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
(Indicator
on)
On line
Low (J10
interface)
On line
High
On line
High
Off line
High/Low
(no effect)
While printing is disabled, character data is being received and acknowledged so
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that the printer can look for another DC1 character, which would allow it to
resume printing.
8-12 Technical Specifications
DC1/DC3
ERROR
(Data
on/off
control)
DC1/DC3
High
(no effect)
DC1
High
Recv'd
DC3
High
Recv'd
DC1/DC3
Low
(no effect)
ACKNLG
BUSY
High/Low
Pulsed
each
character
High/Low
Pulsed
each
character
Pulsed
High/Low
each
character
High
Not
generated
Printing
(Disabled/
enabled)
Enabled
(normal
condition)
Enabled
Disabled*
Disabled