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CHAP. 5 MAIN …
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  | This signal provides the information of d7 the eighth  | |
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  | DATA 7 | I  | bit (MSB) of parallel data. The signal is at HIGH  | ||
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  | ACK | O  | A 9 microsecond LOW pulse to acknowledge receipt  | ||
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  | When this signal goes LOW, the printer is ready to  | |
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  | accept data. When the printer is in one of the  | |
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  | BUSY | O  | conditions below, HIGH is set:  | ||
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  | PAPER END  | O  | This signal is normally LOW. It will go HIGH if the  | ||
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  | SELECTED | O  | This signal is HIGH when the printer is   | ||
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  | This signal is normally HIGH. This signal goes LOW  | |
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  | ERROR | O  | to signal that the printer cannot print due to an error  | ||
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  | When this signal goes LOW, the printer is selected to  | |
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