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AST RESEARCH TECHNICAL BULLETIN TB-0007 4-13-84
CABLE CONNECTION FOR AST PARALLEL PORT
TO IDS MODEL P-132 COLOR PRINTER
To connect the IDS model P-132 color printer to the AST parallel
port, a unique printer cable must be fabricated.
While AST does not provide a cable for this connection, table 1
illustrates the connections necessary to fabricate a cable to
connect between the AST adapter cables DB25S connector and the
IDS printer.
LINE AST PARALLEL PORT IDS PRINTER LINE
NAME CABLE CONNECTOR CONNECTOR NAME
-STROBE 1---------------------3 STROBE
D0 2--------------------14 D0
D1 3--------------------13 D1
D2 4--------------------12 D2
D3 5--------------------11 D3
D4 6--------------------10 D4
D5 7---------------------9 D5
D6 8---------------------8 D6
D7 9 N.C.
-ACK 10--------------------22 ACK
BUSY 11--------------------19 BUSY
PE 12--------------------24 PAPER OUT
SLOT 13---------------------4 ON LINE
-ERROR 15---------------------18 FAULT TTL LEVEL
GROUND 18----------------------7 SIGNAL GROUND
thru
25--- ---1 PROTECTIVE GROUND