Section 5. Interface Specifications

Status Byte Definition, Bi-Com Protocol

ASCII

HEX

DEFINITION

 

 

 

 

 

OFF-LINE

 

 

 

0

30

No Errors

 

 

 

1

31

Ribbon Near End

 

 

 

2

32

Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

3

33

Ribbon Near End and Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

 

 

ON-LINE, WAITING FOR DATA

 

 

 

A

41

No Errors

 

 

 

B

42

Ribbon Near End

 

 

 

C

43

Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

D

44

Ribbon Near End and Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

 

 

ON-LINE, PRINTING

 

 

 

G

47

No Errors

 

 

 

H

48

Ribbon Near End

 

 

 

I

49

Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

J

4A

Ribbon Near End and Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

 

 

ON-LINE, WAITING TO DISPENSE A LABEL

 

 

 

M

4D

No Errors

 

 

 

N

4E

Ribbon Near End

 

 

 

O

4F

Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

P

50

Ribbon Near End and Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

 

 

ON-LINE, COMPILING PRINT JOB

 

 

 

S

53

No Errors

 

 

 

T

54

Ribbon Near End

 

 

 

U

55

Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

V

56

Ribbon Near End and Buffer Near Full

 

 

 

 

 

OFF-LINE, ERROR CONDITION

 

 

 

a

61

Receive Buffer Full

 

 

 

b

62

Head Open

 

 

 

c

63

Paper End

 

 

 

d

64

Ribbon End

 

 

 

e

65

Media Error

 

 

 

f

66

Sensor Error

 

 

 

g

67

Head Error

 

 

 

h

68

Reserved

 

 

 

i

69

Memory Card Error

 

 

 

j

6A

Cutter Error

 

 

 

k

6B

Other Error Condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SATO CL612VA, CL608VA manual Status Byte Definition, Bi-Com Protocol, OFF-LINE, Error Condition