

Epson LQ-50 Dot-Matrix 6″inch Printer
Compact, versatile bill printer with flexible wide-receipt options
- Allows users to print on wider receipts
Saves counter space
High quality printing
Allows users to print on wider receipts
- It supports 152.4mm (6″”) width fanfold paper for the issuing of receipts. Roll paper can also be used if the optional roll paper holder is attached to the printer.
Saves counter space
- At only 275mm (10.83″”) wide, it is compactly designed to allow easy installation even on counters with limited space
High quality printing
- Its 24-pin print head supports printing of Indian texts in high resolution both by the command control and through a Windows® driver. 10 local Indian language device fonts are pre-installed. In addition, it is designed to perform well in dusty or sandy locations.
PRINTING METHOD Impact dot matrix
NUMBER OF PINS IN HEAD 24 pins
PRINT DIRECTION Bi-directional with logic seeking
CONTROL CODE ESC/P 2 and IBM 2390 Plus emulation
PRINTER SPEED
HIGH SPEED DRAFT 10 / 12 cpi 300 / 360 cps
DRAFT 10 / 12 / 15 cpi 225 / 270 / 337 cps
DRAFT CONDENSED 17 / 20 cpi 192 / 225 cps
LQ CONDENSED 17 / 20 cpi 128 / 150 cps
PRINT CHARACTERISTICS
CHARACTER SETS 15 International character sets
13 Standard character code tables :
Italic table, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASCII,
Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, PC858, ISO 8859-15
5 Indian tables :
ISCII, PC-ISCII, EA-ISCII, TAB-Tamil99, TAM-Tamil99
BIT MAP FONT 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 Script C: Proportional;
EPSON OCR-B: 10 cpi; EPSON Orator: 10 cpi; EPSON Orator-S: 10 cpi
INDIAN FONTS CDAC Devanagari, CDAC Bengali, CDAC Tamil, CDAC Telugu, CDAC Assamese,
CDAC Oriya, CDAC Kannada, CDAC Malayalam, CDAC Gujarati,
CDAC Punjabi: Proportional
SCALABLE FONTS EPSON Roman, EPSON Sans Serif, EPSON Roman T, EPSON Sans Serif H,
EPSON Sans Serif H: 10.5 pt., 8 to 32 pt. (every 2 pt.)
BAR CODE FONT EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET
PAPER/MEDIA HANDLING
PAPER PATH TRACTOR Rear in, Top out
ROLL PAPER Rear in, Top out
PAPER SIZE
CONTINUOUS PAPER WIDTH x LENGTH 101.6 – 152.4 mm (4.0 – 6.0”) x 101.6 – 558.8 mm (4.0 – 22.0”)
THICKNESS 0.065 – 0.25 mm (0.0025 – 0.0098”) (Total)
ROLL PAPER WIDTH 121.0 – 127.0 mm (4.0 – 5.0”)
THICKNESS 0.065 – 0.09 mm (0.0025 – 0.0035”)
PAPER FEEDING
STANDARD FRICTION FEED Rear
PUSH TRACTOR FEED Rear
OPTIONAL FEEDER Rear push tractor and Roll paper holder
COPIES Original + 2 copies
LINE SPACING 4.23 mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.071 mm (1/360”)
INPUT DATA BUFFER 64 KB
INTERFACE
STANDARD Bi-directional parallel interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported)
USB (ver 2.0 Full Speed) interface
RIBBON CARTRIDGE
STANDARD
FABRIC RIBBON CARTRIDGE (BLACK) RIBBON LIFE Approx. 3 million characters (LQ 10 cpi, 48 dots/character)
ACOUSTIC NOISE Approx. 54 dB(A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
RELIABILITY
MEAN PRINT VOLUME BETWEEN FAILURE (MVBF) 20 million lines (Except print head)
MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE (MTBF) 10000 POH (25% Duty)
PRINT HEAD LIFE Approx. 200 million strokes/wire
CONTROL PANEL 3 switches and 3 LEDs
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (OPERATING)
TEMPERATURE 5 to 35°C / 45 to 95°F
HUMIDITY 10 to 80% RH
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 – 240 V
RATED FREQUENCY 50 – 60 Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 20 W (Original Pattern), ENERGY STAR compliant
DIMENSIONS
WIDTH X DEPTH X HEIGHT 275 mm (10.83”) x 240 mm (9.45”) x 153 mm (6.02”)
WEIGHT Approx. 3.3 kg / 7.28 lbs
PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY
OS Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Linux