Toshiba B-EX4 SERIES Product Description page 11

1. OUTLINE
• When there is no free area in the receive buffer, the printer discards received data which exceeds the
receive buffer capacity without storing it in the buffer. (After detecting a BUSY signal, the host
computer must stop transmission before the printer receive buffer becomes full.)
• The RTS signal is always "High" level.
* XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) protocol + READY/BUSY (DTR) protocol
• When initialized after power on, this printer becomes ready to receive data and converts the DTR
signal to "High" level (READY). The printer sends an XON code (11H).
• When the free area in the receive buffer are 10K bytes or less, the printer converts the DTR signal to
"Low" level (BUSY) and sends an XOFF code (13H).
• When the free area in the receive buffer are 512KB or more, the printer converts the DTR signal to
"High" level (READY) and sends an XON code (11H).
• When there is no free area in the receive buffer, the printer discards received data which exceeds the
receive buffer capacity without storing it in the buffer. (After detecting the XOFF code or BUSY
signal, the host computer must stop transmission before the printer receive buffer becomes full.)
• The printer sends an XOFF code (13H) at power off time.
• The RTS signal is always "High" level.
* READY/BUSY (RTS) Protocol
• When initialized after power on, this printer becomes ready to receive data and converts the RTS
signal to "High" level (READY).
• The printer converts the RTS signal to "Low" level (BUSY) when the free area in the receive buffer
amount to 10K bytes or less.
• The printer converts the RTS signal to "High" level (READY) when the free area in the receive buffer
amount to 512KB or more.
• When there is no free area in the receive buffer, the printer discards received data which exceed the
receive buffer capacity without storing it in the buffer. (After detecting a BUSY signal, the host
computer must stop transmission before the printer receive buffer becomes full.)
• The DTR signal is always "High" level (READY).
• The host should keep the DSR signal "High" level.
NOTE: Be sure to select the READY/BUSY (RTS) protocol when controlling the flow between the
Windows. Also, be sure to select "Hardware" for the flow control in the Windows
communication port setting.
9) Pin description
Pin No.
1 FG (Frame Ground)
2 RD (Received Data)
3 TD (Transmit Data)
4 CTS (Clear to Send)
5 RTS (Request to Send)
6 DTR (Data Terminal Ready)
7 SG (Signal Ground)
20 DSR (Data Set Ready)
Signal I/O
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Input
Output
Input
Output
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Input
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Description
Ground line for circuit protection.
Data line from which the printer receives data from the host
(receive data line).
Logic "1" is "Low", and "0" is "High". It is LOW (MARK) while
no data is being sent.
Data line from which the printer sends data to the host (send
data line).
Logic "1" is "low", and "0" is "High". It is LOW (MARK) while
no data is being sent.
Input signal from the host. This printer ignores this signal.
Output signal to the host.
When READ/BUSY (RTS) protocol is selected,
this signal means READY to receive data.
When the receive buffer is nearly full, the signal turns to
"Low", and "High" when nearly empty.
In case of other protocol is selected, this signal is always
"High" level after the power is turned on.
Output signal from the printer.
When READY/BUSY (DTR) or XON/XOFF
(DC1/DC3)+READY/BUSY (DTR) is selected, this signal
means READY to receive data.
When the receive buffer is nearly full, the signal turns to
"Low", and "High" when nearly eimpty.
In case of XON/XOFF (DC1/DC3) or READY/BUSY (RTS),
this signal is always "High" level after the power is turned on.
Ground line for all data and control signals.
Input signal from the host. It must be "High" for the printer to
receive data.
EO10-33024
1.5 ELECTRONICS SPECIFICATIONS