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Remember the Epson LX-300 printer?

We went on a media tour of Bicol in the last 3 days with Epson and during their presentation, I asked if they still sell the LX-300 dot-matrix printer.

Having bought the LX-300 back in 1997 (my very first printer) and still seeing a lot of these units until now, I wondered if it’s the longest running printer in history.

Epson reps told me they have an even older model that’s still in production. The LX-300 though have gone thru several refresh and been made more compact and it’s the most familiar model of dot-matrix printers I know of. In fact, it’s the only printer I know that’s been around for 15 years and actually become more expensive thru the years (I bought my LX-300 for about Php5k back then and the LX-300+ II now costs over Php8k).

Dot-matrix printers still exists because of a number of inherent advantages over newer and more advanced printing technologies — they’re way cheaper and allows for printing multiple copies at once (by layering carbon paper). As such, they’re pretty useful with printing invoices, receipts and other office documents.

Epson’s been selling tons of them every year and it looks like the dot-matrix printers are still here to stay.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

36 Responses

  1. Avatar for Epson connect printer setup Epson connect printer setup says:

    Ensure that both ends of the USB cable are firmly inserted. If the printer is networked then make sure the Ethernet cable is firmly inserted.

  2. Avatar for Pedro Pedro says:

    still using it at East Ave Medical Center very efficient… just use carbon paper if u run out of ribbon… hehehe…

  3. Avatar for global mobility global mobility says:

    I have not wholly comprehended the detail here in the post about Philippines, Technology News & Reviews. I think I get what you are saying. I possibly know what you are stating, but you nonplussed me in the end. This perspective is actually one I would care to consider more of.

  4. Avatar for will will says:

    Yes, it’s around for long and will stay.. how I wish my LX300 did not flooded by typhoon sometime year 2000.

    I wish printer manufacturer start producing “non-disposable” ink jet printers. How ironic, the ink cartridge cost like 60-70% of a new printer (with ink). Besides, the ink cartridge is so small that I bet the cost of plastic (cartridge) is much much higher than the ink (content).

    Just my 2 cents.

  5. Avatar for pops pops says:

    i always wondered why they make such ear tingling noise!!hehehe

  6. Avatar for telong telong says:

    I need driver for this device, hope someone can help me. thanks.

  7. Avatar for Susan K-S Susan K-S says:

    I have a Star Micronics Nx 2420 that I have had since 1993. It is just now starting to bite the dust. I will check out Epson’s printer now.

  8. Avatar for Eason Eason says:

    I don’t get the logic, they can just buy a printer with a continuous ink system. Its cheap as well and you can print with better quality and pictures as well.

    Well I’m going to be open jaw if I will see a dox matrix printer with a scanner/ fax or those 4-1 in one functions ahahaha

  9. Avatar for Pilipinas Got Talent Pilipinas Got Talent says:

    I still got this on my room. And still working.

  10. Avatar for durantula durantula says:

    I think most government offices still use lx-300 printers – as a result, slow processing of papers. :)

  11. Avatar for buknoii buknoii says:

    LX300 is my first printer and it has a capability to print colored documents..it was cool coz a dotmatrix printing colored documents hehehe

  12. Avatar for hannah hannah says:

    yes, we’re still using it. we have 4 units in our small office. mahal kaya ang bili nyan! 7thou plus pero mas malaki naman ang ROI.

  13. Avatar for Onynz Onynz says:

    Wow, this was our very first printer that came with our very first PC an Intel Pentium 100.

    This was a very much reliable printer compared to the desk jet and the bubble jet of today.

  14. Avatar for rene rene says:

    Smart I think is one of the most tech savvy company but still it uses the old reliable LX-800 for its receipts printing.

  15. Avatar for Edgar Edgar says:

    Our first printer was an Epson FX-1050 that now sits in an old stool in the corner. Even the M&S Dept. won’t take it. But I miss the noisy old guy. It has served us well, churning out those Wordstar and Excel documents. We printed our first CBA with it. Senti. haha!

    We had since replaced it with a Canon inkjet, and an Epson RX630.

  16. Avatar for sylv3rblade sylv3rblade says:

    It’s really hard to dispose of such a cheap (in terms of printing cost) printer technology.

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