Epson EPL-8000 Interface Specifications, A-8Appendix A, Parallel interface, ParalIel interface pin assignments

Interface Specifications

The printer has the following resident interfaces:

• Parallel

•RS-232C/RS-422 serial

Parallel interface

Your printer is equipped with an 8-bit parallel interface.

ParalIel interface pin assignments

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

Signal	Return	Signal	Direction		Description
Pin	Pin
1	19			IN	The STROBE pulse to read data in. Pulse
		STROBE
					width must be more than 0.5
					microseconds at the receiving terminal.
2	20	DATA 1		IN	These signals represent parallel data bits
3	21	DATA2		IN	1 to 8, respectively. Each signal is at
4	22	DATA3		IN	HIGH level when data is logical 1 and at
5	23	DATA4		IN	LOW when it IS logical 0.
6	24	DATA5		IN
7	25	DATA6		IN
8	26	DATA7		IN
9	27	DATA8		IN
10	28			OUT	About a IO-microsecond pulse. LOW
		ACKNLG
					indicates that data has been received
					and the printer is ready to accept more
					data.

A-8 Appendix A