SATO GT424 manual Driver Protocol Cont’D, Echo Status, Contents

Section 5: Interface Specifications

c) Echo Status List

		Content		ASCII	Hex
Offline	No errors			0	30
	Ribbon near end			1	31
	Buffer near full			2	32
	Ribbon near end and buffer near full			3	33
	Printing stopped (no errors)			4	34
Online	Reception Standby		No errors	A	41
			Ribbon near end	B	42
			Buffer near full	C	43
			Ribbon near end and buffer near full	D	44
			Printing stopped (no errors)	E	45
	Printing		No errors	G	47
			Ribbon near end	H	48
			Buffer near full	I	49
			Ribbon near end and buffer near full	J	4A
			Printing stopped (no errors)	K	4B
	Standby		No errors	M	4D
	(dispenser cut		Ribbon near end	N	4E
	standby)
			Buffer near full	O	4F
			Ribbon near end and buffer near full	P	50
			Printing stopped (no errors)	Q	51
	Analyzing / Editing		No errors	S	53
			Ribbon near end	T	54
			Buffer near full	U	55
			Ribbon near end and Buffer near full	V	56
			Printing stopped (no errors)	W	57
Error detection	Head open			b	62
	Paper End			c	63
	Ribbon end			d	64
	Media error			e	65
	Sensor error			f	66
	Head error			g	67
	Card error			i	69
	Cutter error			j	6A
	Other errors			k	6B
	Cutter sensor error			l	6C
	Stacker Full			m	6D

5.24 DRIVER PROTOCOL (CONT’D)

(2) Cancel Request Command

In receiving this command, printing is stopped and the contents of the reception buffer are all cleared.

The status responded is the status of the printer after this procedure has been completed. After sending the cancel request command, the next data should be sent after a lapse of more than 100ms.

a)Command CAN (Hex 18H)

b)Status Byte Definition

Echo Status

Contents

ACK (Hex 06H)	Indicates that there is no printer error
NAK (Hex 15H)	Indicates that there is a printer error

(3) Print Stop Request

In receiving this command, printing is stopped.

The status responded is the status of the printer after reception has been completed a) Command DLE (Hex 10H)

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