TM

Starts the STX- ETX mode

Sends ENQ

Receives status byte

Sends an ENQ signal

Receives status signal

Is the

NO data buffer empty ?

YES

Sends STX signal

Receives a check byte

Is the

status an

error?

Horizontal

NO

parity check

CHAP. 4

TECHN

YES

Is it

odd parity NO check?

Check byte = test byte?

NO

YES

Set test byte FFH

 

Set test byte 00H

 

 

 

Acquires the exclusive OR of the content of the test byte and the data to send, then it is used as the content of the test byte

Transmits the data to the printer

NO

Is this

the last data in

 

 

 

 

a block ?

 

 

 

YES

 

 

 

 

YES

Sends CAN

Sends ETX

Ends the STX -

ETX mode

Is there a

NO

data block in the STX-

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETX mode?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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