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)