SATO DR300 manual Status Transmission, Status Summary Table Description, Hex

DR300 Operator Manual Chapter 10 - Serial Interface

Status Transmission

Printer sends status based on 2 types of command. Status Request Command and Print Command. Following are details description on each command.

1 : Status Request Command

Printer status consists of ID No., status, remaining print quantity. Printer sends all spaces

(20 Hex) as ID and all “0” as remaining print quantity under the following conditions:

•End of printing

•No print data

a) Command ENQ (05 Hex)

b)Status format

					STX (02H)
					ETX (03H)
STX	ID	No.	Status	Remaining Print Quantity		ETX

(11 Byte)

The ID No. is set based on the ID sent from Host with <ID> command. For multiple print jobs, current printing job ID will be sent.

Status Summary Table

	Description			ASCII	Hex
Normal mode		No error		0	3 0
(Off-line)	Buffer near full			2	3 2
On-line Mode	Receive wait		No error	A	4 1
			Buffer near full	C	4 3
	Printing		No error	G	4 7
			Buffer near full	I	4 9
	Dispense wait		No error	M	4 D
			Buffer near full	O	4 F
	Analyze, edit		No error	S	5 3
			Buffer near full	U	5 5
Error	Receive		buffer full	a	6 1
		Head open		b	6 2
		Paper end		c	6 3
		Ribbon end		d	6 4
		Media error		e	6 5
	Sensor error			f	6 6
		Head error		g	6 7
		Card error		i	6 9
		Cutter error		j	6 A
	Other error (Interface error, machine error, etc)			k	6 B

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