Beginner adding output

Hi everyone,

My name is Eric and I recently began using the sherline 2000 with EMC2 in my biomedical engineering lab. Instead of using the CNC system for CNC applications, I would like to modify it to be used with my printer head. I've physically attached a printer head to the Y axis but need a way to control it from the computer. I currently use the sherline stepper driver to control the X and Z axis. As a result, I would like to use the unused parallel port pins and pull them out to an external circuit board where I can control the printer head. I need five pins (binary) to control these. I am wondering what the easiest way to achieve this is. Ideally, I would like to use the existing G-code.

For example:

G1 X1 Y0 Z0
Print channel - 1
Print channel - 2
G1 X2 Y0 Z0

Is there any way to add binary output from the Gcode? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hey thanks for the quick response. I will try those codes when I get a chance later today .

Thanks for the help; I really appreciate it. I made the changes and can now properly control a few parallel port pins!