Commodore MPS 1000 is a 9-pin dot-matrix printer manufactured by Epson for Commodore. Capable of 100cps in Draft and 20cps in NLQ (Near Letter Quality). Supports friction feed, pull tractor feed and optional single-bin cut sheet feeder (all shown in this video). Two interfaces - Commodore CBM 6-pin serial port (C64/C128) & regular Centronics parallel port (compatible with Amiga, IBM PC, Apple II etc). Two print modes (emulations) - Commodore and IBM 5152+.
The MPS 1000 looks physically the same as an Epson LX-80 or GX-80/Spectrum LX-90/HomeWriter 10.
I'm running this printer in IBM mode on a Pentium 4 PC with Windows Vista and Epson LX (80-column) driver. Vista doesn't have separate drivers for individual LX models (and lacks IBM 5152 driver).
The original IBM Graphics Printer 5152 is largely a rebadged Epson MX-80/Graftrax with IBM graphics characters in place of Epson italics - yet overall, the characteristics of the MPS 1000 in "IBM 5152+" mode are closer to Epson LX series (especially the LX-86). IBM adheres to Epson command set for the most part but there are some differences e.g. n/72 inch line spacing selection (ESC "A" n) must be followed with ESC "2" in IBM mode to activate the new line spacing. Epson just uses ESC "A" n on its own and ESC "2" invokes 1/6-inch line spacing. Nevertheless from my tests, the Epson LX driver in Windows (Vista/Win 7) appears fully compatible with Commodore MPS-1000, presumably as it steers clear of commands that behave differently in IBM's implementation.

00:00 Introduction - photos & MPS-1000 versus the regular Epson line-up
02:47 Test print IBM mode - NLQ
05:58 Test print IBM mode - Draft
08:00 Test print Commodore mode - Draft
08:53 Test print Commodore mode - NLQ
14:14 Installation of tractor feed unit (a standard inclusion - see here: [ Ссылка ] )
14:58 Printing Windows Vista Test Page in best quality 240x144 DPI
17:28 MS-DOS Editor printing IBM graphics characters (Vista DOS prompt) - NLQ
19:42 Microsoft Word 2002 printout in best quality 240x144 DPI - mixing TrueType and in-built printer (ASCII) fonts - does it work?
26:07 Microsoft Word 2002 printout in draft graphics mode 120x72 DPI
28:37 Unboxing & installation of optional Epson Cut Sheet Feeder #8338V (brand new!)
30:03 The Print Shop Deluxe Version 12 - certificate printout 240x144 DPI
37:18 Printing photo of Taj Mahal 120x144 DPI
43:10 Cut sheet feeder loading paper demo
44:30 More ads for C64/C128 (Bruining Headlam) and Commodore PC etc.

NB: The MPS-1000 is also compatible with Commodore 16 and VIC-20. Here's a full page Commodore 16 ad from the 'Sunday Times' (Dec 1985 - Western Australia):-
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VIC 20 ad (Feb 1982 Electronics Australia):-
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Graftrax-80 / Graftrax-Plus for Epson MX series ad (Aug 1982 BYTE):-
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