ESC/ P Command Reference

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1-4) Status and Error handling
1-4-1) Status information:
When
your program issues the command “Status request”, MPrint returns basic 32 bytes and
additional status data. The command follows.
ESC i S Request printer status
[ASCII] ESC i S
[Decimal] 27 105 83
[Hexadecimal] 1B 69 53
[Parameters] None
[Description]
・ Requests the printer status.
Status information table:
Index
number
Offset Data
size
Description Value
1 0 1 Head mark 80 Hex…fixed data
2 1 1 Size 20 Hex…fixed data
3 2 1 “Brother” code
‘B’ Char（42 Hex）…fixed data
4 3 1 Series code Describe afterward
5 4 1 Model code Describe afterward
6 5 1 Country code Describe afterward
7 6 1 Information on main unit 00 Hex…fixed data
8 7 1 N/A 00 Hex…fixed data
9 8 1 Error information 1 Describe afterward
10 9 1 Error information 2 Describe afterward
11 10 1 Media width Describe afterward
12 11 1 Media kind Describe afterward
13 12 1 Number of colours Describe afterward
14 13 1 Font 00 Hex…fixed data
15 14 1 Japanese font 00 Hex…fixed data
16 15 1 Mode Describe afterward
17 16 1 Density Describe afterward
18 17 1 Media length Describe afterward
19 18 1 Status kind Describe afterward
20 19 1 Phase kind Describe afterward
21 20 1 Phase number(upper byte) Describe afterward
22 21 1 Phase number(lower byte) Describe afterward
23 22 1 Notice number Describe afterward
24 23 1 Number of bytes (expansion
section)
00 Hex
25 24 8 Hardware setting Describe afterward