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From: ali@navajo.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Clueless about printers...  (???)-  8-(
Message-ID: <1323@navajo.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 14:16:17 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 20 14:16:17 1987
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Reply-To: ali@navajo.ARPA (Ali Ozer)
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Keywords: EPSON MX80 FT Dot Matrix Printer

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I just saw an ad on a local bboard for a "barely used" EPSON MX80 MT
dot matrix printer for $150. Not knowing much about printers, I have
a couple questions:

Is this compatible with any of the printer drivers in the Amiga (like JX80
or whatever -80 Amiga has a printer driver file for...)?

What *is* the difference between the various prefixes on Epson printer
names? (JX, FX, MX, etc...)

And, finally, the grand question, if I were to want to buy a printer for
my Amiga, and wanted to spent less than, hmm, say $400, what's the "best"
choice? Note that "text" is more important than graphics for me, but
I wold like to be able to print monochrome dot-matrix graphics if possible.

Ali Ozer, ali@navajo.stanford.edu