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BANKjet® 1500 Inkjet Receipt Printer and Validation Printer

Parallel In
terface

 
There are two parallel interface cards available. One is a 25-pin, D-shell connector. The pin-out is such that the printer interfaces to a standard IBM PC parallel printer interface with a one-to-one cable. The second interface card provides the same interface with a standard, 36-pin Centronics type connector. Both cards provide a dual cash drawer interface. The tables below lists interface signals and pin definitions for both types of parallel interfaces.
 
25-pin D-Shell            IEEE 1284-A
36-pin Centronics      IEEE 1284-B
 
25-pin Connector
36-pin Connector
Signal
Description
Direction
Pin 1
Pin 1
STROBE
Clock data to printer
Host to Printer
Pins 2-9
Pins 2-9
D0 - D7
Data
Host to Printer
Pin 10
Pin 10
ACK\
Printer accepted data
Printer to Host
Pin 11
Pin 11
BUSY
Printer busy
Printer to Host
Pin 12
Pin 12
PE
Paper Out/Status
Printer to Host
Pin 13
Pin 13
SLCT
Printer selected
Printer to Host
Pin 14
Pin 14
AUTOFD
Autofeed paper
Host to Printer
Pin 15
Pin 32
FAULT\
Printer error
Printer to Host
Pin 16
Pin 31
INIT\
Initialize printer
Host to Printer
Pin 17
Pin 36
SLIN
Select printer
Host to Printer
 
Pin 17
FG
Frame ground
Printer to Host
-
Pin 18
+5V
Peripheral logic high
Printer to Host
Pins 18-25
Pins 16, 19-30
GND
Ground
 
                                                       Table 1 Parallel Interface Pin-outs

Parallel Signal Voltage and Current levels
 
 
Signal Levels
Voltage levels                                                                       0 V and +5 V (nominal)
Logic levels
Logic one                              Driver                                     +2.4 V to +5 V
                                                Receiver                                                +2.0 V to +5 V
Logic zero                             Driver                                     0 V to +0.4 V
                                                Receiver                                                0 V to +0.8 V
 
Current requirements
Logic one                              Source                                   0.25 ma at +2.4 V
Logic zero                             Sink                                        16 ma

Line termination
Data and control                                                                  3.3k ohm to +5 V
Strobe                                                                                    1.2k ohm to +5 V
 
 
RS-232 Serial Interface
There are two serial interface cards available. One is a 9-pin, D shell connector.  The pin-out is such that the printer interfaces to a standard IBM PC Serial printer interface with a Serial Null Modem cable.  The second interface card provides the same interface with a standard 25-pin D-shell connector.  Both interface cards provide a dual cash drawer interface.  The tables below lists interface signals and pin definitions for both types of serial interfaces. 
 
Serial Port Features
Baud Rates                         300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19.2K, 38.4K, and 57.6K
Bit Patterns                          8-bit no parity; 8-bit odd; 8-bit even; 7-bit no parity; 7-bit odd; 7-bit even
Flow Control                         DTR and XON/XOFF
 
Serial Pin Assignments
9-pin
25-pin
Signal
Description
Pin 1
Pin 8
N/C
No Connection
Pin 2
Pin 3
RX
Receive Data
Pin 3
Pin 2
TX
Transmit Data
Pin 4
Pin 20
DTR
Data Terminal Ready
Pin 5
Pin 7
GND
Signal Ground
Pin 6
Pin 6
DSR
Data Set Ready
Pin 7
Pin 4
RTS
Request to Send
Pin 8
Pin 5
CTS
Clear to Send
Pin 9
Pin 11
N/C
No Connection
 
RS-232 Serial Interface Signal Voltage and Current levels
 
Voltage Levels                     Max         +-15 Volts
                                                Min          +- 3 Volts
                                                Pin 9       +24V at 500mA Max (On switched power adapter only)
 
Mark = Off = -3 to –15 Volts
Space = On = +3 to +15 Volts
 
Because both the host and printer are DTE's (Data Terminal Equipment), they use the same serial port pin-outs. If the cable that is used to connect the host to the printer is a pin-to-pin inter-connect, it will not work. Therefore, a null modem or turn-around cable must be used to interconnect the host and the printer.
Display Pass Through
The display pass through feature allows a pole display to be interconnected with the printer. The printer is connected to a host system with a special serial cable. The host sends serial data to the printer and the printer sends serial data to the pole display. The printer does not provide power to the display. During normal printer operation, no data is passed to the display. In pass through mode, all received data is passed on to the display.
 
 
USB Interface
The USB interface is a Version 1.1 interface that is Version 2.0 compliant. The standard USB interface card is implemented through a Standard Series "B" Receptacle as defined in the USB Specification. The printer is self-powered and does not draw power from the standard type B USB interface cable.
 
The Standard USB Type B connector has the following pin functions:
Pin Signal
1 Vbus (+5 V dc) (Not used in the BANKjet™ 1500)
2 Minus data
3 Plus data
4 Ground
 
 
Note: The standard USB interface does not have enough power to run the printer.
 
Ethernet 10-Base-T adapter
An IP addressable 10-Base-T Ethernet adapter is available for the Bankjet 1500 printer. It provides for web page configuration and supports bi-directional RAW and Telnet interfaces. All protocols are implemented to the extent necessary to support printing from Windows™ platforms; specific protocols supported include the following:
 
·          Line Printer Daemon Protocol (LPR) – RFC1179
·          Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) – RFC1157
·          Printer MIB – RFC1759
·          Port 9100 (Raw data)
·          Service Location Protocol (SLP) – RFC2165
·          The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2) – RFC1350
·          Telnet COM Port Control Option – RFC2217
·          Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1 – RFC2616
 
Refer to the 100-05072 Wired Ethernet Programmer’s Guide for features and additional setup information.
 
Note: The Ethernet adapter supports only the Ithaca Cash Drawer interface.
 
 
Cash Drawer Interface Description and Specifics
The BANKjet™ 1500 Printer supports dual cash drawers with status. The driver in the printer is capable of supplying 24 Vdc at up to 1.5 amps for 250 milliseconds.
The BANKjet™ 1500 Printer defines cash drawer closed as switch open. If the drawer is disconnected, the printer considers it closed. Since the printer does not
act on the cash drawer status, the application can interpret cash drawer status in a variable manner.
 
 
Connector Type (standard)                               Single RJ12 connector with 24V sink drivers
Voltage                                                                24 volts (Refer to power supply specification)
Current                                                                1 amp maximum with current limit
Pulse Duration                                                    250 msec maximum
Drawer Status                                                     Open/close drawer status to printer
 
Pin Number
Ithaca®
Epson
Star
Signal Name
 
pin 1   CD2-
pin 2   CD1 Sense
pin 3   Ground
pin 4   CD Drive +(+24V)
pin 5   CD1-
pin 6   Not Connected
Direction
Signal Name
 
pin 1   No Connect
pin 2   CD1-
pin 3   CD Drive + (+24V)
pin 4   CD Drive + (+24V)
pin 5   CD2-
pin 6   CD1 Sense
Direction
Signal Name
 
pin 1   No Connect
pin 2   CD1-
pin 3   CD1 Sense
pin 4   CD Drive +(+24V)
pin 5   CD2-
pin 6   Ground
Direction
1
Drawer 2 kick out drive signal
Output Sink Drive
Not Connected
 
Not Connected
 
2
Drawer open/close signal
Input
Drawer 1 kick out drive signal
Output Sink Drive
Drawer 1 kick out drive signal
Output Sink Drive
3
Signal Ground
 
Drawer open/close signal
Input
+24V DC
 
4
+24V DC
 
+24V DC
 
+24V DC
 
5
Drawer 1 kick out drive signal
Output Sink Drive
Drawer 2 kick out drive signal
Output Sink Drive
Drawer 2 kick out drive signal
Output Sink Drive
6
Not Connected
 
Signal Ground
 
Drawer open/close signal
Input
                                                  Table 3 Cash Drawer Connectors
 
 
The printer can be configured for one of three cash drawer configurations. The interface card has a 14-pin header with a 10-pin shunt installed.
The shunt position defines the configuration of the cash drawer. Refer to the markings on the board when determining where the shunt should be installed
to work in the three different configurations.
 
 

                                              Figure 1 Cash Drawer Pin Assignments
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