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User's Guide 27

Interaction Commands

These commands only apply to the serial port. They allow the host to request the status and

configuration of the printer.

Command Description Response Contents

<SOH># Reset Y <XOFF><XON>T

<SOH>A Send a readable

status string

Y <8 bytes, Y/N> <CR>

byte 1 : Y - printer busy

byte 2 : Y - paper out

byte 3 : Y - ribbon out

byte 4 : N (always)

byte 5 : Y - printing

byte 6 : Y - printer paused

byte 7 : Y - label presented

byte 8 : N (always)

<SOH>B Toggle pause

condition

N

<SOH>E Send the number of

labels to be printed

Y 0000<CR>

no label left to be printed

<SOH>F Send status byte Y n<CR>

Same as <SOH>A, except bit 1 to 8

corresponding to byte 1 to 8 of

<SOH>A.

Notes:

1. Control codes for the printer commands.

Symbol Code (hexadecimal)

XON 11H

XOFF 13H

STX 02H

SOH 01H

ESC 1BH

LF 0AH

CR 0DH

2. There is no space code in the command.