EPSON LQ-570e edge guides paper guide cover printer cover paper guide User Replaceable Parts User replaceable part Upper connector cover C.B.S-tite screw Front edge guide Front cover assembly Knob Logo plate Part number 1037223 1002674 1050231 1053455 1039337 1053118 1025296 1050319 1050320 1040231 1050324 paper release lever front cover (closed) control panel Paper separator Paper eject assembly Printer cover assembly Rear tractor assembly Rear sheet guide assembly Options Paper Handling Options High-capacity cut-sheet feeder (C806381) ribbon cartridge shield plate paper thickness lever (gap) Feeds up to 150 sheets of paper or 25 plain bond envelopes into the printer without reloading. If you also install the single-bin cut-sheet feeder, you can use both feeders as a double-bin cutsheet feeder. Single-bin cut-sheet feeder (C806371) knob Feeds up to 50 sheets of ordinary single-sheet paper and is used in conjunction with the high-capacity cut-sheet feeder to create a double bin. Additional tractor unit (C800201) parallel interface tractor paper tension unit Used in combination with the other tractor, improves continuous paper handling and reduces the chance of paper jams. This is especially useful for printing on continuous multipart forms. Roll paper holder (#8310) Allows you to use your printer with 8.5-inch roll paper like that used with telex machines. Front sheet guide (C814231) Allows you to easily load single sheets, including single sheet mulitpart forms, from the front paper slot. front edge guide front cover (open) 4/00 EPSON LQ-570e - 1 EPSON LQ-570e Optional Interface Cards You can install an optional interface card to supplement your printer's built-in parallel interface and provide added network compatibility. The EPSON interface cards in the table below are compatible with your printer. Model number C823051 C823071 C823121 C823141 C823151 C823451 C823622 C823642 Card type Serial Type B interface card 32KB serial Type B interface card LocalTalk interface card Coax Type B interface card Twinax Type B interface card IEEE-1284 (Type B bidirectional) parallel interface card Type B Ethernet interface card for 10 Base 2 / 10 Base T Type B Ethernet interface card for 10/100 Base TX with AC adapter Printing direction Bidirectional logic seeking for text and graphics printing. Unidirectional text or graphics printing can be selected using software commands. 1/6 inch or programmable in 1/360-inch increments 80 columns (at 10 cpi) Line spacing Printable columns Resolution (maximum) Letter quality: 360 × 180 dpi Raster graphics: 360 × 360 dpi Interfaces 1 standard bidirectional, 8-bit parallel interface with IEEE-1284 nibble mode support, and 1 optional interface slot Friction (front or top paper entry) Push tractor (rear paper entry) Pull tractor (front, bottom, or rear paper entry) Push and pull tractor (optional) High-capacity cut-sheet feeder (optional) Roll paper holder (optional) Paper feed speed Continuous 5 inches/second Intermittent 45 ms/line at 1/6-inch line spacing Paper capacity Optional high-capacity cut-sheet feeder up to 150 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m2) paper up to 25 plain or bond envelopes up to 30 airmail envelopes up to 30 postcards Single-bin cut-sheet feeder up to 50 sheets of 22 lb (82 g/m2) paper The total thickness of the paper stack can be up to 0.20 inch (5 mm). Paper feed methods * If you install the C823051 optional serial interface card, be sure to set the transfer speed to one of the following: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200 bps. Printer Specifications Mechanical Printing method Emulation Printing speed 24-pin impact dot matrix EPSON ESC/P®2 and IBM 2390 Plus High-speed draft 400 cps at 10 cpi Draft 300 cps at 10 cpi 360 cps at 12 cpi 450 cps at 15 cpi Draft condensed 257 cps at 17 cpi 300 cps at 20 cpi LQ 100 cps at 10 cpi 120 cps at 12 cpi 150 cps at 15 cpi LQ condensed 171 cps at 17 cpi 200 cps at 20 cpi Buffer 64KB 2 - EPSON LQ-570e 4/00 EPSON LQ-570e Built-in fonts Bitmap fonts EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, proportional EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi EPSON Prestige 10, 12 cpi EPSON Script 10 cpi EPSON OCR-B 10 cpi EPSON Orator 10 cpi EPSON Orator-S 10 cpi EPSON Script C proportional Scalable fonts EPSON Roman 10.5, 8­32 pt (every 2 pt) EPSON Sans Serif 10.5, 8­32 pt (every 2 pt) EPSON Roman T 10.5, 8­32 pt (every 2 pt) EPSON Sans Serif H 10.5, 8­32 pt (every 2 pt) Barcode fonts EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET Character tables 1 Italic table and 12 graphical character tables (35 graphical character tables are available in some countries) 14 international character sets and 1 legal character set Total print volume 19 million lines (except print head) MTBF 10,000 POH (25% duty) Print head life approximately 200 million strokes per wire Dimensions and weight Height Width Depth Weight 6.3 inches (160 mm) 16.3 inches (415 mm) 14.5 inches (368 mm) 16.5 lb (7.5 kg) Length Power consumption Input voltage range Rated frequency range Input frequency range Rated current Ribbon Black ribbon cartridge (#7753) Film ribbon cartridge (#7768) Black ribbon life: 2 million characters (LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/character) Film ribbon life: 0.2 million characters (LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/character) Electrical 120 V 99 to 132 V 220 to 240 V 198 to 264 V 50 to 60 Hz 49.5 to 60.5 Hz 1.0 A (maximum 2.6 A depending on the character type) 0.5 A (maximum 1.4 A depending on the character type) Approx. 36 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern) Environmental Temperature Operation Storage 41 to 95 °F (5 to 35 °C) ­22 to 140 °F (­30 to 60 °C) Humidity (without condensation) 10 to 80% RH 0 to 85% RH Paper Use recycled paper and envelopes only under normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows: Temperature Humidity 59 to 77 °F (15 to 25 °C) 30 to 60% RH Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or curled. Character sets Reliability Ordinary single sheets: front, top, and cut-sheet feeder entry Width Front and top 10.1 to 14 inches (257 to 356 mm) High-capacity cut-sheet feeder 3.9 to 14.3 inches (100 to 364 mm) Second bin cut-sheet feeder 7.2 to 8.5 inches (182 to 216 mm) Front and top 3.9 to 14.3 inches (100 to 364 mm) High-capacity cut-sheet feeder 10.1 to 14 inches (257 to 356 mm) Second bin cut-sheet feeder 10.1 to 14 inches (257 to 356 mm) 4/00 EPSON LQ-570e - 3 EPSON LQ-570e Thickness 0.0025 to 0.0055 inch (0.065 to 0.14 mm) Cut sheet feeder: 0.0028 to 0.0055 inch (0.07 to 0.14 mm) 14 to 24 lb (52 to 90 g/m2) Cut sheet feeder: 18 to 24 lb (64 to 90 g/m2) t Weight The continuous multipart forms should be securely joined together along the left and right edges by crimping. Crimping should be pressed in from the original sheet side and go completely through all copy sheets. The ratio of the cut/uncut length at the perforation should be between 3:1 and 5:1. The perforation between pages should not extend all the way to the edges of the paper. At the perforation between pages, the horizontal and vertical perforation cuts should not cross. The thickness of the perforation part when extended should be 1 mm or less. t Single-sheet multipart forms: front entry only t Width Length Copies Thickness Weight Binding 3.9 to 10.1 inches (100 to 257 mm) 3.9 to 14.3 inches (100 to 364 mm) 1 original + up to 4 copies 0.0047 to 0.015 inch (0.12 to 0.39 mm) 12 to 15 lb (40 to 58 g/m2) Line glue at the top of form t t Continuous paper with labels: front and bottom entry Envelopes: top entry only Label size (minimum) Backing sheet width Backing sheet length Backing sheet thickness Total thickness Label weight 0.938 × 2.5 inches (23.8 × 63.5 mm) 0.1 inch (2.5 mm) corner radius 4 to 10 inches (101.6 to 254 mm) 4 to 22 inches (101.6 to 558.8 mm) 0.0028 to 0.0035 inch (0.07 to 0.09 mm) 0.0063 to 0.0075 inch (0.16 to 0.19 mm) 17 lb (64 g/m2) Size Thickness Weight No. 6 No. 10 6.5 × 3.6 inches (165 × 92 mm) 9.5 × 4.1 inches (241 × 105 mm) 0.0063 to 0.0205 inch (0.16 to 0.52 mm) 12 to 24 lb (45 to 90 g/m2) Postcards: front and top entry Width Length Front and top: 3.9 to 7.9 inches (100 to 200 mm) Cut sheet feeder: 3.9 to 5.8 inches (100 to 148 mm) Front: 5.8 to 7.9 inches (148 to 200 mm) Top: 3.9 to 7.9 inches (100 to 200 mm) Cut sheet feeder: 3.9 to 5.8 inches (100 to 148 mm) 0.0087 inch (0.22 mm) 51 lb (192 g/m2) Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holder only Width Thickness Weight Thickness Weight 8.5 ± 0.12 inch (216 ± 3 mm) 0.0028 to 0.0035 inch (0.07 to 0.09 mm) 14 to 22 lb (52 to 82 g/m2) Continuous paper (standard and multipart): front, rear, and bottom entry Paper Alignment Front entry Width Length Copies Thickness 4 to 10 inches (101.6 to 254 mm) 4 to 22 inches (101.6 to 558.8 mm) 1 original + up to 4 copies Printable area 0.0025 to 0.015 inch (0.065 to 0.39 mm) Perforated edges up to 0.035 inch (0.9 mm) 14 to 22 lb (52 to 82 g/m2) Printing starts at "0" on the scale. The unprintable area is to the left of the "0". Weight (not multipart) Binding Weight (1 multipart sheet) 12 to 15 lb (40 to 58 g/m2) Point glue or paper staples on both sides (front, bottom, or rear entry) 4 - EPSON LQ-570e 4/00 EPSON LQ-570e Rear entry Continuous paper Printing starts at "0" on the scale. The unprintable area is to the left of the "0." A printable area A B B Printable Area Single sheets, envelopes, and postcards A B A printable area A The minimum top and bottom margins above and below the perforation are 0.17 inch (4.2 mm). B The minimum left and right margins are 0.51 inch (13 mm). The maximum paper width is 10 inches (254 mm). The maximum printable width is 8 inches (203.2 mm). For continuous paper wider than 9 inches (229.2 mm), the side margins increase proportionally to match the width of the paper. B printable area Roll paper A B C B C printable area A The minimum top margin is 0.17 inch (4.2 mm). B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm). The maximum paper width is 10.1 inches (257 mm). The maximum printable width is 8 inches (203.2 mm). For single sheets wider than 8.23 inches (209.2 mm), the side margins increase to match the width of the paper. C The minimum bottom margin is 0.17 inch (4.2 mm). A The minimum top margin is 0.17 inch (4.2 mm). B The minimum left and right margins are 0.12 inch (3 mm). The maximum printable width is 8 inches (203.2 mm). Safety Approvals 120 V Safety standards EMI UL 1950 CSA C22.2 No. 950 FCC part 15 subpart B class B CSA C108.8 class B 4/00 EPSON LQ-570e - 5 EPSON LQ-570e 230 V Tear Off/Bin lights Safety standards EMI Acoustic noise EN 60950 EN 55022 (CISPR pub. 22) class B AS/NZS 3548 class B Approx. 49 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern) t t t t f f when continuous paper is in the tear-off position. o n when bin 1 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected. n o when bin 2 of the optional cut-sheet feeder is selected. n n when the printer is in the card mode. n = on, o = off, f = flashing CE Marking 230 V LF/FF button Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC EMC Directive 89/336/EEC EN 60950 EN 55022 Class B EN 61000-3-2 EN 61000-3-3 EN 50082-1 IEC 60801-2 IEC 60801-3 IEC 60801-4 t t Feeds paper line by line when pressed quickly. Ejects a single sheet or advances continuous paper to the next top-of-form position when held down. Load/Eject button t t t Loads a single sheet of paper. Ejects a single sheet of paper when a sheet is loaded. Loads continuous paper from the standby position. Feeds continuous paper backward to the standby position in micro adjust mode. Control Panel Buttons and Lights t Micro Adjust mode When you hold down the Pause button for 3 seconds, the printer enters the micro adjust mode. In this mode, you can press the LF/FF D and Load/Eject U buttons to adjust the top-of-form or tear-off position. Font button Selects the font. Font lights Pause button Stops printing temporarily, and resumes printing when pressed again. When pressed for 3 seconds, turns on micro adjust mode. Pause light t t Indicate which font is selected. Condensed button On when the printer is paused. Flashes when the printer is in the micro adjust mode or when the print head has overheated. Turns condensed mode on and off. Condensed light On when condensed mode is on. Tear Off/Bin button t t Paper Out light t On when no paper is loaded in the selected paper source or paper is not loaded correctly. Flashes when paper has not been fully ejected or a paper jam has occurred. Advances continuous paper to the tear-off position. Feeds continuous paper backward from the tear-off position to the top-of-form position. Selects a cut-sheet feeder bin when the cut-sheet feeder is installed and the release lever is in the single sheet position. Turns on the card mode to print on postcards and envelopes. t t t 6 - EPSON LQ-570e 4/00 EPSON LQ-570e Error Indicators Y ...