Star Micronics SP2000 manual Printer Status

Printer Status

Printer Status is the overall status transmitted in the third byte of the auto- matic status. Printer status is returned as transmission byte count -2 added by the Header 1. It always updates with new information. (There is no historical record existing.) Tables 3-5 to 3-9 show the composition of the overall status. The status of bits described as “Invalid” in the tables are always “unknown.”

Table 3-5 Printer Status 1 <Printer Status> (Third Byte)

Bit	Content	Status 0		Status 1
0	Always 0
1	<ETB> Command	Not Executed	Executed
2	Compulsion SW Status	Open	Closed
3	Online/Offline Status	Online	Offline
4	Always 0
5	Invalid
6	Offline using the Online SW	Does not occur	Occurs
7	Not Used (Fixed at 0)

*Bit 1 is cleared to 0 when returned to the host. (Clearing bit 1 to 0 is not a target for the automatic status.)

Table 3-6 Printer Status 2 (Error Information) (Fourth Byte)

Bit	Content	Status 0		Status 1
0	Always 0
1	Invalid
2	Mechanical Error	No Error	Error Occurred
3	Auto Cutter Error	No Error	Error Occurred
4	Always 0
5	Reset Not Possible Error	No Error	Error Occurred
6	Stopped Because of	Not Stopped	Stopped
	Hot Print Head
7	Not Used (Fixed at 0)

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