Filter
Top Products
www.bradyeurope.com
MVP Series Product Guide - 12 - Printer Overview
Bi-directional (36 Pin) – Centronics Parallel Printer Port Pinout:
The 8-bit parallel data interface supports bi-directional parallel communications in
“nibble mode”. The parallel interface provides a means of communication, which is
typically faster than serial interface methods.
Pin # Description
1 nStrobe/HostClk
2-9 Data Bits 1-8
10 nAck/PtrClk
11 Busy/Ptr Busy
12 PError/Ack Data
Req.
13 Select/Xflag
14 nAuto Fd/Host Busy
15 Not Used
16-
17
Ground
18 +5V@1A
19-
30
Ground
31 nInit
32 nFault/nData Avail
33-
34
Not used
35 +5V thru 3.3K
36 nSelectIn/1284
active