公开(公告)号：JPH07168678A

公开(公告)日：1995-07-04

申请号：JP5939592

申请日：1992-02-13

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BECK JAMES L ,  BOOTH JAMES R ,  BUCHANAN JAMES C ,  CLAFFEY-COHEN MARGARET E ,  COLE CARL P ,  LOUIE TIMOTHY J ,  NEEL II ALAN F ,  OLIVER LYNN M ,  WARD JAMES P ,  WEBB JAMES F

IPC: B41J29/38 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: PURPOSE: To make an operator confirm the state of a printer without going to the place of the printer by making a data processor report whether information transmitted to the printer is data signals or state signals. CONSTITUTION: A computer 40 which is the data processor is connected to the printer 41 by a cable 42. When the power of the computer 40 and the printer 41 is turned ON, it is assumed that they are operated in a mode where the printer 41 is placed in a single direction. In order to activate a bidirectional mode so as to make the printer 41 able to transmit and receive the information, the computer 41 sets-INIT to low and the printer 41 sets +BUSY to high in response to it. When the printer 41 is prepared to receive a state command, +BUSY is turned low. In the case that the printer 41 does not set +BUSY, it is assumed that the computer 40 can not respond whether the printer 41 is unidiretional or bidirectional due to the fault of a hardware.

公开(公告)号：DE69229079D1

公开(公告)日：1999-06-10

申请号：DE69229079

申请日：1992-02-26

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BECK JAMES L ,  BOOTH JAMES R ,  BUCHANAN JAMES C ,  CLAFFEY-COHEN MARGARET E ,  COLE CARL P ,  LOUIE TIMOTHY J ,  NEEL II ALAN F ,  OLIVER LYNN M ,  WARD JAMES P ,  WEBB JAMES F

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06F13/42 ,  B41J29/38

Abstract: A parallel interface connects a data processor and a printer so that each may transmit information to the other or receive information from the other. The transmitted information from the data processor can be data or status signals. The data or status signals are transmitted over the same eight information lines between the data processor and the printer with a predetermined signal being sent over another line from the data processor to the printer prior to transmission over the eight lines to identify whether the transmitted information is data or status signals. The printer sends status signals to the data processor over the same eight information lines after sending a predetermined signal to the data processor over a further line that it is going to transmit.