Device Status Report (DSR) CSI ... n
Data Structure ASCII CSI n "n" [B] device status report
hex. 9B n 6E
dec. 155 n 110
Description For n the following parameters are available:
n hex. dec. status report direction
0 30 48 “Ready, no malfunction” printer → computer
1 31 49 “Busy, no malfunction” printer → computer
3 33 51 “Some malfunction detected” printer → computer
5 35 53 Request of device status report computer → printer
By these sequences it is possible to request the current printer status.
This sequence can only be used if the printer is connected to the computer with a serial
interface or a other bi-directional interface.
The printer sends the complete sequence back to host with parameters 0, 1 or 3.
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