Refurbished Epson FX80 Dot Matrix Printer – Reliable & Affordable 🖨️

Discover the refurbished Epson FX80 dot matrix printer, a dependable workhorse for your printing needs. Thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring this video—top-quality PCBs starting at just $5 for 10 boards!

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Thanks to https://www.pcbway.com for sponsoring this video. Top quality PCBs and more from just $5 for 10 boards.
The Epson FX 80 was the workhorse printer in my old 8-bit days. It wasn't my first - that was the Commodore MPS801 (spoiler: it was bloody awful). Very quickly I replaced that with an FX 80, and this printer served me well through C64, C128, Amiga and even my first PC.
So imagine my delight when I found one for sale at an incredibly cheap price. I grabbed it straight away, and now let's see if we can get it going...

FX80 user manual: https://files.support.epson.com/pdf/fx80__/fx80__uv.pdf
FX80 Windows drivers: https://epson.com/Support/Printers/Impact-Printers/FX-Series/Epson-FX-80/s/SPT_F102#drivers
SAMS FX80 Service Manual: https://archive.org/details/Sams_Computerfacts_Epson_FX-80_Printer_1985_Howard_Sams
Amazon book links (affiliate):
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US: https://amzn.to/3OaH4N3

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00:00 - Introduction
00:36 - The Epson FX80
03:38 - Sponsor Segment
04:23 - Disassembly
07:34 - Further Disassembly and Cleaning
09:03 - Print Head Cleaning
13:33 - Does it Work?
17:35 - Printing with Protext
25:05 - Graphics Printing
26:12 - Retrobrighting
28:49 - Reassembly
31:20 - Final Thoughts

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