HP Designjet 5000 series printer - User's Guide

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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 … 9D0 … 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