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STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
3. Printer Status
Printer status is the status of the printer sent from the 3rdbyteoftheautomaticstatus.
Fortheprinterstatus,(thenumberofbytesaddedinHeader1minustwo)isreturned.
Printer status is always updated or new information. (No log exists.)
The following shows the composition of the status.
<Printerstatus1Printerstatus(ThirdByte)>
Bit Contents Status By model
“0” “1” BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
6 OFFLINE By Switch Input No Occurs ○ ○ ○ x○
5 Cover Status Closed Open x x x x ○
4Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3 ON-LINE/OFF-LINE Status ON-LINE OFF-LINE ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2 Compulsion SW Open Closed ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
1<ETB>Command Not Executed Executed ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
0Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
(*)Bit1clearedtozero(0)whenreceivedatthehost(byclearingbit1to0,autostatusisnottargetedtooccur).
<Printerstatus2ErrorInformation(FourthByte)>
Bit Contents Status By model
“0” “1” BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
6Stoppedbyhighheadtem-
perature Not stopped Stopped ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
5Non-recoverableError No Error Error x x ○ ○ ○
4Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3 Auto-cutter Error No Error Error ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2 Mechanical Error No Error Error ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
1NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
0Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
<Printerstatus3ErrorInformation(FifthByte)>
Bit Contents Status By model
“0” “1” BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
6Bufferoverow No Error Error ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
5NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
4Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3 Black mark detection error No Error Error x x ○ ○ ○
2NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
1NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
0Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
(*) Bit 6 is cleared to 0 when sent to the host.