Section 5: Interface Specifications
5.13 DRIVER PROTOCOL (CONT’D)
Status Response
This transmission protocol responds to the host the printer's information, as a status by receiving printing commands or 2 types of requested commands.
The details of each requested command or Status response is as follows.
(1) Status Request Command
In receiving this command, the ID number of received data currently being printed and the printer's condition, as well as the remaining quantity of print jobs and their names, are responded to the host. Furthermore, after printing or if no data has been received, or if the ID command has not been specified, the ID number will be responded back as spaces (Hex 20H), and the quantity of print jobs will be responded back as all zeroes (Hex 30H).
a)Command ENQ (Hex 05H)
b)Responded Status Definition
STX (Hex 02H) |
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STX | ID number | Status | Remaining quantity |
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of print jobs
000000 ~ 999999
The ID specified using the ID number specification command is set.
| ETX (Hex 03H) |
Job name | ETX |
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The Job name specified using the Job Name specification command is set.
27(Byte)
c) Status Byte Definition
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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 |
| (dispenser cut |
| 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 |
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