(1) (2) (Female connector seen from solder side) ___|_______|___________________________________________ 13 \ o . o . . . . . . . . . . / 1 \ . . . . . . . . . . . . / 25 \_________________________________________________/ 14 At the jack (mono): ------------ (1) (2) | | | | .-D1>---. Don't try to see if this works without the | | diode and the resistor. If you would do that you could got your printer port severely | R1 damaged! | | \ [ (4) \ [ (3) [ [ <-- This pretends to be a mono jack --- ] . ] R1 = 100 Ohms D1 = 4.7V Zener diode +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For those more technically oriented I have here a design that provides a much greater noise immunity. (I DON'T KNOW WETHER THIS SECOND SCHEME IS CORRECT OR NOT. I just find this lying around so if you decide to use it don't blame me if it doesn't work. If however, you can put it to work, could you send me a email?). . 2 resistors (R) . 3 capacitors (C) . 1 diode -----.---------- (3) | | (1) ---- C1 ---.--- R1 ---. D1 | | \/ | | | C2 R2 | | | | | GND | GND | | | | | (2) -------------------------.----R3---- (4) C1 = 0,1uF C2 = 1KpF C3 = 1KpF D1 = 4.7V Zener diode R1 = 650 ohms R2 = 1 Khom R3 = 100 ohms GND = GROUND