EPSON LQ-2180

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. (Not all interfaces are available in all countries.)

Model number

Name

 

 

C82305✽ / C82306✽

Serial interface card

 

 

C82307✽ / C82308✽

32KB serial interface card

 

 

C82310✽ / C82311✽

32KB parallel interface card

 

 

C82312✽

LocalTalk interface card

 

 

C82313✽

32KB IEEE-488 interface card

 

 

C82314✽

Coax interface card

 

 

C82315✽

Twinax interface card

 

 

C82345✽

IEEE-1284 parallel interface card

 

 

C82357✽ / C82362✽ /

Ethernet interface card

C82363✽ / C82364✽

 

 

 

The asterisk (✽) is a substitute for the last digit, which varies by country.

Printer Specifications

Mechanical

Printing method

24-pin impact dot matrix

Printing speed

High-speed draft

 

480 cps at 10 cpi maximum

 

Draft

 

360 cps at 10 cpi

 

Letter-quality

 

120 cps at 10 cpi

Printing direction

Bidirectional logic seeking for text and

 

graphics printing. Unidirectional text

 

or graphics printing can be selected

 

using software commands.

Line spacing

1/6-inch or programmable in

 

1/360-inch increments

Printable columns

136 columns (at 10 cpi)

Resolution

Maximum

 

360 × 180 dpi (letter quality)

 

360 × 360 dpi (raster graphics)

Interfaces

One standard bidirectional, 8-bit,

 

parallel interface with IEEE 1284

 

nibble mode support and one optional

 

interface slot

Paper feed methods

Friction (front or top paper entry)

 

Push tractor (front or rear paper entry)

 

Pull tractor (front, bottom, or rear

 

paper entry)

 

Push and pull tractor (additional

 

tractor is required for front push and

 

pull tractor combination)

 

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

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

 

a stack of multi-part forms up to

 

0.59 inch (15 mm) thick

 

Note:

 

The total thickness of the paper stack

 

can be up to 0.59 inch (15 mm).

 

Second-bin cut-sheet feeder

 

up to 30 airmail envelopes

 

up to 30 postcards

 

Note:

 

The total thickness of the paper stack

 

can be up to 0.20 inch (5 mm).

Buffer

64KB or 0KB (selectable in the

 

default-setting mode or the EPSON

 

Remote! utility)

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