Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer Printer User Manual


 
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STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
2. Header 2
Header2isthe1bytelengthinformationtransmittedfromthesecondbyteoftheautostatus.Thetablebelowshows
the composition of the Header 2.
Header2representstheautostatusversion(calledautomaticstatusversionbelow)usingbit1tobit3andbit5.
Forreference,thetablebelowshowstherelationshipofactualversionbytesandtheHeader2.Theautostatusversion
willbeusedasnewinformationisaddedtotheprinterstatusbitpositionsthatwereempty,byaddingnewfunctionsin
the future.
Whenthehostdoesnotcontroltheautostatusversion,itisacceptabletoignoreHeader2received.
<Header2(SecondByte)>
Bit Contents
Status By model
“0” “1”
BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7 ASB status expansion
No
Expansion
Expansion - - - - -
6
VersionNumber -
5
VersionNumber
4
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3
VersionNumber
2
VersionNumber
1
VersionNumber
0
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
Actualautomaticstatusversionandheader2table
VersionNumbern Header 2 Contents
1 00000010B (02 Hex) Up to printer status 5 (7
th
byte)loaded
2 00000100B (04 Hex)
3 00000110B (06 Hex) Up to printer status 7 (9
th
byte)loaded
4 00001000B (08 Hex)
5 00001010B (0A Hex)
6 00001100B (0C Hex)
7 00001110B (0E Hex)
8 00100000B (20 Hex)
9 00100010B (22 Hex)
-
-
-
-
-
30 01101100B (6C Hex)
31 01101110B (6E Hex)