Interfaces

D183V2 Dot Matrix Printer Interface for M262 Mechanism

Introduction

The D183V2 Series are designed to interface industry standard M260 (black only) and M262 (red/black) print mechanisms to a variety of common input sources at an economical price.

The cutter versions, M260A and M262A are also driven from the D183V2. The cutter cable plugs directly to the board. Both full cut and perforation modes are available. Full cut leaves one small section uncut.

The D183V2 prints 42 columns per line and has a print buffer of 1500 characters. Printing continues while data is being accepted for increased print speed. The dot addressable graphic mode has 210 dots per line available. An IBM2 character set is used. XON/XOFF and DTR modes are available in serial versions. Printing speed is typically 2.2 lines per second.

In Serial mode, data can be accepted from 300 to 9600 Baud. The printer mechanism is mounted vertically in 'DATAMODE' panel mount operation. It can also be mounted horizontally in 'TEXTMODE' (paper exiting from top of printer) as the printout can be inverted by software or by hardware switch.

A rewind output drives the DAF-220 rewind automatically. Paper end can be monitored and signals output in Parallel and Serial modes. The user can choose to either stop printing immediately or continue.

The D197 power supply plugs directly to the D183V2 and supplies both 12V and 5VDC. A range of plastic and metal housings are available for the printer mechanism.