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From: timothym@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Timothy D Margeson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EPSON MX-80 UPGRADE
Message-ID: <2349@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 13:27:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 29 13:27:42 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 02:16:18 EST
Reply-To: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
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Hi,

About MX-80 upgrades... I think someone has confused an FX-80 to FX-85 upgrade
offerred by Epson with the MX printers.

You can can (at least could) buy from Epson a kit which included an ECB, a few
chips, and a front panel overlay that made any FX-80 into an FX-85. Another
kit was offerred for owners of the FX-80+ printer. I installed the kit into
my FX-80. The net gain was IBM character set capability, and GOOD NLQ print
by pressing one front panel button. The NLQ print appears to be a 24x24 matrix
making almost as good as some 18 and 24 pin NLQ modes. The current EX and FX
series printers use only an 18x24 matrix (the upgrade kit uses a three pass
technique, the new FX and EX use only a two pass technique).


Hope this sheds some light on the recent questions about MX upgrades.


-- 
Tim Margeson (206)253-5240
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Vancouver, WA. 98668
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