Interfaces

D193 Dot Matrix Printer Interface for M160 & M180 Mechanisms

Introduction

The D193 Series are designed to interface the industry standard M150,M160 and M180 range of miniature print mechanisms to parallel and serial inputs.

By using a 1500 byte RAM buffer, data can be received for subsequent lines while one line is being printed. This enables the full speed of the print mechanism to be realised.

The M180 range of 6 needle mechanisms print up to 1.7 lines per second. The date and time version is battery backed in case of power failure.

Data can be received from Centronics Parallel sources such as IBM PC or AT. Serial versions accept data up to 9600 Baud and in 2 modes DTR or XON/XOFF.

All versions print dot addressable graphics and have a full IBM2 character set.