Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer Printer User Manual


 
3-54STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
3-3-13 Status
ENQ
[Name] Inquire ENQ status
[Code] ASCII ENQ
Hexadecimal 05
Decimal 5
[DenedArea] ---
[Initial Value] ---
[Function] Thiscommandiseffectiveonlywhenusinganinterfacecapableofbi-directionaldatacommunications.
Whenthiscommandisreceived,theprintersendsthe1-byteofENQstatusinrealtimetothehost(nottaking
itfromthereceptionbuffer,butexecutingitimmediatelyuponreceptionfromthehost).
Bi-directionalparallelinterfacesentera“datapresent”state.
See Appendix ENQ Command Status for details regarding status.
When this command is sent once to the printer, do not send the next ENQ command until the ENQ status has
beenreceived.
This command is not used when auto-status is valid.
EOT
[Name] Inquire EOT status
[Code] ASCII EOT
Hexadecimal 04
Decimal 4
[DenedArea] ---
[Initial Value] ---
[Function] Thiscommandiseffectiveonlywhenusinganinterfacecapableofbi-directionaldatacommunications.
Whenthiscommandisreceived,theprintersendsthe1-byteofEOTstatusinrealtimetothehost(nottaking
itfromthereceptionbuffer,butexecutingitimmediatelyuponreceptionfromthehost).
Bi-directionalparallelinterfacesentera“datapresent”state.
See Appendix EOT Command Status for details regarding status.
When this command is sent once to the printer, do not send the next EOT command until the EOT status has
beenreceived.
This command is not used when auto-status is valid.