Interface specifications, Cable specifications – HP DesignJet 500 User Manual
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Interface Specifications
Cable Specifications
Parallel (IEEE-1284 compatible/Centronics) Interface
The connector on the printer is
36-pin female.
Most existing parallel cables
support IEEE-1284 compatible
communication, but for use with
this printer, the cable must meet
the specification in this table.
Pin
Wire/Signal
Name
Source
1
Strobe computer
2 … 9
D0 … D7 (data
lines)
both
10
Ack
printer
11
Busy
printer
12
PError
printer
13
Select
(SelectOut)
printer
14
AutoFd
computer
16
GND
19 … 30
GND
31
Init
computer
32
Fault
printer
36
SelectIn
computer
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