Epson 10000 Series Pin assignments, A-10 Specifications

Pin assignments

The parallel interface connector pin assignments and a description of the interface signals are shown in the table below.

Signal	Return
Pin	Pin	Signal				Direction	Description
1	19
				STROBE		IN		STROBE pulse to read data.
2	20			DATA 1		IN		These signals represent
3	21			DATA 2		IN		information in bits 0 to 7 of
4	22			DATA 3		IN		parallel data respectively.
5	23			DATA 4		IN		Each signal is at HIGH level
6	24			DATA 5		IN		when data is logical 1 and
7	25			DATA 6		IN		LOW when it is logical 0.
8	26			DATA 7		IN
9	27			DATA 8		IN
								About a 5-μs pulse. LOW
10	28		ACKNLG			OUT
								indicates data has been
								received and the printer is
								ready to accept more data.
11	29				BUSY	OUT		A HIGH signal indicates the
								printer cannot receive data.
								The signal goes HIGH in the
								following cases:
								1) During data entry
								(for each character)
								2) During initialization
								3) During self test,
								demonstration, and
								default-setting printing
								4) During a printer-error state
12	30				PE	OUT	A HIGH signal indicates the
								printer is in a paper-out state
								or in an error state.
13	-				SLCT	OUT		Pulled up to +5 V through
								1 kΩ resistance
14	-
					AUTO	IN		When this signal is LOW, the
					FEED			paper is automatically fed
					XT			one line after printing.
15	-				NC	-	Not used
16	-				GND	-		Logic ground level

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