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Subject: Re: Clueless about printers...  (???)-  8-(
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Date: Fri, 23-Jan-87 11:23:18 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 23 11:23:18 1987
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Keywords: EPSON MX80 FT Dot Matrix Printer
Summary: mx80 does have graphics

> > What *is* the difference between the various prefixes on Epson printer
> > names? (JX, FX, MX, etc...)
> The MX is a text-only printer...
> 
> You could use an MX-80 for text (choose the FX-80 printer selection in
> Preferences), but couldn't print graphics.
> 
The MX-80 models can do graphics if they have the appropriate ROM.
The first, early models were shipped with text-only ROMS; many(all?) of
the later models had graphics ROMs standard.  I know; I upgraded my
early MX-80 to graphics with the GRAPHPLUS ROM. 

The FX is a newer model than the MX.