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Reviewing the Centronics Parallel Pin Assignments
Pin No.
Signal
Direction
Description
1
______ Strobe
In
A LOW pulse greater than 1 µs
causes the printer to read one
byte of data.
2
Data 0
In
Data bit 0
3
Data 1
In
Data bit 1
4
Data 2
In
Data bit 2
5
Data 3
In
Data bit 3
6
Data 4
In
Data bit 4
7
Data 5
In
Data bit 5
8
Data 6
In
Data bit 6
9
Data 7
In
Data bit 7
10
______ Acknlg
Out
A LOW pulse is sent by the printer
to indicate that a byte of data has
been accepted and that it is ready
for more data.
11
Busy
Out
A HIGH logic level is sent to the
printer to indicate to the host that
it cannot receive data due to data
entry, error status, or a full buffer.
12
Paper Error
Out
Low = OK, High = media error
13
Ready
Out
Low = off-line, High = on-line
14, 15
Not Used
16 Sig
Gnd
17 Chassis
Gnd
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