Product Description

Extremely robust design, 24 pin dot matrix printer. The Epson LQ-590 24 pin dot matrix printer has a compact footprint making it an ideal choice for general business use. High speed, high quality printer for medium and large print volumes. Producing high quality A4 output, the Epson LQ-590 prints at an incredible 529 cps and is very reliable and economical to run.Versatile paper management, with the ability to handle up to 5 part forms, its flexible paper management allows paper insertion from the front, top, rear and bottom. The front sheet guide enables front feeding of even small paper types.An optional additional tractor unit enables the printer to either accommodate two continuous forms at the same time, or to use push and pull paper feeding - ideal for commercial and industrial environments.horse provides Parallel and USB interfaces, plus a slot for optional interface cards, including high-speed Ethernet, for greater compatibility with practically any system. And, with both Epson and IBM printer languages, it's a perfect replacement for the Okidata ML-390/490, the Epson LQ-570e/870 or the wide-format Epson LQ-2080.Ideal for businesses that require high quality, multipart forms printing, the reliable Epson LQ-590 printer offers extremely low operational costs compared to other printing technologies, as well as superior performance in comparison to other impact printers in its class. Designed for use in demanding print environments, this heavy-duty dot matrix printer handles critical business applications with precision and ease.

Product Details

• Brand: Epson
• Model: C11C558001
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 10.75" h x 20.50" w x 21.00" l, 15.65 pounds
• Memory: 0.128MB

Features

• Connector/Port - USB/Parallel
• Style - Dot matrix impact, 24-pin w/programmable line spacing
• Warranty - Manufacturer's limited 3-year
• Print Speed (Black) - 529 CPS at 12 cpi

Customer Reviews

Definately not for printing forms.
I can't rate the product on any features other than what we purchased it for - printing multi-part invoices. If your objective is to fill in pre-printed forms from a software application, forget the LQ-590 - the "top-of-form" setting on the printer will be overwritten by the software. Epson technical support appears to feel "top margin" and "top-of-form" are the same thing.

What this means is that if you wish to start printing at a certain spot on the form, it is nearly impossible to do so. We use a business accounting program where all of the forms are created in the application with a default top margin. Normally all that is required when a new dot-matrix printer is purchased is to re-adjust the "top-of-form" position on the printer so it prints correctly. Epson uses the "MicroAdjust" feature for this. Unfortunately, the LQ-590 resets the "top-of-form" position to it's default .333 inch whenever a print job from a software application (even a simple one like Notepad) is received, meaning the only method available to you to adjust the top-of-form position is with the "top margin" setting in the application.

The difficulty with this is that if you adjust the top margin position for the LQ-590, other printers on the network also printing this form will no longer print correctly. Worse yet, in our case the top margins are hard coded into the application, and we cannot change them. We had no choice but to return the unit and subsequently purchased an Oki Microline 320 - no problems with it. We also still have a few Epson LQ-570's that work perfectly.

job specific
This printer is great for turning out text and numbers almost continuously.
If you need to print even basic graphics, get a bubble jet or laser printer.My very simple company logo is a fuzzy blob of dots.

Gets the job done
It has been about one month sine my office replaced our old dot matrix printer with this one. For the money, this printer cannot be beat and we are completely satisfied.

If I had to complain, the print quality could be better - but this is an entry level dot matrix printer and a you're probably not looking for the highest dpi, just the best reliability/prince/speed generally.

I like the option for front and rear tractor feeds and for the the money it really can't be beat.