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
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| Input | 19 |
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| DATA 1 | Input | 20 |
| 0V (S.G.) | – | ||||||
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| DATA 2 | Input | 21 |
| 0V (S.G.) | – | ||||||
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| DATA 3 | Input | 22 |
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| DATA 4 | Input | 23 |
| 0V (S.G.) | – | ||||||
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| DATA 5 | Input | 24 |
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| DATA 6 | Input | 25 |
| 0V (S.G.) | – | ||||||
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| DATA 7 | Input | 26 |
| 0V (S.G.) | – | ||||||
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| DATA 8 | Input | 27 |
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| Output | 28 |
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| BUSY | Output | 29 |
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| PE | Output | 30 |
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| SLCT | Output | 31 |
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| Input | 32 |
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| N.C. | – | 33 |
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| 0V (S.G.) | – | 34 |
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| 0V (S.G.) | – | 35 |
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| +5V | – | 36 |
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