TechnicalSpecifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal

Return

 

 

 

 

P i n

P i n

S i g n a l

 

Direction

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 6

-

OV

-

Logic ground level.

 

 

 

 

 

17

-

CHASSIS

Printer's chassis ground, which is isolated

 

 

G N D

-

from the logic ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 8

-

N C

-

Unused.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 9 - 3 0

-

GND

-

Twisted-pair return signal ground level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 1

-

INIT

 

I N

When level becomes LOW, the printer

 

 

 

 

 

controller is reset to its power-up state

 

 

 

 

 

and the print butter is cleared. This level

 

 

 

 

 

is usually HIGH; its pulse width must be

 

 

 

 

 

more than 50 µs at the receiving

 

 

 

 

 

terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 2

-

ERROR

 

OUT

This level becomes LOW when the printer

 

 

 

 

 

is in:

 

 

 

 

 

1) Paper-end state

 

 

 

 

 

2) Off line state

 

 

 

 

 

3) Error state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 3

 

G N D

 

 

Same as for Pins 19 - 30.

34

 

NC

-

Unused.

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

-

-

-

Pulled up to +5 V through 3.3 K

 

 

 

 

 

resistance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

-

 

 

IN IN

The DC1/DC3 code is valid only when

SLCT

 

 

 

 

 

 

this signal is HIGH. (Internal fixing can

 

 

 

 

 

be carried out with DIP switch pin 2-1.

 

 

 

 

 

The level of this signal is factory-set to

 

 

 

 

 

LOW.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-6Technical Specifications