Section 3: Interface Specifications
| SPECIFICATIONS |
Printer Connector | AMP |
Cable Connector | AMP |
Cable | IEEE1284 Parallel, 10 ft. (3 m) or less |
Signal Level | High = +2.4V to +5.0V, Low = 0V to |
Data Stream | <ESC>A . . Job#1 . . <ESC>Z<ESC>A . . Job#n . . <ESC>Z |
NOTE: Pin assignments begin with one (1) in the upper right corner and descend to eighteen (18) in the upper left corner. Pin number nineteen (19) picks up in the lower right corner and descends to
IEEE 1284 PARALLEL INTERFACE PIN ASSIGNMENTS
PIN | SIGNAL | DIRECTION | PIN | SIGNAL | DIRECTION |
1 | Strobe | To Printer | 19 | Strobe Return | Reference |
2 | Data 1 | To Printer | 20 | Data 1 Return | Reference |
3 | Data 2 | To Printer | 21 | Data 2 Return | Reference |
4 | Data 3 | To Printer | 22 | Data 3 Return | Reference |
5 | Data 4 | To Printer | 23 | Data 4 Return | Reference |
6 | Data 5 | To Printer | 24 | Data 5 Return | Reference |
7 | Data 6 | To Printer | 25 | Data 6 Return | Reference |
8 | Data 7 | To Printer | 26 | Data 7 Return | Reference |
9 | Data 8 | To Printer | 27 | Data 8 Return | Reference |
10 | ACK | To Host | 28 | ACK Return | Reference |
11 | Busy | To Host | 29 | Busy Return | Reference |
12 | Ptr Error | To Host | 30 | PE Return | Reference |
13 | Select | To Host | 31 | INIT | From Host |
14 | AutoFD1 | To Host | 32 | Fault | To Host |
15 | Not Used |
| 33 | Not Used |
|
16 | Logic Gnd |
| 34 | Not Used |
|
17 | FG | Frame Gnd | 35 | Not Used |
|
18 | +5V (z=24k ohm) | To Host | 36 | SelectIn1 | From Host |
1 Signals required for ieee 1284 mode.
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