Interface Specifications
Your printer is equipped with an
Connector pin assignments and a description of their respective interface signals are shown in the following table.
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1 | 19 | STROBE | STROBE pulse to read data. Pulse | ||
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| width must be more than 0.5 | |
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| microseconds at the receiving terminal. | |
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2 | 20 | DATA 1 | IN | These signals represent information of | |
3 | 21 | DATA 2 | IN | the 1st to 8th bits of parallel data, | |
4 | 22 | DATA 3 | IN | respectively. Each signal is at HIGH | |
5 | 23 | DATA 4 | IN | level when data is logical 1 and LOW | |
6 | 24 | DATA 5 | IN | when it is logical 0. | |
7 | 25 | DATA 6 | IN |
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8 | 26 | DATA 7 | IN |
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9 | 27 | DATA 8 | IN |
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10 | 28 |
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ACKNLG | OUT | About an | |||
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| indicates that data has been received | |
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| and that the printer is ready to accept | |
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| more data. | |
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11 | 29 | BUSY | OUT | A HIGH signal indicates that the printer | |
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| cannot receive data. The signal goes | |
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| HIGH in the following cases: | |
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| 1) During data entry (ea. char. time) | |
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| 2) During printing | |
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| 3) When off line | |
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| 4) During | |
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12 | 30 | PE | OUT | A HIGH signal indicates that the printer | |
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| is out of paper. | |
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Technical Specifications