Centronics port configuration
The Centronics parallel port is located at the rear of the printer. It is a DB25
female connector.
The following table describes the Centronics port pin assignments. For further
details, refer to the IEEE P1284 standard.
Printer Pin No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 - 25
STROBE is the dialog signal.
[39] Centronics connector
Overview and tables
Signal Name
STROBE
Data 1
Data 1 (LSB)
Data 2
Data 2
Data 3
Data3
Data 4
Data 4
Data 5
Data 5
Data 6
Data 6
Data 7
Data 7
Data 8
Data 8 (MSB)
ACKN
Acknowledge
BSY
Busy
PAPEROUT
Paper error
SELECT
Select
AUTOLFN
FAULTN
Fault
INITN
Initialize
SELECTINN
Select in
GND
Ground
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