HP DesignJet 430/450C/488CA Printer - User's Guide

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Interface specifications
Below are the parallel and serial interface specifications. On the following page
are the pin configurations for the most common HP cables referenced on page
10–11.
Parallel (Centronics) Interface
Pin Wire/Signal Name Source
The connector on the printer is 36-pin
fl
1 Strobe computer
female.
2 ... 9 D0 ... D7 (data lines) both
Most existin
g
parallel cables support
11 Busy printer
Most
existing
arallel
cables
su ort
IEEE-1284-compatible communication,
b t f ith thi i t th bl
12 PError printer
but, for use with this printer, the cable
must meet the s
p
ecification in this table
13 Select (SelectOut) printer
must
meet
the
s ecification
in
this
table
.
14 AutoFd computer
16 GND
19 ... 30 GND
31 Init computer
32 Fault printer
36 SelectIn computer
Serial (RS-232-C) Interface
Pin Wire/Signal Name Source
Th t th i t i 25 i
1 Protective Ground
The connector on the printer is 25-pin
female
2 Transmitted Data DTE
female
.
3 Received Data DCE
The printer is configured as DTE (data
til i t)
4 Request to Send DTE
terminal equipment).
6 Data Set Ready DCE
Data is transmitted on Pin 2 and
7 Signal Ground
Data
is
transmitted
on
Pin
2
and
received on Pin 3.
20 Data Terminal Ready DTE
Localization Note.
Reference
Interface specifications