5-3
STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
2. Header 2
Header2isthe1 bytelengthinformationtransmittedfrom thesecondbyteofthe autostatus.Thetablebelowshows
the composition of the Header 2.
Header2representstheautostatusversion(calledautomaticstatusversionbelow)usingbit1tobit3andbit5.
Forreference,thetablebelowshowstherelationshipofactualversionbytesandtheHeader2.Theautostatusversion
willbeusedasnewinformationisaddedtotheprinterstatusbitpositionsthatwereempty,byaddingnewfunctionsin
the future.
Whenthehostdoesnotcontroltheautostatusversion,itisacceptabletoignoreHeader2received.
<Header2(SecondByte)>
Bit Contents Status By model
“0” “1” BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7 ASB status expansion No
Expansion Expansion - - - - -
6VersionNumber -○ ○ ○ ○ ○
5VersionNumber ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
4Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3VersionNumber ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2VersionNumber ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
1VersionNumber ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
0Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
Actualautomaticstatusversionandheader2table
VersionNumbern Header 2 Contents
1 00000010B (02 Hex) Up to printer status 5 (7thbyte)loaded
2 00000100B (04 Hex)
3 00000110B (06 Hex) Up to printer status 7 (9thbyte)loaded
4 00001000B (08 Hex)
5 00001010B (0A Hex)
6 00001100B (0C Hex)
7 00001110B (0E Hex)
8 00100000B (20 Hex)
9 00100010B (22 Hex)
-
-
-
-
-
30 01101100B (6C Hex)
31 01101110B (6E Hex)