Information correct as at February 2014
Weight: Approx. 13kg (28.66lbs)
Dimensions & Weight
256mm
(10.07”)
639mm
(25.15”)
402mm
(15.82”)
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Legend
cpi  Characters per inch
  (Characters per 25.4mm)
cps  Characters per second
cpl  Character per line
SPECIFICATIONS 
LQ-2190
MODEL NUMBER      LQ-2190
Printer Technology
Printing 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
Printer Speed   
High Speed Draft    10 / 12 cpi  480 / 576 cps
Draft      10 / 12 / 15 cpi  360 / 432 / 540 cps
Draft Condensed    17 / 20 cpi  308 / 360 cps
Letter Quality    10 / 12 / 15 cpi  120 / 144 / 180 cps
Letter Quality Condensed  17 / 20 cpi  205 / 240 cps
Print Characteristics 
Character Table      14 international character sets and one legal character sets. 1 Italic and 12 graphical character 
          tables: Italic table, PC437 (US Standard Europe), PC850 (Multilingual), PC860 (Portuguese), PC861 
          (Icelandic), PC863 (Canadian-French), PC865 (Nordic), BRASCII, Abicomp, Roman 8, ISO Latin 1, 
          PC 858, ISO 8859-15
Bitmap Fonts      Epson Draft / Epson Courier: 10cpi, 12cpi, 15cpi; 
          Epson Roman / Epson Sans Serif: 10cpi, 12cpi, 15cpi, Proportional; Epson Prestige: 10cpi, 12cpi; 
          Epson Script / OCR-B / Orator / Orator-S / Epson Script C: 10cpi, Proportional
Scalable Fonts      Epson Roman / Sans Serif / Roman T / Sans 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, 
          Coda bar (NW-7), Industrial 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5
Printable Columns 
Pitch       10 / 12 / 15 / 17 / 20 cpi   136 / 163 / 204 / 233 / 272 cpl
Paper Handling
Paper Path      Manual Insertion (Front or rear in, top out), Push Tractor (Front or rear in, top out), 
          Pull Tractor (Front or rear or bottom in, top out)
Paper / Media      Length Width Thickness
  Cut Sheet (Single Sheet)  Entry: Front  148 - 420 mm   100 - 420 mm   0.065 - 0.14 mm
          (5.8 - 16.5”)  (3.9 - 16.5” )  (0.0025 - 0.0055”)
        Entry: Rear  100 - 420 mm   100 - 420 mm  0.065 - 0.14 mm 
          (3.9 - 16.5”)  (3.9 - 16.5”)  (0.0025 - 0.0055”)
  Cut Sheet (Multi-part)  Entry: Front  148 - 420 mm  100 - 420 mm  0.12 - 0.46 mm
          (5.8 - 16.5”)  (3.9 - 16.5”)  (0.0047 - 0.018”) (Total)
        Entry: Rear  100 - 420 mm  100 - 420 mm  0.12 - 0.46 mm
          (3.9 - 16.5”)  (3.9 - 16.5”)  (0.0047 - 0.018”) (Total)
        Copies  1 Original + 5 Copies
  Continuous Paper (Single Sheet / Multi-part) 
        Entry: Front, Rear, Bottom   101.6 - 558.8 mm  101.6 - 406.4 mm   0.065 - 0.46 mm
          (4 - 22”)  (4 - 16”)  (0.0025” - 0.018”) (Total)
        Copies  1 Original + 5 Copies
  Envelope (No.6)    Entry: Rear  92mm  165mm  0.16 - 0.52 mm 
          (3.6”)  (6.5”)  (0.0063 - 0.020”) (Total)
  Envelope (No.10)    Entry: Rear  105mm  241mm  0.16 - 0.52 mm 
          (4.1”)  (9.5”)  (0.0063 - 0.020”) (Total)   
  Label (Base Sheet)   Entry: Bottom  101.6 - 558.8 mm  101.6 - 406.4 mm  0.16 - 0.19 mm
          (4 - 22”)  (4 - 16”)  (0.0063 - 0.0075”) (Total)
  Card    Entry: Front, Rear  148 - 200 mm  100 - 200 mm  0.22mm
          (5.8 - 7.8”)  (3.9 - 7.8”)  (0.0087”)
        Diameter  Width  Thickness
  Roll Paper    Entry: Rear  127mm (5”)  216mm (8.5”)  0.07 - 0.09 mm (0.0028 - 0.0035”) 
Line Spacing      4.23mm (1/6”) or programmable in increments of 0.0706mm (1/360”)
Acoustic Noise    54 dB
Input Data Buffer    128 KB
Interface      Bi-directional Parallel Interface (IEEE-1284 nibble mode supported), USB 2.0 (Full Speed), 
          Type B I/F Level 2 (Option)
Ribbon Cartridge    Standard  Fabric Ribbon Cartridge (Black)
        Ribbon Life  Approx. 15 million Characters
*1
Reliability
Mean Print Volume Between Failure (MVBF)  40 million lines (except print head)
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)  20,000 Power On Hours (POH) (25% Duty)
Print Head Life      400 million strokes/wire
Control Panel      6 switches and 10 LEDs are located on the panel
Environmental Conditions (Operating)
Temperature      5 - 35°C (Operating
*2
), 15 - 25°C (Operating
*2 *3
)
Humidity      10 - 80% RH (Operating
*2
), 30 - 60% RH (Operating
*2 *3
)
Electrical Specifi cation
Rated Voltage      AC 220 - 240 V
Rated Frequency      50 - 60 Hz
Power Consumption    Operating  Approx. 46W (ISO/IEC10561 Letter Pattern) (Energy STAR Compliant)
        Sleep Mode  Approx. 3W
        Power Off  0W in powered off mode
Printer Driver / Utility 
Operating System      Microsoft
®
 Windows
®
 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8
Utility        Epson Status Monitor 3 (Microsoft
® 
Windows
®
 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8)
          Epson Printer Setting (Microsoft
®
 Windows
®
 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8)
Options
Epsonnet 10/100 Base TX 
Int. Print Server  C824352
Pull Tractor Unit  C800322
Ribbon Cartridge  C13S015531 
Serial I/F Card No Buffer Type-B  C824432
*1
  Actual print yield may vary depending on 
  usage purpose and environment
*2
 Without condensation
*3
  During printing on reclaimed paper, multi-
  part paper, envelope, label or roll paper
Multiple confi gurations are Energy Star qualifi ed.