HP 510 User Manual

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Cable specification
The connector on the printer is a 36-pin female connector. Most existing parallel cables support IEEE-1284 
compatible communication, but for use with this printer, the cable must meet the specifications in the following 
table:
Parallel (
 compatible/
) Interface
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