Zebra Technologies 3742, 2742, 2722 user manual Interface

Parallel Interface The figure below displays the cable wiring Cable Wiring required to use the printer's Centronics parallel

interface.

HOST		DB-25		Centronics		PRINTER
		Pin No.		Pin No.
STROBE			1		1	STROBE
DATA 0			2		2	DATA 0
DATA 1			3		3	DATA 1
DATA 2			4		4	DATA 2
DATA 3			5		5	DATA 3
DATA 4			6		6	DATA 4
DATA 5			7		7	DATA 5
DATA 6			8		8	DATA 6
DATA 7			9		9	DATA 7
ACK/			10		10	ACK/
BUSY			11		11	BUSY
PAPER ERR.			12		12	PAPER ERR.
READY			13		13	READY
INIT			14		14	INIT
ERROR/			15		15	ERROR/
N/A	16			16		N/A
N/A	17			17		N/A
N/A	18			18		+5V
SIG. GND			19		19	SIG. GND
SIG. GND			20		20	SIG. GND
SIG. GND			21			SIG. GND
				21
SIG. GND			22
						SIG. GND
				22
SIG. GND			23
						SIG. GND
				23
SIG. GND			24
						SIG. GND
					24
SIG. GND			25
				25

Female DB-25 to Male Centronics

(Cable)

+5 volts at 300 mA for external device (e.g. PrintServer)

980344-001 Rev.A 25