l/6' line spacing
Printable columns:
Character exe
12
8 Kbyte
Buffer:
Character fonts:
10
24-Pin Printers
Paper guide
Platen knob
Power cable
333
111
133
I 136
233
163
272
- - -
Characters:
96 standard ASCII character set
(including italic characters)
13 international character sets
Epson Extended Graphics characters
I
I
LQ-2550 GRAY DOT-MATRIX PRINTER
Paper feed methods:
Paper width:
Paper length:
Paper thickness:
Printable area:
8.5 mm (0.33') or more
'For printable area for envelopes, see page A-8.
Number of copies:
Ribbon:
9/22/89
Friction-
Built-in push feed tractor
Pull tractor (optional)
Double-bin cut sheet feeder (optional)
Single sheets
7.15 to 14.3 inches (182 to 364 mm)
Continuous
4.0 to 16.0 inches (101 to 406 mm)
Envelope
No. 6 (166 x 92 mm),
No. 10 (240 x 104 mm)
label
4 X 15116 inches,
4 X l-7116 inches,
Single sheets
3.7
to 14.3 inches (94 to 364 mm)
Single sheets
0.0026 to OX04 inches (0.065 to 0.1 mm)
Continuous
0.0023 to 0.018 inches (0.06 to 0.46 mm)
Envelope
Label
0.0075 inches (maximum 0.19 mm)
Continuous paper
mm f0.12'J
or more
406 mm (16.0') paper width
26 mm (1.02') or more
Continuous. multi-part. no carbon: one
original plus up to five copies. Total thickness
must not exceed 0.018' (0.46 mm)
Black ribbon cartridge 17762:
Life expectancy (in Letter Quality
characters, at 48 dots/character): 3 million
Color ribbon cartridge 87763:
Life expectancy (in Letter Quality
characters, at Q8 dots/character)
Black: 1.0 million
0.7 million
cyan:
0.7 million
Magenta:
0.5 million
Yellow
Film ribbon cartridge # 7764:
Life expectancy (at 10 cpi, with bi-
directional printing, using 136 columns):
0.1 million'
This number may vary depending on
l
print direction, characters per inch, or
text density per page.
w i d t h
LQ-2550-1