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Inouts, Parallel ports – Airlink APSUSB2 User Manual

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This appendix shows the pinouts of the Print Server parallel port connector.

Parallel Ports

The following table lists the pinouts of the print server’s 25-pin parallel port connector (identical to
the connector used on most personal computers), as well as the 36-pin Centronics connector used on
most printers.

Signal names beginning with n are active-low signals.

25-pin

Centronics

Signal

Source

1

1

nStrobe

Host

2

2

Data 1

Bi-directional

3

3

Data 2

Bi-directional

4

4

Data 3

Bi-directional

5

5

Data 4

Bi-directional

6

6

Data 5

Bi-directional

7

7

Data 6

Bi-directional

8

8

Data 7

Bi-directional

9

9

Data 8

Bi-directional

10

10

nAck

Printer

11

11

Busy

Printer

12

12

PError

Printer

13

13

Select

Printer

14

14

nAutoFd

Host

15

32

nFault

Printer

16

31

nInit

Host

17

36

nSelectIn

Host

18-25

16, 17, 19-30

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