Installation 2-7
2.5.2 Installing an External Parallel Printer or Floppy DriveThe Notebook is equipped with an external, bidirectional, ECC/EPP compatible, 25-pin
parallel printer port. The connector pinouts and connector location are shown in Figure
2-5. When used with a special cable, an external floppy disk drive may also be attached
to the notebook via the parallel port. When a floppy disk drive is connected to the parallel
port, the floppy disk drive in the Modular Bay is disabled, if present.
Figure 2-5 Parallel Port Pinouts
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2
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4
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25
SIGNALSPP Mode
STB*
PD0PD1
PD2
PD3
PD4
PD5
PD6
PD7
ACK*
BUSYPESLCT
AFD*
ERR*GroundINIT*
SLIN*
Note:
* Denotes
Active Low
Strobe*
Data Bit 0
Data Bit 1
Data Bit 2
Data Bit 3
Data Bit 4
Data Bit 5Data Bit 6Data Bit 7
Acknowledge*
Paper Out
BusyAuto Line Feed*Error*
Initialize Printer*
Select In*LPT 18 LPT18
VCC
VCCPLP120
PLP121
PLP12226 Ground
PLP121
PLP122PLP120FDD 5V
FDD 5V
FDD 5V FDD 5V
LP125 LP125