Kaypro 10 - CONNECTING A PRINTER; Parallel Printer

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CONNECTING A PRINTER
Parallel
Printer
Your
KAYPRO 10 computer comes equipped with a Centronics-type connector
on the back panel, labelled: J6 PRINTER OUTPUT. If you have a printer with a
similar 36 -pin connector, then all you need is a standard parallel printer cable
(available from your dealer) to connect the two units. If you have a non-standard
connector on your printer or cannot find a suitable cable already assembled,
then the following pin assignments should prove useful to the person who
fabricates your cable.
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(BOTTOM)
Note that the BUSY line is read by the KAYPRO as ACTIVE when left discon -
nected. If you tell your computer to print something when there is no printer
there , your computer will sit patiently and wait for a printer to say that it's ready
for data . And wait and wait and wait... Press the reset button on the back panel.
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