Ricoh FAX2500L SPECIFICATIONS PIF60E

PRINTER INTERFACE KIT

TYPE 60

SERVICE MANUAL

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T ra demark Notices

EPSON FX-850 is a trademark of Seiko Epso n Corp oration.
HP LaserJet III is a trad ema rk o f Hewle tt -Packard Company.
Hewlett-Packard, PCL (Printer Control Language), and GL (Graphic
Language) are trademarks o f Hewle tt -Pa ckard Company.
LAYOUT is a trademark of Clan Systems.
IBM, IBM Proprinter XL2 4E , and IB M P erso na l Compu ter are trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation.
Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Compu te r Corpo ration.

6th September, 1993 OVERALL INFORMATION

SPECIFICATIONS

11. OVERALL INFORMATION

1.1. SPECIFICATIONS

Items Specifications

Printing Resolution 300 dpi
Printing Speed 10 ppm (L T / A4 )
First Page Printout TIme Less than 15 s
Paper Size Letter, Legal, A4
RAM Capacity Standard - 2.0 MB
Host PC Interface 1 Serial Port - RS232C

1 Parallel Port - Centronics

Emulation Modes HP LaserJet III (HP Printer Control Language Level 5, Hp

Graphics Language/2)
EPSON FX-850
IBM Proprinter XL24E
LayOut Document Description Language
Turbo Mode (fast bit-image transfer)
HEX printout

Printable Area

1/4 inch

(6.4 mm)

1/4 inch

(6.4 mm)

1/4 inch

(6.4 mm)

1/4 inch

(6.4 mm)

Others IC Card Slot - 1

Font Cartridge Slot - 1

Printable Area

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OVERALL INFORMATION 6th September, 1993
OVERALL SYSTEM CONTROL

1.2. OVERALL SYSTEM CONTROL

Serial I/F

Parallel I/F

To Printer
Mechanism

Interface

Controller

Controller

Printer Data I/F

Oscillator

24.1 MHz

PIFE

FCU

CN4

CN2

LIF

ADDRESS/DATA BUS

Page

Memory

ADDRESS/DATA BUS

CPU

CPU

Flash

ROM

CPU

EEPROM

CN1

CN3

LIOP

IC Card

LCD/LED Data

To/ From

Operation Panel

The printer interface kit consists of two PCB s, th e printe r cont rolle r board
(Controller) and the printer interface board (PIFE).

1.2.1. Printer Data Path

Through the serial and/or parallel interfa ce(s), the Cont rolle r han dsh ake s wit h
the host(s) and receives print data, using one of the available emulation
modes. Then the CPU creates an imaginary page in the memory using the
fonts stored in the ROM. After one page of print data has be en created, the
Controller sends the video data through the print er data interface to the LIF
on the FCU for printing. The PIFE emu lat es th e prin t data an d co nt rol sig na ls
for the LIF to work correctly, and supplies the 24.1 MHz clock signal to the
LIF for 300 dpi printing.

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6th September, 1993 OVERALL INFORMATION

POWER DISTRIBUTION

1.2.2. LCD/LED Data Path

The three LEDs on the operation panel are always dedicated to the Control­ler. They indicate the status during printing, and are directly co nt rolled by the
Controller.
In Printer Mode (Function 35), the LCD display and four one-touch dial keys
are dedicated to the Controller to access Printer functions. Within th e Prin ter
functions, some settings are not available because of limitations to the ma­chine’s hardwa re. So, the CP U on th e PI FE monitors the function status and
the settings to indicate on the LCD, and mod ifies the data if necessary (e.g.,
Half Letter size paper will not be displayed as a possible paper size).

1.3. POWER DISTRIBUTI O N

Controller PIFE FCU

To ICs

+5VD

DC/DC +24VS

CPU

+5V

+5VDEN

The PIFE generates +5VD for th e Con tro ller from the +24VS supplied by the
FCU.
+5V for the PIF CPU is directly supplied by the FCU. The +5V line is returned
to the FCU as +5VDEN, so that the FCU can detect whether the print er int er­face is installed or not.

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6th September, 1993 DETAILED SECTION DESCRIPTIONS

INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS

2. DETAILED SECTION DESCRIPTIONS

2.1. INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS

2.1.1. Parallel Interface

The parallel interface can use eit he r Centronics or Dataproducts signalling
protocols. The selection is mad e by a user adjustment.

1. Pin Assignment

There is an 8-bit parallel interf ace . The pin assig nments are as follows.

Signal

Pin

1 19 STROBE IN

2 - 9 20 - 27 DATA1-8 IN

10 28 ACKNLG OUT

11 29

12 30 PE OUT Indicates that the printer is out of paper.

13 - SELECT OUT

15 - DRTN

16 - GND - Logic ground
17 - CH-GND - Printer’s chassis ground
18 5V470R Pulled up to 5 V through a 470 Ω resistor.

19 - 30 - GND - Twisted pair return signal ground level

32 - ERROR OUT

Return

Pin

Signal

BUSY/

DEMAND OUT

Direct-

ion

Description

The strobe pulse from the host to read data in.
Centronics: Active LOW, Dataproducts: Active
HIGH.

Parallel data bits 1 to 8. For 7-wire connections,
the most significant bit can be fixed at 0 using a
user adjustment.

Indicates that data has been received and the
printer is ready to receive more data.

A HIGH (Centronics) or LOW (Dataproducts)
indicates that the printer cannot receive data.
The printer is busy when the interface already
contains a byte from the computer but not yet
taken by the controller, when the printer is off
line, and when there is a printer error. The
Centronics signal is called BUSY, and the
Dataproducts signal is called DEMAND.

This correcsponds to the Centronics SELECT
and the Dataprioducts READY and ONLINE
signals.

Reserved for data direction control. If HIGH, data
goes from host to printer. If LOW, it goes the
other way. The pin is pulled up on the controller
board.

Indicates when the printer is out of paper, off
line, or in an error condition.

Other pins: Not used.

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