User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Trademark
- Important Safety Instructions
- Chapter 1 Overview
- Chapter 2 Preparation
- 2.1 Unpacking & Checking
- 2.2 Removing the Protective Materials
- 2.3 Parts Identification
- 2.4 Installing the Printer
- 2.5 Installing and Removing the Paper rack
- 2.6 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge
- 2.7 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer
- 2.8 Connecting to the Power Cord
- 2.9 Installing Driver
- 2.10 Ethernet Settings
- Chapter 3 Loading Paper
- Chapter 4 Control Panel
- Appendix A Printer Maintenance
- Appendix B Specification
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B.3.2 Printable Area of Tractor Paper
B.4 Interface Specification
This Documax 5380 printer can be configured with 2.0 Full-Speed USB interface, Centronics
(IEEE1284 NIBBLE) parallel interface, RS-232 serial interface or 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface. You
can connect the printer to computer according to your requirement.
B.4.1 Parallel Interface
Standard Centronics (IEEE1284 NIBBLE) parallel interface connector is DB-36 pin type connector. Its
pin numbers are as Figure B-3 shown.
The parallel interface has the following characteristics:
Data format: 8-bit
Synchronization: STROBE pulse
Handshaking: BUSY and ACKNLG signals
Signal level: TTL compatible
Connector Pin Assignments
Signal Pin No. Return Line Pin No. Signal Name Signal Direction
1 19 /STROBE Printer ← Host
2 ~ 9 20 ~ 27 DATA Printer ← Host
Figure B-2 the printable area of tractor paper
Printable area
Max 203.2 mm
≥13 mm
≥4.2 mm
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