Wow. Not that anyone would suspect it, but you are not kidding. Based on those resources, here is my first stab at what an adaptor would look like. XX means leave unconnected. "PC parport" means a DB25 female port that you could plug PC printers into.
Lisa PC
par- par-
port port Remarks
---- ---- -------
1 - 18 GND
2 - 19 GND
3 - XX {Lisa R/W, always W for printer}
4 - 20 GND
5 - 2 DATA_0
6 - 3 DATA_1
7 - XX {Lisa unused, not connected}
8 - 4 DATA_2
9 - 21 GND
10 - 22 GND
11 - 7 DATA_5
12 - 8 DATA_6
13 - 9 DATA_7
14 - 23 GND
15 - 1 /STROBE
16 - 11 /BUSY (may need to be inverted!)
17 - XX {Lisa CMD, unused by printer}
18 - XX {Lisa parity, unused by printer}
19 - 18 {Lisa open cable detect, must be low; tie to ground*}
20 - 24 GND
21 - 16 /RESET (may need to be inverted!)
22 - 5 DATA_3
23 - 6 DATA_4
24 - 25 GND
25 - 15 {Lisa /CHK printer fault (may need to be inverted!)}
* IDEFile uses this trick.
Guess I'll give it a whack...
--Tom
On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 4:47:08 PM UTC-5, James MacPhail wrote:
It looks like the parallel port pinout of the Lisa is not the same as
the typical PC DB-25 parallel port, so a different cable will be
required...
PC:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/25_Pin_D-sub_pinout.svg
Lisa: (last page of)
https://ia601602.us.archive.org/17/items/bitsavers_applelisasarallelInterfaceCard_668809/029-0176-A_Lisa_Parallel_Interface_Card.pdf
>I just got a Canon PJ-1080A, known in Lisa-land as the "Canon Ink
>Jet Printer." No manual was included.
>I haven't had any success getting the Canon to work