Epson STYLUS PRO 9400 - Page 142

EPSON Stylus Pro 7400/7800/9400/9800 Revision B
Product Description Interface 142
SUPPORTED MAIN COMMAND AND SENDING TIMING
SENDING BDC-ST CHARACTER STRINGS VIA DBIN-REGISTER
When ST of Type-B I/F sets “ON” State-Reply, BDC-ST is sent through DBINregister.
When State Reply is started, “Start” and “End” of BDC-ST characters are announced
by sending the Main command (0Eh).
NOTE: The BDC-ST is only sent when Type-B Lv2 is used.
TYPE-B LEVEL 3 PACKET MODE
Communication between Type-B I/F card and Printer corresponds to Type-B Level 3
(Packet Mode) Communication Specification. (IEEE P1284.4 (Draft 1.50) compliant)
 Packet Mode Shifting
To shift to Type-B Level 3 Packet Mode, a Type-B Level 3-compliant card must
have been installed (“D4” character must be added to Option Type character
string). An error occurs if the card is not compatible with Type B Level 3.
 Supported Channel
Assigning Service and Channel applies the chart below.
Table 1-69. Supported Main Command and Sending Timing
Main command
number
Command name Sending timing
01h Start Software Reset • Init signal on the std. parallel
• Type B I/F Option command: 01h
•Panel Reset
• Cold start
04h Send Name Data Type B I/F Option command: 05h
07h Inquire Software Emulation
Type
Changing Software Emulation type
0Eh Inquire ASCII Message Writing to DBIN-register
14h Inquire Emergency Reply Reply for Emergency command
15h Send Emergency Message Receive Emergency command
Table 1-70. Supported Channel
Service Socket ID Use Initiator Max Data Size Credit
1284.4CTRL 00h
1284.4
control
--- 64byte 1 (Limited Mode)
EPSON-MIB 04h
SNMP/MIB
setting
I/F Card 556byte 1 (Limited Mode)
EPSON-TRAP 05h
SNMP/ Trap
notification
Printer 556byte 1 (Limited Mode)
EPSON-DATA
(Include Out of
Band)
40h
Send print
data
---
32kbyte
(1Packet)
Depends on received
buffer
(Unlimited Mode)