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Paper roll Status commands GS j
Ver. 10.0 1 p. 326
GS j EXECUTING + SETTING
[Name] Enable/disable Automatic Status Back (ASB) for ink
[Format] ASCII GS j
n
Hex 1D 6A
n
Decimal 29 106
n
[Range] 0
≤ n
≤
255
[Default] When DIP switch or memory switch (BUSY condition) is Off:
n
= 0
When DIP switch or memory switch (BUSY condition) is On:
n
= 1
[Printers not featuring this command] TM-T90, TM-T88III, TM-L90, TM-L60II, TM-P60, TM-U230, TM-U220,
TM-U210, TM-U300A/B
[Description] Enables or disables the ink ASB (Automatic Status Back) and specifies the status items to include, using
n
as
follows:
[Notes] ■ASB (Automatic Status Back) transmits the status such as ink near-end, ink cartridge installed/not installed
automatically to the printer in real-time. It is called [ASB function] and the status is [ASB status]. If you use
ASB, application can acquire the printer change in real-time and passively.
■Enabling any status (except
n
= 0) starts ink ASB. Then the current ink ASB status is transmitted. After that,
when ASB is active, the selected enabled ink ASB status is transmitted each time the status changes.
■When
n
= 0, ink ASB is disabled. When ASB is disabled, ink ASB status is not transmitted.
■If ASB is enabled when the printer is disabled by ESC =, the printer transmits a 4-byte status message
whenever the status changes.
n:
Bit Function Binary Hexadecimal D ecimal
0 Disable online/offline status of the ink mechanism 0 00 0
Enable online/offline status of the ink mechanism 1 01 1
1 Disable ink status detection 0 00 0
Enable ink status detection 1 02 2
2~7 Reserved 0 00 0
Status commands