Signal

 

Return

 

Signal

 

Direction

 

Description

Pin

 

Pin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

19

 

 

 

 

IN

 

pulse to read data.

 

 

STROBE

 

STROBE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pulse width must be more than

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.5 ps at the receiving terminal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

20

 

DATA 1

 

IN

These signals represent

3

 

21

 

DATA 2

 

IN

information in bits 1 to 8 of

4

 

22

 

DATA 3

 

IN

parallel data respectively. Each

5

 

23

 

DATA 4

 

IN

signal is at HIGH level when

6

 

24

 

DATA 5

 

IN

data is logical 1 and LOW when

7

 

25

 

DATA 6

 

IN

it is logical 0.

8

 

26

 

DATA 7

 

IN

 

 

9

 

27

 

DATA 8

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

28

 

 

 

OUT

About an approx. lo-l.ts pulse.

 

 

ACKNLG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOW indicates that data has

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

been received and that 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 printing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) When the PAUSE button is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) During an error state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

30

 

PE

 

OUT

A HIGH signal indicates the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printer is out of paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

-

 

SLCT

 

OUT

Pulled up to 5 V through 1 .O kR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

resistance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

,

-

 

AUTO

 

IN

When this signal is LOW, the

 

 

 

 

FEED

 

 

paper is automatically fed one

 

 

 

 

i?

 

 

line after printing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

-

 

NC

 

 

Not used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

-

 

GND

 

-

Logic ground level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

-

CHASSIS

 

-

Printer’s chassis ground, which is

 

 

 

 

GND

 

 

isolated from the logic ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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