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13 25 pins 1 _____________________________ \ o o o o o o o o o o o o o / \ o o o o o o o o o o o o / `-----------------------´ 25 female 14LPT1 - PC Printer Port |
18 36 pins 1 __________________________ \ \ '''''''''''''''''' / / / \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,/ \ ----`----------------´---- 36 female 19Centronics - Printer |
01. OUT - Strobe (/STROBE) 02. I/O - Data bit 0 (D0) 03. I/O - Data bit 1 (D1) 04. I/O - Data bit 2 (D2) 05. I/O - Data bit 3 (D3) 06. I/O - Data bit 4 (D4) 07. I/O - Data bit 5 (D5) 08. I/O - Data bit 6 (D6) 09. I/O - Data bit 7 (D7) 10. IN - Acknowledge (/ACK) 11. IN - Busy (BUSY) 12. IN - Paper Out (POUT) 13. IN - Select (SEL) 14. IN - Autofeed (/AUTOFEED) 15. IN - Fault (Low when offline) (/GNDRESET) 16. OUT - RESET (initialise) (/RESET) 17. OUT - Select In (/SLCT IN) 18. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 19. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 20. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 21. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 22. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 23. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 24. --- - Signal Ground (GND) 25. --- - Signal Ground (GND) |
01. IN - Strobe (/STROBE) 02. I/O - Data bit 0 (D0) 03. I/O - Data bit 1 (D1) 04. I/O - Data bit 2 (D2) 05. I/O - Data bit 3 (D3) 06. I/O - Data bit 4 (D4) 07. I/O - Data bit 5 (D5) 08. I/O - Data bit 6 (D6) 09. I/O - Data bit 7 (D7) 10. OUT - Acknowledge (/ACK) 11. OUT - Busy (BUSY) 12. OUT - Paper Out (POUT) 13. OUT - Select (SEL) 14. IN - Autofeed (/AUTOFEED) 15. nc 16. --- - Logic Ground (0V) 17. --- - Shield Ground (CHASSIS GND) 18. OUT - +5VDC (50mA max) (+5V PULLUP) 19. --- - Signal (Strobe) Ground (GND) 20. --- - Signal (D0) Ground (GND) 21. --- - Signal (D1) Ground (GND) 22. --- - Signal (D2) Ground (GND) 23. --- - Signal (D3) Ground (GND) 24. --- - Signal (D4) Ground (GND) 25. --- - Signal (D5) Ground (GND) 26. --- - Signal (D6) Ground (GND) 27. --- - Signal (D7) Ground (GND) 28. --- - Signal (Acknowledge) Ground 29. --- - Signal (Busy) Ground 30. --- - Reset Ground (/GNDRESET) 31. IN - Reset (/RESET) 32. OUT - Fault (Low when offline) (/GNDRESET) 33. --- - Signal Ground (0V) 34. nc 35. OUT - +5VDC (+5V) 36. IN - Select In (Taking low or high sets printer on line or off line respectively) (/SLCT IN) |
1 25 pins 13 _____________________________ \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . / \ . . . . . . . . . . . . / `-----------------------´ 14 male 2525-DB - To PC |
1 36 pins 18 __________________________ \ \ ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, / / / \''''''''''''''''''/ \ ----`----------------´---- 19 female 36Centronics - To Printer |
Strobe ------ 1 ==> 1 Data bit 0 ------ 2 <==> 2 Data bit 1 ------ 3 <==> 3 Data bit 2 ------ 4 <==> 4 Data bit 3 ------ 5 <==> 5 Data bit 4 ------ 6 <==> 6 Data bit 5 ------ 7 <==> 7 Data bit 6 ------ 8 <==> 8 Data bit 7 ------ 9 <==> 9 Acknowledge ------ 10 <== 10 Busy ------ 11 <== 11 Paper Out ------ 12 <== 12 Select ------ 13 <== 13 Autofeed ------ 14 <== 14 Fault ------ 15 <== 32 Reset ------ 16 ==> 31 Select In ------ 17 ==> 36 GND ------ 18-25 == 19-30 Centronics not used: 16,17,33 ; 18,35 Centronics not connected: 15,34 |
BOTH end of the cable are MALE ! numbering ! SO Both LPT ports must be female |
25-DB to 25-DB |
D0 2 <==> 15 /RESET D1 3 <==> 13 SEL D2 4 <==> 12 POUT D3 5 <==> 10 /ACK D4 6 <==> 11 BUSY /RESET 15 <==> 2 D0 SEL 13 <==> 3 D1 POUT 12 <==> 4 D2 /ACK 10 <==> 5 D3 BUSY 11 <==> 6 D4 GND 25 <==> 25 GND |