7197 Series II Owner’s Guide Chapter 6: Commands
August 2011
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3 Off
On
00
08
0
8
Flash logo area adequate. Definition stored.
Flash logo area not adequate for recent
definition.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
5 Off
On
00
20
0
32
No thermal user-defined characters written to
Flash
Thermal user-defined characters written to
Flash.
6 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
Printer other status (n = 5 or n = 53)
Bit Off/On Hex Decimal Status for Transmit Status
0 Off
On
00
01
0
1
No Thermal Head Print Failure
Thermal Head Print Failure
1 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
2 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
3 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
4 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
5 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
6 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
7 Off 00 0 Not used. Fixed to off.
Range of n: 1 – 5
49 - 53
Example:
MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H1D) & Chr$(&H72) & Chr$(n)
Exceptions:
When n is out of the specified range, the command is ignored.
Send Printer Software Version
ASCII: US V
Hexadecimal: 1F 56
Decimal:
31 86
The printer returns 8 bytes containing the boot and Flash software version. The first 4
bytes returned are an ASCII string for the boot version. The second 4 bytes are an ASCII
string for the boot version. Example: for 1.234.56(8bytes), the boot version is 1.23 and the
Flash version is 4.56.
Example: