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Serial printer connector pinout and signals

DB25 pin D-SUB male at the printerDB25 pin D-SUB male (at the printer)

PinNameDirectionDescription
1SHIELDShield Ground
2TXD→Transmit Data
3RXD←Receive Data
4n/c-Not connected
5n/c-Not connected
6DSR←Data Set Ready
7GNDSystem Ground
8DCD←Data Carrier Detect
9n/c-Not connected
10n/c-Not connected
11?→Reverse Channel
12n/c-Not connected
13n/c-Not connected
14n/c-Not connected
15n/c-Not connected
16n/c-Not connected
17TTY-TXD→TTY Receive Data
18n/c-Not connected
19n/c-Not connected
20DTR→Data Terminal Ready
21n/c-Not connected
22n/c-Not connected
23?→TTY Receive Data Return
24?←TTY Transmit Data Return
25TTY-RXD←TTY Receive Data

Cables for this connector: serial printer cable (DB9-DB25) and serial printer cable (DB25-DB25). On the computer side see the RS232 port pinout (DB-25) and the RS232 connector pinouts. Serial Printer Logger captures the data stream sent to a serial printer.