Epson 4000 User Manual

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Interface 
Specifications
Printing Enabled/Disabled Signals and Control Conditions
The table below shows the relationship between printing being
enabled or disabled, the on line/off line status, and the receipt of the
data on/off control characters, DC1 or DC3.
ON LINE SLCT IN DC1/DC3 ERROR BUSY
ACKNLG Printing
(Indicator
(Data
(Disabled/
on)
on/off
enabled)
control)
On line
Low (J10 DC1/DC3 High
High/Low Pulsed
Enabled
interface) (no effect)
each
(normal
character condition)
On line
High
DC1
High
High/Low Pulsed
Enabled
Recv’d
each
character
On line
High
DC3
High
High/Low Pulsed
Disabled*
Recv’d
each
character
Off line
High/Low DC1/DC3 Low
High
Not
Disabled
(no effect) (no effect)
generated
While printing is disabled, character data is being received and acknowledged so
that the printer can look for another DC1 character, which would allow it to
resume printing.
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Technical Specifications