IBM TG5, TM7, TI5, TF7 Asynchronous Real-Time Commands, Hex Value Usage Data Being Tracked Factor

updated March 18, 2002

RS-232 Syntax:

X'10 05 40'

2.Execute the Retrieve Printer Usage Statistics command.

3.Multiply the returned value by the factor given in Table 19 to get the actual printer statistic.

Table 19. Retrievable Usage Data

Hex Value	Usage Data Being Tracked	Factor
80	FRU Card/Invalid usage numbers (set to X'0164' at the	N/A
	factory, not set for FRU logic cards)
81	Number of paper cuts	32
82	High byte of the number of characters printed on the CR	None
	(thermal) station (see note 1)
83	Low byte of the number of characters printed on the CR	None
	(thermal) station (see note 1)
84	Number of steps performed by the CR paper feed motor	50 000
	(200 steps per inch of paper)
85	Number of times the customer receipt cover was opened	None
86	Number of failed paper cuts – single-station printers only	None
87	Number of characters printed at the DI (impact) station –	1 000
	thermal/impact printers only (see note 1)
88	Number of steps performed by the DI paper feed motor –	50 000
	thermal/impact printers only
89	Number of DI transport motor starts – thermal/impact	5 000
	printers only
8A	Number of home errors – thermal/impact printers only	None
8B	Number of times the DI cover was opened – thermal/impact	None
	printers only
8C	Number of forms that were inserted into the DI station –	100
	thermal/impact printers only
8D	Number of MICR reads – Model TI4 only	15
8E	Number of high-interference MICR reads – Model TI4 only	8
8F	Number of failed MICR reads – Model TI4 only	8
90	Number of check flips performed – Model TI4 only	16
91	Number of check flip failures – Model TI4 only	8

Note 1: The number of printed characters is based on the number of dots that were printed, assuming 64 dots per character.

Asynchronous (Real-Time) Commands

These commands are processed as soon as they are received. They do not go into the printer buffer.

Note: These commands are not recognized when they occur in the middle of another command. For example, sending this command after the second byte of a 3-byte command, as in ESC J n.

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