Instruction manual

Status Polling Considerations for Script Mode
The following table shows the effects of the I Packet and the printer’s front
panel (or keyboard) on status polling and immediate commands.
I Packet Printer
Configuration Packet
(inside the script or sent
online to the printer)
While Running in Script Mode ONLY
(set through printer’s front panel)
Disabled Enabled
Status Polling
OFF (status polling not
enabled by I packet)
OFF (status polling not
enabled through
printer’s front panel)
OFF (status polling
enabled through
printer’s front panel)
ON (status polling
enabled by I packet)
OFF (status polling not
enabled through
printer’s front panel)
ON (status polling
enabled through
printer’s front panel)
Immediate Commands
OFF (immediate
commands not enabled
by I packet)
OFF (immediate
commands not enabled
through printer’s front
panel)
OFF (immediate
commands enabled
through printer’s front
panel)
ON (immediate
commands enabled by I
packet)
OFF (immediate
commands not enabled
through printer’s front
panel)
ON (immediate
commands enabled
through printer’s front
panel)
If status polling and immediate commands are NOT enabled through the I
Packet, enabling status polling and immediate commands at the printer’s
front panel has NO effect.
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