ITEM#LQ2180

 

 
 
 
LQ-2180 
 

Ultra-fast, ultra-dependable letter-quality impact printing for demanding business environments.

Faster. More reliable. More versatile. Combine all three and you¹ve got the EPSON® LQ-2180 printer. 

It can print at draft speeds of up to 480 cps, making it one of the fastest 24 pin impact printers around. Its MTBF rating is an impressive 10,000 Power-On-Hours (POH) and its print head has a 400 million strokes/wire rating. Translation? The EPSON LQ-2180 gives you years of high-quality, carefree printing. 

Front, rear, bottom and top paper paths let you print single sheet, continuous forms, multipart forms, envelopes, labels, checks, greenbar forms, invoices and more‹all from the same printer. The EPSON LQ-2180 can print up to 6-part forms (original + 5). Plus, its zero tear-off paper handling eliminates wasted pre-numbered and standard forms while saving both time and money. In fact, the EPSON LQ-2180 is so versatile, it's the only impact printer your entire department or office needs. 

The EPSON LQ-2180 is ready to go right out of the box. Popular Windows® printer drivers are standard. Add optional network interface boards and you can quickly connect it to an Ethernet network or a Type B device. 

Whether you're looking for your first letter-quality impact printer or looking to upgrade, take a close look at the EPSON LQ-2180, the ultra-reliable printer that gives you more for your impact printing dollar.
 

 
Printing Method  24-pin, (12 x 2 staggered), impact dot matrix 
Print Direction Bidirectional with logic seeking 
Print Speed 
High Speed Draft 
Draft 
LQ 		 480 cps (10 cpi) 
360 cps (10 cpi) 
120 cps (10 cpi)
Print Characteristics 
Character Sets 

Character Code Tables 
 
 

Bitmap Fonts 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Scalable Fonts 
 
 
 

Bar Code Fonts 

 14 international; 1 legal 

13 tables: Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, 
PC863, PC865, Abicomp, BRASC II, Roman 8, 
ISO Latin 1, PC858, 1508859-15 

EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15; EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 
proportional; EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 
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 

EPSON Roman 8 to 32 points; 
EPSON Sans Serif 8 to 32 points; 
EPSON Roman T 8 to 32 points; 
EPSON Sans Serif H 8 to 32 points 

EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, PostNet 
Printable Columns 
10cpi 
10cpi condensed 
12cpi 
12cpi condensed 
15cpi 		 Characters Per Line; Character Pitch (CP) 
136 ; 10 
233 ; 17.1 
163 ; 12 
272 ; 20 
204 ; 15
Paper Handling 
Cut Sheet Size 
(Single sheet or multipart) 
- Width 
- Length 

Envelopes 

Card 
- Width 
- Length 

Continuous Paper Size 
(Single sheet, multipart, labels) 
- Width 
- Length 

Paper Thickness 
- Cut Sheet 
- Cut sheet multipart forms thickness 
- Cut Sheet Multi-part Forms 
- Continuous Paper Multi-part 

Paper Feeding 
 
 

Copies 

Paper Path 
- Cut Sheet 
- Continuous Paper 

Line Spacing 

Input Data Buffer

   
 

3.9-16.5" (100-420mm) 
Max 16.5" (420mm) 

No. 6, No. 10 
 

3.9-7.8" (100-200mm) 
Max 7.8" (200mm) 
 
 
 

4.0-16.0" (101-406mm) 
Max 22.0" (559mm) 
 

0.0025-0.0055" (0.065-0.14mm) 
0.0047-0.018" (0.12-0.46mm) 

0.0087" (0.22mm) 
0.0025-0.018" (0.065-0.46mm) 
 

Friction Feed (Front/Top); Push Tractor Feed 
(Front/Rear); Push-Pull Tractor Feed (Front/Rear); 
Pull Tractor Feed (Front/Rear/Bottom) 

Original + 5 copies 
 

Front/Rear Entry; 
Front/Rear/Bottom Entry 

1/6" or programmable by 1/360" 

64KB or 0KB (User Selectable)
Interface  Standard Bi-directional parallel interface 
(IEEE-P1284 nibble mode supported)
Printer Language ESC/P2 and IBM 2391+ (IBM® ProPrinter compatible) 
Reliability/Life Expectancy 
MVBF (Mean Print 
Volume Between Failure) 

MTBF 

Print Head Life 
Ribbon Life

 24 million lines 
(except print head) 

10,000 Power-on hours(POH) @ 25% Duty 

400 million strokes/wire 
8 million characters
Control Panel 
Buttons 

Indicators 

 Operate, Pause, Load/Eject, LF/FF, Tear off/Bin, 
Font, Pitch Selection 
Pause, Paper out, Micro adjust, Tear off/Bin 
selection, Pitch selection, Font selection
Sound Level Approx. 54dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Environmental Conditions 
(Operating) 
Temperature 
Humidity 		 41° to 95° F; 5° to 35° C 
10 to 80% RH
Power Requirements 
Voltage 
Frequency 
Power Consumption 
 		 120V AC ± 10% 
50 to 60Hz 
Approx. 52W (ISO/IEC I0561 letter pattern)
Dimensions 
W x D x L 
Weight 		 25.16" x 15.82" x 10.11" 
approx. 28.7 lbs.
Product/Supplies Part Numbers C272001 EPSON LQ-2180 printer 
S015086 EPSON LQ-2180 ribbon fabric 
C800321 Pull Tractor Unit 
C806731 High Capacity Cut Sheet Feeder 
C806741 Second-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder 

Interfaces-Type B 

    C823051 Serial 
    C823071 32KB Serial 
    C823622 Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Server 
    C823642 Multiprotocol Ethernet Print Server 10/100 
    C823151 Twinax 
    > C823141 Coax 
Warranty Two-year limited warranty in the U.S. and Canada