SATO M-8485Se - Status Response

Section 6. Interface Specifications
STATUS RESPONSE
The second method of determining printer status is to interrograte the printer with
specific commands. The response from these commands will provide specific
information about the printer status depending upon the command. This allows the
controlling application to determine the status of a printer when it is located in a
remote location.
Printer Status
(
SOH + MG
)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII MG
causes the printer to return a 30 byte Printer Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
p
air that re
p
orts the current o
p
eratin
g
status of the
p
rinter.
BYTE
NUMBER
HE
X
V
ALUE
DESCRIPTION
1 00 Thermal Transfer Print T
y
p
e
01 Direct Thermal Print T
yp
e
2 00 203 d
p
i Resolution
01 305 d
p
i Resoution
3 00 2 i
p
s Print S
p
eed
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
3 ips Print Speed
4 ips Print Speed
5 ips Print Speed
6 ips Print Speed
7 ips Print Speed
8 ips Print Speed
9 ips Print Speed
10 ips Print Speed
12 ips Print Speed
4 00 Not Su
pp
orted
01
02
03
04
Not Supported
Not Supported
Label Dispense Print mode
Reserved
5 00 Not Su
pp
orted
01
02
Not Supported
Not Supported
6 00 Dis
p
ense at head
p
osition
01 Dis
p
ense at dis
p
ense
p
osition
7 00 Reserved
8 41 Not Su
pp
orted
42
43
Not Supported
Not Supported C
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