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CENTRONICS PARALLEL INTERFACE
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Printer Connector AMP 57-40360 (DDK) or equivalent
Cable Connector AMP 57-30360 (DDK) or equivalent
Cable Length 10 ft. or less
Signal Level High=+2.4Vto+5.0V
Low = 0V to -0.4V
DATA STREAMS
Single Job Buffer:
The Single Job Buffer mode is not available when using the
Centronics interface.
Multi Job Buffer: <ESC>A . . Job#1 . . <ESC>Z<ESC>A . . Job#n . . <ESC>Z
Note that for parallel communications, the
STX
and
ETX
characters are not required .
PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION
1
STROBE To Printer 19 STROBE
Return
Reference
2 DATA 1 To Printer 20 DATA 1 Return Reference
3 DATA 2 To Printer 21 DATA 2 Return Reference
4 DATA 3 To Printer 22 DATA 3 Return Reference
5 DATA 4 To Printer 23 DATA 4 Return Reference
6 DATA 5 To Printer 24 DATA 5 Return Reference
7 DATA 6 To Printer 25 DATA 6 Return Reference
8 DATA 7 To Printer 26 DATA 7 Return Reference
9 DATA 8 To Printer 27 DATA 8 Return Reference
10
ACK To Host 28 ACK Return Reference
11 BUSY To Host 29 BUSY Return Reference
12 PTR ERROR To Host 30 PE Return Reference
13 SELECT To Host 31
14 32
FAULT To Host
15 33
16 34
17 FG Frame Ground 35
18 +5V(Z=24Kohm) 36
Centronics Parallel Interface Pin Assignments
Section 5. Interface Specifications
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