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Head Status (SOH + HC)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an HC
(hexadecimal 4843) causes the printer to return a 1 byte Head Fault Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the current operating status of the print
head. Before the printer will respond to this command, it must be in the Download
Mode (DSW1 = Off, DSW2 and DSW3 = On)
BYTE
NUMBER
HEX
VALUE
DESCRIPTION
100
01
Print Head OK
Electrical Fault in Print Head
System Version Information
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an SB
(hexadecimal 4D47) causes the printer to return a 50 byte Printer Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the system version of the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-50 ASCII Firmware Version Information
Memory Status
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an EB
(hexadecimal 4542) causes the printer to return a 24 byte Memory Status Word
bounded by an STX-ETX pair that reports the current user memory allocation.
BYTE
NUMBER
VALUE DESCRIPTION
1-4 Binary Free Font Memory
5-8 Binary Total Font Memory
9-12 Binary Free Form Overlay Memory
13-16 Binary Total Form Overlay Memory
17-20 Binary Free Graphic Memory
21-24 Binary Total Graphic Memory
Section 5. Interface Specifications
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