Section 5: Interface Specifications
c) Echo Status List
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Offline | No errors |
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| 0 | 30 |
| Ribbon near end |
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| 1 | 31 |
| Buffer near full |
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| 2 | 32 |
| Ribbon near end and buffer near full | 3 | 33 | ||
| Printing stopped (no errors) | 4 | 34 | ||
Online | Reception Standby |
| No errors | A | 41 |
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| Ribbon near end | B | 42 |
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| Buffer near full | C | 43 |
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| Ribbon near end and buffer near full | D | 44 |
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| Printing stopped (no errors) | E | 45 |
| Printing |
| No errors | G | 47 |
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| Ribbon near end | H | 48 |
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| Buffer near full | I | 49 |
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| Ribbon near end and buffer near full | J | 4A |
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| Printing stopped (no errors) | K | 4B |
| Standby |
| No errors | M | 4D |
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| Ribbon near end | N | 4E |
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| Buffer near full | O | 4F | |
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| Ribbon near end and buffer near full | P | 50 |
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| Printing stopped (no errors) | Q | 51 |
| Analyzing / Editing |
| No errors | S | 53 |
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| Ribbon near end | T | 54 |
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| Buffer near full | U | 55 |
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| Ribbon near end and Buffer near full | V | 56 |
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| Printing stopped (no errors) | W | 57 |
Error detection | Head open |
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| b | 62 |
| Paper End |
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| c | 63 |
| Ribbon end |
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| d | 64 |
| Media error |
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| e | 65 |
| Sensor error |
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| f | 66 |
| Head error |
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| g | 67 |
| Card error |
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| i | 69 |
| Cutter error |
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| j | 6A |
| Other errors |
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| k | 6B |
| Cutter sensor error |
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| l | 6C |
| Stacker Full |
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| 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 |
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NAK (Hex 15H) | Indicates that there is a printer error |
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(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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