Status Polling 7-9
Status Polling Considerations for Script Mode
The following table shows the effects of the I Packet and the printer’s front panel (or keyboard)
on status polling and immediate commands.
Packet Printer
Configuration Packet
(inside the script or sent
online to the printer)
While Running in Script Mode ONLY
(set through printer’s front panel)
Disabled Enabled
Status
Polling
OFF (status polling not
enabled by I packet)
OFF (status polling
not enabled through
printer’s front panel)
OFF (status polling
enabled through printer’s
front panel)
ON (status polling
enabled by I packet)
OFF (status polling
not enabled through
printer’s front panel)
ON (status polling
enabled through printer’s
front panel)
Immediate
Commands
OFF (immediate
commands not enabled
by I packet)
OFF (immediate
commands not
enabled through
printer’s front panel)
OFF (immediate
commands enabled
through printer’s front
panel)
ON (immediate
commands enabled by I
packet)
OFF (immediate
commands not
enabled through
ON (immediate
commands enabled
through printer’s front
If status polling and immediate commands are NOT enabled through the I Packet, enabling status
polling and immediate commands at the printer’s front panel has NO effect.