Epson

Epson Impact Printers

Below is a list of (some) Epson Impact Printers (extracted from Epson User Manuals). The 8x and 8xx models are for 10" paper, the 1xx and 10xx are for wide 16" paper.

 Model                 Year  Speed
 MX80 F/T              1981  80 CPS
 MX80 TYPE II          1981? 80 CPS
 MX82                  1982  80 CPS
 MX85                  1982  80 CPS
 LX80                  1984  100 CPS, 150ms/line
 FX80/FX100            1984  160 CPS, 150ms/line
 LX86                  1986  120 CPS, 150ms/line
 EX800/1000            1986  250-300 CPS, 81ms/line
 FX86e/286e            1986  200-240 CPS
 LQ500/1000            1988  150-180 CPS
 DFX-5000              1988  400-533 CPS, 17ms/line
 LQ550/1050            1990  246-300 CPS
 Action Printer 2000   1991  200-240 CPS, 75ms/line
 LQ570+/1070+          1993  269 CPS
 FX850/1050            1988  220-268 CPS
 FX870                 19xx  285-380 CPS
 FX880/1180            1997  410-455 CPS, 62ms/line

Concerning data/speed, the Amstrad DMPxxxx Printers seem to resemble the LX80/FX80 models (or FX100 for DMP4000 wide printer). The Amstrad LQ printers seem to resemble LQ5xx (10") and LQ10xx (16").

Weblinks

• Epson FX80 Control Codes on sourceforge
• Epson's Homepage - User Manuals are found under Region=USA --> Support --> Printers --> Impact Printers (whereas, region=USA is important, others like region=UK don't have user manuals)