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If the printer adapter is located on a display adapter, it will be called LPT 1 and will have a
base address of 956 (3BC H). If there is no active printer adapter on a display adapter card,
the primary printer adapter card will be called LPT1 and will have a base address of 888 (378
H). A second printer adapter card in the same system will be called LPT2 and will have a
base address of 632 (278 H). Check the documentation of your system and the jumpers on
the various adapter cards to be sure of the base address on the adapter you wish to use.
4.2.4.1
Connecting to the PC Parallel (Printer) Port
The connections to the parallel port are made through a DB 25 connector on your computer.
The pin assignments for the parallel port socket are (as viewed from the plug side):
Figure 4-2. PC parallel (printer) port
Table 4-4. PC and Lambda 10-2 parallel port pin assignments
Pin #
Pin #
Pin #
Pin #
PC PARALLEL PORT
PC PARALLEL PORT
PC PARALLEL PORT
PC PARALLEL PORT
Pin #
Pin #
Pin #
Pin #
LAMBDA 10
LAMBDA 10
LAMBDA 10
LAMBDA 10----2 CONTROLLER
2 CONTROLLER
2 CONTROLLER
2 CONTROLLER
1
Strobe
1
Not Connected (NC)
2
Bit 0 Data
2
Filter Position Bit 0
3
Bit 1 Data
3
Filter Position Bit 1
4
Bit 2 Data
4
Filter Position Bit 2
5
Bit 3 Data
5
Filter Position Bit 3
6
Bit 4 Data
6
Speed Bit 0
7
Bit 5 Data
7
Speed Bit 1
8
Bit 6 Data
8
Speed Bit 2
9
Bit 7 Data
9
Wheel Select Bit
10
ACK
10
NC
11
Busy
11
Busy Line Output
12
PE
12
Error Line Output
13
Select
13
NC
14
Autofeed
14
Shutter
15
Error
15
NC
16
Init
16
NC
17
Select In
17
NC
18
Ground
18
NC
19
Ground
19
NC
20
Ground
20
NC
21
Ground
21
NC
22
Ground
22
NC
23
Ground
23
NC
24
Ground
24
Ground
25
Ground
25
Ground
