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Reviewing the Centronics Parallel Pin Assignments | ||||
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| ______ | Strobe |
| A LOW pulse greater than 1 µs |
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2 | Data 0 | In | Data bit 0 | |
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3 | Data 1 | In | Data bit 1 | |
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4 | Data 2 | In | Data bit 2 | |
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5 | Data 3 | In | Data bit 3 | |
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6 | Data 4 | In | Data bit 4 | |
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7 | Data 5 | In | Data bit 5 | |
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8 | Data 6 | In | Data bit 6 | |
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9 | Data 7 | In | Data bit 7 | |
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10 | ______ | Acknlg |
| A LOW pulse is sent by the printer |
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11 | Busy | Out | A HIGH logic level is sent to the | |
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| printer to indicate to the host that |
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| entry, error status, or a full buffer. |
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12 | Paper Error | Out | Low = OK, High = media error | |
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13 | Ready | Out | Low = | |
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16 | Sig Gnd |
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17 | Chassis Gnd |
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