User's Manual Part 2

Tally Dascom 2600/2610/PRN-7
7.3.1 Parallel I/O IEEE 1284
The bidirectional parallel interface offers the “nibble” mode of IEEE1284 interface. This
enables installation in accordance with Windows “Plug & Play”.
The standard parallel interface is able to transfer data at a speed of max. 30, 000 bytes
per second. When the receiving buffer is full, the data input is blocked until the data
buffer is empty.
C
onnector assignment
Co
nnector no.
Direction
Printer–PC
Signal
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2
3
4
5
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10
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19–30
31
32
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34–35
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STROBE (active low)
DATA 1
DATA 2
DATA 3
DATA 4
DATA 5
DATA 6
DATA 7
DATA 8
ACK (active low)
BUSY
PAPER EMPTY (PE)
SELECT
AUTO FEED (active low)
not used
SIGNAL GROUND
CHASSIS GROUND
5 V (Imax = 500 mA)
SIGNAL GROUND INIT
(active low) ERROR
(active low) SIGNAL
GROUND not used
SELECT IN
Transmission length: max. 2,0 m
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