Section 5. Interface Specifications

CENTRONICS PARALLEL INTERFACE

 

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Printer Connector

AMP 57-40360 (DDK) or equivalent

Cable Connector

AMP 57-30360 (DDK) or equivalent

Cable Length

10 ft. or less

Signal Level

High = +2.4V to +5.0V

 

Low = 0V to -0.4V

DATA STREAMS

Single Job Buffer: The Single Job Buffer mode is not available when using the Centronics interface.

Multi Job Buffer: <STX><ESC>A . . Job#1 . . <ESC>Z<ETX>

<STX><ESC>A . . Job#n . . <ESC>Z<ETX>

Note that for parallel communications, the STX and ETX characters are not required .

Centronics Parallel Interface Pin Assignments

PIN

 

SIGNAL

DIRECTION

PIN

SIGNAL

DIRECTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

To Printer

19

STROBE

Reference

 

STROBE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

To Host

28

ACK Return

Reference

 

 

ACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

BUSY

To Host

29

BUSY Return

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

PTR ERROR

To Host

30

PE Return

Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

SELECT

To Host

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

To Host

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAULT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

FG

Frame Ground

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

+5V (Z=24K ohm)

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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