ESC v | (Serial Interface Only) |
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[Function] | Transmitting the printer status(Serial Type) |
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[Code] | <1B>H<76>H |
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[Outline] | Current printer status is transmitted.. |
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[Caution] | • Status sent out consists of 1 byte whose content is as in the table below. |
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| • In DTR/DSR control, after receptible state of the host (DSR signal being | in |
SPACE state) is confirmed, only 1 byte is transmitted. | In | XON/XOFF |
control, DSR signal state not being confirmed, only 1 byte | is transmitted. | |
• In DTR/DSR control, when the host is in unreceptible state(DSR signal | being in | |
MARK state), it waits until receptible state is created. |
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•In paper end (paper near end) status, this command may be unreceptible state due to BUSY state.
Remarks. This command is valid only for serial interface model.
Bit | Function |
| Value | |
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| 0 |
| 1 |
0 | Paper near end | with paper |
| without paper |
1 | Not defined |
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2 | Paper end | With paper |
| Without paper |
3 | Not defined |
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4 | Not used | Fixed to 0 |
| − |
5 | Not defined |
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6 | Not defined |
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7 | Not defined |
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[Sample Program]
OPEN "COM1:N81NN" AS #1 ;
PRINT #1, CHR$ (&H1B) + "v" ;
A$ = INPUT$ (1, #1) ;
CLOSE #1
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