Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer Printer User Manual


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STARCommandSpecications
Rev. 0.70
3. Printer Status
Printer status is the status of the printer sent from the 3
rd
byteoftheautomaticstatus.
Fortheprinterstatus,(thenumberofbytesaddedinHeader1minustwo)isreturned.
Printer status is always updated or new information. (No log exists.)
The following shows the composition of the status.
<Printerstatus1Printerstatus(ThirdByte)>
Bit Contents
Status By model
“0” “1”
BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7 Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
6 OFFLINE By Switch Input No Occurs ○ ○ ○ x ○
5 Cover Status Closed Open x x x x ○
4
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3 ON-LINE/OFF-LINE Status ON-LINE OFF-LINE ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2 Compulsion SW Open Closed ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
1
<ETB>Command Not Executed Executed ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
0
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
(*)Bit1clearedtozero(0)whenreceivedatthehost(byclearingbit1to0,autostatusisnottargetedtooccur).
<Printerstatus2ErrorInformation(FourthByte)>
Bit Contents
Status By model
“0” “1”
BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7 Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
6
Stoppedbyhighheadtem-
perature
Not stopped Stopped ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
5
Non-recoverableError No Error Error x x ○ ○ ○
4
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3 Auto-cutter Error No Error Error ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2 Mechanical Error No Error Error ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
1
NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
0
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
<Printerstatus3ErrorInformation(FifthByte)>
Bit Contents
Status By model
“0” “1”
BD100 SP2000 BD500 SP500 SP700
7 Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
6
Bufferoverow No Error Error ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
5
NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
4
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
3 Black mark detection error No Error Error x x ○ ○ ○
2
NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
1
NotUsed(Fixedat“0”) - - - - -
0
Fixedat“0” - - - - - -
(*) Bit 6 is cleared to 0 when sent to the host.
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