Brady 300MVP Pin #, Description, Bi-directional 36 Pin - Centronics Parallel Printer Port Pinout

Bi-directional(36 Pin) – Centronics Parallel Printer Port Pinout:

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-	Ground
17
18	+5V@1A
19-	Ground
30
31	nInit
32	nFault/nData Avail
33-	Not used
34
35	+5V thru 3.3K
36	nSelectIn/1284
	active

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.

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