Epson LX-310 Dot Matrix Printer

Epson LX-310 Dot Matrix Printer
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•Narrow carriage 9-pin SIDM
•High 357 CPS print speed at 12CPI
•10,000 power on hour MTBF
•USB, Serial and Parallel ports
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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:
9 pins
Control Code:
ESC/P and IBM PPDS emulation
Number of Pins:
9

Print Speed:
High Speed Draft:
(10 / 12 / 15 cpi): 347 / 357 / 390 cps
(Condensed, 17 / 20 cpi): 383 / 298 cps
Draft:
(10 / 12 / 15 cpi): 260 / 312 / 223 cps
(Condensed, 17 / 20 cpi): 222 / 260 cps
(Emphasized, 10 cpi): 130 cps
NLQ:
(10 / 12 / 15 / 17 / 20 cpi): 65 / 78 / 55 / 47 / 56 cps

Reliability:
Printhead Life:
Approx. 400 million strokes/wire
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 Characteristics:
Character Sets:
Italic table, PC437 (US Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portugese), 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 & Sans Serif: 10, 12, 15 cpi, Proportional, Epson OCR-B
Barcode:
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, Postnet

Paper Media:
Cut Sheet (Single Sheet):
Length: 100 ~ 364mm (3.9 ~ 14.3")
Width: 100 ~ 257mm (3.9 ~ 10.1")
Thickness: 0.065 ~ 0.14mm (0.0025 ~ 0.0055")
Cut Sheet (Multi-part Forms):
Length: 100 ~ 364mm (3.9 ~ 14.3")
Width: 100 ~ 257mm (3.9 ~ 10.1")
Thickness: 0.12 ~ 0.39mm (0.0047 ~ 0.015") (Total)
Continuous Paper (Single Sheet / Multi-part):
Length: 101.6 ~ 558.8mm (4.0 ~ 22.0")
Width: 101.6 ~ 254.0mm 4.0 ~ 10.0")
Thickness: 0.065 ~ 0.39mm (0.0025 ~ 0.015") (Total)
Envelope (No.6):
Length: 92mm (3.6")
Width: 165mm (6.5")
Thickness: 0.16 ~ 0.52mm (0.0063 ~ 0,0205") (Total)