Kodak NOVAJET 700 - Manual (Page 38)

2-14 Theory of Operation
NovaJet 500/630/700 Series Service Manual
Interface Circuits: Serial & Parallel
SERIAL
CONNECTOR
TRANSCEIVER
MICRO-
PROCESSOR
GATE
ARRAY
PARALLEL
CONNECTOR
Figure 2-10. Interface Circuits.
Data from the host computer is received either through the Centronics
parallel port or the serial port. The gate array provides the control
signals for DMA transfers from the parallel port to DRAM.
The serial port is designed primarily to interface to a Macintosh®
computer. It has an eight pin Mini-DIN connector. The data (TXD,
RXD) signals meet RS-422 electrical specifications, and the control
signal (DTRCLK) meets the RS-423 electrical specifications.
Due to the data flow speed limitations of using the serial interface with
a Macintosh computer system ENCAD does not recommend using this
port for production usage with the new printers. Hesitation may result
if using this port and that can degrade the quality of the output print.
Possible solutions for the Macintosh computer user include using a
print server device with an established network or installing a parallel
port add-on card in the computer to interface with the printer.
The serial port is still required to download new firmware to the printer
with a Macintosh computer.
The serial port is compatible with RS-422 devices when an appropriate
adapter cable is used. This cable is available from ENCAD.
The NovaJet 750 printer ships with a high speed print server that
attaches to the parallal port for network compatibility.