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From: godawski@usceast.UUCP (Mike Godawski)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: EPSON FX80 problem.
Message-ID: <2340@usceast.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 13:35:02 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  6 13:35:02 1987
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Reply-To: godawski@usceast.UUCP (Mike godawski)
Organization: Csci Dept, U of S. Carolina, Columbia
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Summary: Printer prints lighter than it used to.

Hi.

	I am having problems with my parent's printer.  It is an Epson FX80
purchased when the computer system was bought (in January 1983).  The
printer does not print as "dark" as it used to.  Obviously I have purchased
and replaced the ribbon.  The ribbon needs to be replaced more frequently
because of the light print problem.  It seems to me that it is not
baring down as hard on the paper as it used to.  Do you have any idea
what the problem could be?   Could the head be going bad?  Bout what does
it cost to replace one?  Can I do it myself?

	Also, I would like to update this printer with the Epson upgrade
kit ($79.95) from Dots-Perfect in Glendora CA.  Has anybody done the same
the same upgrade to their Epson printer?  Have you gotten satisfactory
results?

Please respond directly to me.  My address is:
{ihnp4,allegra,seismo} !akgua!usceast!godawski
or by US SNAIL:  Michael Godawski
		 1907A Wheat Street
		 Columbia SC 29205  (803) 777-2041

Thank you in advance.  I really appreciate it.