Interface Specifications

Your printer is equipped with a parallel interface.Specifications and pin assignmentsThe built-in parallel interface has the following characteristics:
Data format:
Synchronization:
Handshake timing:
Signal level:
Connector:
B-bit parallelSTROBE pulseBUSY and ACKNLG signalsTTL compatible36-pin 57-30360 Amphenol connector or equivalent

The table below provides the connector pin assignments and describes their respective interface signals.

Signal

 

Return

Signal

Direction

 

Description

Pin

 

Pin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

19

 

 

IN

 

pulse to read data. Pulse width

 

STROBE

 

STROBE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

must be more than 0.5 microseconds at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the receiving terminal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

20

DATA 1

IN

These signals represent Information of the

3

 

21

DATA 2

IN

1st to 8th bits of parallel data respectively.

4

 

22

DATA 3

IN

Each signal is at HIGH level when data is

5

 

23

DATA 4

IN

logical 1 and LOW when it

6

 

24

DATA 5

IN

is logical 0.

7

 

25

DATA 6

IN

 

 

8

 

26

DATA 7

IN

 

 

9

 

27

DATA 8

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

28

 

OUT

About an 11-microsecond pulse.

 

ACKNLG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOW indicates that data has been

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

received and that the printer is ready to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

accept more data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7-10Technical Specifications