EPSON LQ-310

Your fast and affordable printing solution

Building on its reputation as the world’s top dot matrix printer maker, Epson has introduced the Epson LQ-310 as the next-generation narrow carriage, 24-pin model that replaces the legendary LQ-300, featuring vastly improved speed and reliability.

The Epson LQ-310 also has an improved reliability rating that is an astonishing 67% higher than its predecessor that was already renowned for its dependability. The LQ-310 is rated for a mean time before failure (MTBF) of 10,000 POH (power on hours) compared to the older model’s 6,000 POH.

Achieve optimum efficiency with the LQ-310’s ability to create up to a 4-part form printout (1 original + 3 copies).

With built-in USB, Serial and Parallel Interface options, the LQ-310 is able to connect to just about any output device you need it for.
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 DRAFT10/12 CPI 347 / 416 cps
DRAFT10/12/15 CPI 260 / 312 / 390 cps
DRAFT CONDENSED17/20 CPI 222 / 260 cps
LQ10/12/15 CPI 86 / 103 / 129 cps
LQ CONDENSED17/20 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: Proporational
BARCODE FONTS EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, Postnet
PRINTABLE COLUMNS
PITCH10/12/15/17/20 CPI 80 / 96 / 120 / 137 / 160 cpl
PAPER HANDLING
PAPER PATH
TRACTOR Rear in, Top out
MANUAL INSERTION Rear in, Top out
PAPER SIZE LengthWidthThickness
CUT SHEET (SINGLE SHEET) 100 – 364mm
(3.9 – 14.3″)100 – 257mm
(3.9 – 10.1″)0.065 – 0.14mm (0.0025 – 0.0055″)
CUT SHEET (MULTI PART) 100 – 364mm
(3.9 – 14.3″)100 – 257mm
(3.9 – 10.1″)0.12 – 0.32mm
(0.0047 – 0.0126″)
ENVELOPE (NO.6) 92mm
(3.6″)165mm
(6.5″)0.16 – 0.52mm
(0.0063 – 0.0205″)
ENVELOPE (NO.10) 105mm
(4.1″)241mm
(9.5″)0.16 – 0.52mm (0.0063 – 0.0205″)
CONTINUOUS PAPER (SINGLE SHEET AN MULTI PART) 101.6 – 558.8mm
(4.0 – 22.0″)101.6 – 254.0mm
(4.0 – 10.0″)0.065 – 0.32mm
(0.0025 – 0.0126″)
ROLL PAPER NA216mm
(8.5″)0.07 – 0.09mm
(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 10cpi, 48 dots/character)
ACOUSTIC NOISE Approx. 53dB(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 120V / AC 220 – 240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50Hz – 60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION
OPERATING Approx. 22W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter pattern),(ENERGY STAR compliant)
SLEEP MODE Approx. 1.0W (120V) / 1.3W (230V)
AUTO OFF MODE Approx. 0.5W
POWER OFF 0W
PRINTER DRIVER / UTILITY
OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista®
UTILITY
EPSON STATUS MONITOR 3 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista®
EPSON PRINTER SETTING Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista®