LPT Cable

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Parallel port allow the input of up to 9 bits or the output of 12 bits at any one given time. This port may be used for interfacing home made projects since external circuitry is minimal for many simple tasks. The port is composed of 4 control lines, 5 status lines and 8 data lines. Nowdays is obsolete and rarely found  on the back of your PC  (note, that 25 pin D-SUB male connector may represent RS-232 serial port, which is not compatible with LPT!)

Pin No (DB25)	Pin No (36 pin)	Signal name	Direction	Register - bit	Inverted	DB25 Pinout
1	1	Strobe	In/Out	Control-0	Yes
2	2	Data 0	Out	Data-0	No
3	3	Data 1	Out	Data-1	No
4	4	Data 2	Out	Data-2	No
5	5	Data 3	Out	Data-3	No
6	6	Data 4	Out	Data-4	No
7	7	Data 5	Out	Data-5	No
8	8	Data 6	Out	Data-6	No
9	9	Data 7	Out	Data-7	No
10	10	Ack	In	Status-6	No
11	11	Busy	In	Status-7	Yes
12	12	Paper-Out	In	Status-5	No
13	13	Select	In	Status-4	No
14	14	Linefeed	In/Out	Control-1	Yes
15	32	Error	In	Status-3	No
16	31	Reset	In/Out	Control-2	No
17	36	Select-Printer	In/Out	Control-3	Yes
18-25	19-30,33,17,16	Ground	-	-	-

Today is impossible or difficult to find and buy a new laptop computer or desktop PC  with a parallel port

While the parallel port is disappearing from laptop and desktop computers, it is still possible to purchase an inexpensive PCI card that provides you with one LPT port.

	PCI Slot Parallel Port Card			PCI Express Slot Parallel Port Card
	This card provides 1 industry standard 25 pin LPT parallel printer port in a single low profile PCI slot. As PCI is fully Plug and Play compatible your BIOS and operating system will automatically configure the card ensuring conflict free installation.			This card provides 1 industry standard 25 pin LPT parallel printer port in a single Low Profile PCI Express Card. As PCI Express is fully Plug and Play compatible your BIOS and operating system will automatically configure the card ensuring conflict free installation.