Brother HL-720 manual Parallel Interface Specifications

English: HL-YL User’s Guide, Appendix A

USER’S GUIDE

PARALLEL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS

✒Note

To ensure best quality performance use an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable between the printer and your computer. Only IEEE 1284 cables support all of the advanced printing capabilities, like bi-directional communication. These cables will be clearly marked with “IEEE-1284”.

Interface Connector					Printer Side: Amphenol FCN-685J036-L/X or equivalent
						A shielded cable should be used.
Pin Assignment
	Pin No.				Signal	Direction	Pin No.			Signal	Direction
1						Input	19		0V (S.G.)		–
		DATA STROBE
2					DATA 1	Input	20		0V (S.G.)		–
3					DATA 2	Input	21		0V (S.G.)		–
4					DATA 3	Input	22		0V (S.G.)		–
5					DATA 4	Input	23		0V (S.G.)		–
6					DATA 5	Input	24		0V (S.G.)		–
7					DATA 6	Input	25		0V (S.G.)		–
8					DATA 7	Input	26		0V (S.G.)		–
9					DATA 8	Input	27		0V (S.G.)		–
10						Output	28		0V (S.G.)		–
				ACKNLG
11					BUSY	Output	29		0V (S.G.)		–
12					PE	Output	30		0V (S.G.)		–
13					SLCT	Output	31				Input
								INPUT PRIME
14						Input	32				Output
			AUTO FEED							FAULT
15					N.C.	–	33			N.C.	–
16					0V (S.G.)	–	34			N.C.	–
17					0V (S.G.)	–	35			N.C.	–
18					+5V	–	36				Input
									SLCT IN

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