Epson MP-4000 manual Parallel Interface Specification, Signal SPP

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MP-4000 TH . Revision 1.2

30.1.Parallel Interface

30.2.Specification

The port to the PC is a Parallel port (IEEE12284), which operates with the following characteristics: Unidirectional (standard centronics SPP) and Bi-directional (EPP).

30.3.Cable connection

Male		Male	Pin
Centronics 36	DB-25		1
1		1
			2
2		2

3		3	3

4		4
			4

5		5
			5
6		6

7		7	6

8		8	7

9		9
			8
10		10

			9
11		11

12		12	10

13		13
			11

14		14
			12
32		15

31		16	13

36		17
			14

33		18
			31
19, 20		19

21, 22		20	32

23, 24		21
			36

25, 26		22

27		23

28, 29		24	19-30

16, 30		25

Signal (SPP)

nStrobe

Data 0

Data 1

Data 2

Data 3

Data 4

Data 5

Data 6

Data 7

nAck Busy Paper-Out/Paper End Select nAuto-Linefeed nInitialize

nError / nFault nSelect-Printer nSelect-In Ground

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