
Parallel Interface
The figure below displays the cable wiring required to use the printer's Centronics parallel interface.
HOST
STROBE~
DATA 0
DATA 1
DATA 2
DATA 3
DATA 4
DATA 5
DATA 6
DATA 7
ACK~
BUSY
PAPER ERR.
SELECT
AUTOFD~
ERROR~
N/A
N/A
N/A
SIG. GND SIG. GND SIG. GND SIG. GND SIG. GND SIG. GND SIG. GND
DB-25 
Pin No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
 10 ![]()
 11 ![]()
 12 ![]()
 13 ![]()
 14
 15 ![]()
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Centronics
Pin No. PRINTER
1  | 
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  | STROBE~  | 
2  | 
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  | DATA 0  | 
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3  | 
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  | DATA 1  | 
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4  | 
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  | DATA 2  | 
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5  | 
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  | DATA 3  | 
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6  | 
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  | DATA 4  | 
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7  | 
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  | DATA 5  | 
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8  | 
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  | DATA 6  | 
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9  | 
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  | DATA 7  | 
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10  | 
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  | ACK~  | 
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11  | 
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  | BUSY  | 
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12  | 
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  | PAPER ERR.  | 
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13  | 
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  | SELECT  | 
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14  | 
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  | AUTOFD~  | 
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15n/c
16SIG. GND
17CHAS GND
18
 +5V
19SIG. GND
20SIG. GND
21SIG. GND
22SIG. GND
23SIG. GND
24SIG. GND
25SIG. GND
26SIG. GND
27SIG. GND
28SIG. GND
29SIG. GND
30SIG. GND
31n/c
32
 ERROR~
33SIG. GND
34n/c
35n/c
 36 
 SELECTIN~
Male 
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