Product comparison · 2 dot matrix printers

Epson FX-2175II dot matrix printer vs Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps

12specifications compared
4differ
8identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Standard interfaces
- FX-2175II dot matrix printer:Parallel, USB 2.0
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:Parallel, Serial, USB
Print head
- FX-2175II dot matrix printer:9-pin
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:24-pin
Print head life
- FX-2175II dot matrix printer:200 million characters
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:400 million characters
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- FX-2175II dot matrix printer:15000 h
- LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps:10000 h

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Comparison of FX-2175II, LQ-1310
34 specifications	A Epson FX-2175II dot matrix printer Model FX-2175II View product	B Epson LQ-1310 dot matrix printer 416 cps Model LQ-1310 View product
Printingidentical
Colour	No	No
Maximum printing width (columns)Known for one	136	Unknown — not stated by the source
Line spacingKnown for one	4.23 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Paper handlingidentical
Cut sheet width rangeKnown for one	100 - 420 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cut sheet length rangeKnown for one	100 - 420 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Continuous paper width rangeKnown for one	101.6 - 406.4 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Continuous paper length rangeKnown for one	101.6 - 558.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Cut sheet thickness rangeKnown for one	0.065 - 0.14 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Continuous paper thickness rangeKnown for one	0.065 - 0.39 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black, White	Black, White
Buffer size	128 KB	128 KB
Sound pressure level (printing)Known for one	56 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Page description languages	Epson ESC/P2, PPDS	Epson ESC/P2, PPDS
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffers	Parallel, USB 2.0	Parallel, Serial, USB
Endurance3 differ
Print headDiffers	9-pin	24-pin
Print direction	Bidirectional	Bidirectional
Print head lifeDiffers	200 million characters	400 million characters
Ribbon lifeKnown for one	12 million characters	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	15000 h	10000 h
Poweridentical
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz	50 - 60 Hz
AC input voltageKnown for one	220 - 240 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	54 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 80%	10 - 80%
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows XP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	362 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	375 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	176.5 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	9.4 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source

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