---
title: "New Life for the Old Printer"
type: "article"
slug: "new-life-for-the-old-printer"
url: "http://localhost/article/new-life-for-the-old-printer/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/new-life-for-the-old-printer.md"
published_at: "2024-03-24T00:57:50+00:00"
modified_at: "2024-03-24T00:57:51+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "I have a fairly obsolete computer system, I guess. A Timex 2068 powering an Epson RX-80. The Epson works well, never gives me any trouble, and has several good features like underline, bold, italic. etc. But lately, I have been a little embarrassed when everyone else's printer seemed to turn aut copy looking like it…"
category:
  - name: "The Data Expansion"
    slug: "the-data-expansion"
    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/the-data-expansion/"
indiv:
  - name: "Chuck Dawson"
    slug: "chuck-dawson"
    taxonomy: "indiv"
    url: "http://localhost/indiv/chuck-dawson/"
publication_r:
  id: 50143
  title: "The Data Expansion"
  type: "periodical"
  url: "http://localhost/periodical/the-data-expansion/"
authors: "Chuck Dawson"
volume: "4"
issue: "9"
issues_articles:
  - id: 50242
    title: "The Data Expansion v4 n9"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/the-data-expansion-v4-n9/"
pages: "18-19"
pubdate: "Sept 1987"
archive_link: false
---

# New Life for the Old Printer

I have a fairly obsolete computer system, I guess. A Timex 2068 powering an Epson RX-80. The Epson works well, never gives me any trouble, and has several good features like underline, bold, italic. etc. But lately, I have been a little embarrassed when everyone else’s printer seemed to turn aut copy looking like it was typed on an IBM Selectric rather than a computer Printer. I am referring to the Near Letter Quality feature most all the new printers have. What a difference!