Product comparison · 2 dot matrix printers

Epson C31C515806 dot matrix printer vs Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps

4specifications compared
4differ
0identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps has 124 KB more buffer size than the Epson C31C515806 dot matrix printer (128 KB vs 4 KB). The Epson C31C515806 dot matrix printer has 170,000 h more mean time between failures (MTBF) than the Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps (180000 h vs 10000 h). Product colour: Black on the Epson C31C515806 dot matrix printer, Black, White on the Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps. Standard interfaces: USB on the Epson C31C515806 dot matrix printer, Parallel, Serial, USB on the Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps.

Product colour
- C31C515806 dot matrix printer:Black
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:Black, White
Buffer size
- C31C515806 dot matrix printer:4 KB
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:128 KB
Standard interfaces
- C31C515806 dot matrix printer:USB
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:Parallel, Serial, USB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- C31C515806 dot matrix printer:180000 h
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:10000 h

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Comparison of C31C515806, LQ-1310
26 specifications	A Epson C31C515806 dot matrix printer Model C31C515806 View product	B Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps Model LQ-1310 View product
Printingidentical
ColourKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Maximum print speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	416 cps
Character pitchKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10,12,15 cpi
Bitmap fontsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Courier, Draft, Orator, Orator-S, Prestige, Roman, Sans Serif, Script, Script C
Scalable fontsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Roman, Roman T, Sans Serif, Sans Serif H
Character setsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ASCII, Abicomp, BRASCII, ISO 8859-15, ISO Latin 1, PC437, PC850, PC858, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865, Roman 8
Character densityKnown for one	17.8 cpi	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features2 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, White
Buffer sizeDiffers	4 KB	128 KB
Page description languagesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Epson ESC/P2, PPDS
SafetyKnown for one	UL, CSA, TÜV	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	WEEE, RoHS, VCCI, FCC, CE, AS/NZS 3548	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffers	USB	Parallel, Serial, USB
Endurance1 differ
Print headKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24-pin
Print directionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Bidirectional
Print head lifeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	400 million characters
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	180000 h	10000 h
Ribbon lifeKnown for one	30 million characters	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
AC input frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 - 60 Hz
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 80%
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	2.3 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	160 x 248 x 138.5 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Connectivity technologyKnown for one	Wired	Unknown — not stated by the source
Print technologyKnown for one	Dot matrix	Unknown — not stated by the source
Printing media thicknessKnown for one	0.06 µm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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