Appendix A — Specifications
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RS-232 Housing: 9-pin to 9-pin
Connector Type: B
Handshake: DSTB connects to the printer, BUSY connects to
the host
Interface cable: Parallel cable compatible with PC
USB Interface
Pin Function
1VBUS
2 D-
3D+
4 GND
Parallel Interface
Pin Function Transmitter
1/Strobehost/printer
2-9 Data 0-7 host
10 /Acknowledge printer
11 Busy printer
12 /Paper empty printer
13 /Select printer
14 /Auto line feed host/printer
15 N/C
16 N/C
17 N/C
18 +5V, max 500ma
19-30 Signal GND host
31 /Initialize host/printer
32 /Error printer
33 Signal GND
34-35 N/C
36 /Select in host/printer