DOT MATRIX PRINTER -LQ-310

High Processing Speed

You can now enjoy high-speed processing time,
with 128KB data buffer that will reduce waiting time.

Fast Print Speed

Maximize productivity with a fast print speed
of up to 416 characters per second (12 cpi).

Long-life Reliability

With a Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) rating
of 10,000 POH (power on hours), it saves cost on
electricity without compromising good quality printing.

• MODEL NUMBER  –  LQ-310
• Printing Technology  – Print Method Impact dot matrix
• Number of Pins in Head 24 pins
• Print Direction Bi-direction with logic seeking
• Control Code ESC/P2 and IBM PPDS emulation
• Print Speed
• High Speed Draft 10 / 12 cpi 347 / 416 cps
• Draft 10 / 12 / 15 cpi 260 / 312 / 390 cps
• Draft Condensed 17 / 20 cpi 222 / 260 cps
• LQ 10 / 12 / 15 cpi 86 / 103 / 129 cps
• LQ Condensed 17 / 20 cpi 147 / 172 cps
• 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 Fonts EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, Postnet
• Printable Columns
• Pitch 10 / 12 / 15 / 17 / 20 cpi 80 / 96 / 120 / 137 / 160 cpl
• Paper Handling
• Paper Path Tractor Rear in, Top out
• Manual Insertion Rear in, Top out
• Paper Size Length Width Thickness
• Cut Sheet (Single Sheet) 100 ~ 364 mm 100 ~ 257 mm 0.065 ~ 0.14 mm
  (3.9 ~ 14.3″) (3.9 ~ 10.1″) (0.0025 ~ 0.0055″)
• Cut Sheet (Multi Part) 100 ~ 364 mm 100 ~ 257 mm 0.12 ~ 0.32 mm
  (3.9 ~ 14.3″) (3.9 ~ 10.1″) (0.0047 ~ 0.0126″) (Total)
• Envelope (No.6) 92 mm 165 mm 0.16 ~ 0.52 mm
  (3.6″) (6.5″) (0.0063 ~ 0.0205″) (Total)
• Envelope (No.10) 105 mm 241 mm 0.16 ~ 0.52 mm
  (4.1″) (9.5″) (0.0063 ~ 0.0205″) (Total)
• Continuous Paper (Single Sheet and Multi part) 101.6 ~ 558.8 mm 101.6 ~ 254.0 mm 0.065 ~ 0.32 mm
  (4.0 ~ 22.0″) (4.0 ~ 10.0″) (0.0025 ~ 0.0126″) (Total)
• Roll Paper NA 216 mm 0.07 ~ 0.09 mm
  (8.5″) (0.0028 ~ 0.0035″)
• Paper Feeding
  Standard Friction, Push Tractor
• Optional Roll Paper Holder
• Copies Original + 3 copies
• Line Spacing 4.23mm (1/6″) or programmable in increments of 0.118mm (1/216″)
• Input Data Buffer 128KB
• Interface
• Standard Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)
• USB 2.0 Full-Speed
• Serial
• Ribbon Cartridge
• Standard Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black)
• Ribbon Life Approx. 2.5 million characters (Draft 10 cpi, 48 dots/character)
• Acoustic Noise Approx. 53 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
• Reliability
• Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF) Approx. 20 million lines (except print head)
• Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Approx. 10,000 POH (25% Duty)
• Print Head Life Approx. 400 million strokes/wire
• Control Panel 4 switches and 5 LEDs
• Environmental Conditions (Operating)
• Temperature 5 ~ 35°C
• Humidity 10 ~ 80 % RH
• Electrical Specification
• Rated Voltage AC 220 – 240V
• Rated Frequency 50Hz ~ 60Hz
• Power Consumption
• Operating Approx. 24W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter pattern)
• Sleep Mode Approx. 1.3 W
• Auto-Off Mode Approx. 0.5W
• Power Off 0W
• Printer Driver / Utility
• Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
• Utility Epson Status Monitor (Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10)