Specifications

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ESC v （At Serial I/F Selection）
[Function] Sending printer status
[Code] <1B>H<76>H
[Outline] Sends the current status of the printer.
[Caution] • The status to be sent is one byte and the content is shown in the following table.
• With DTR/DSR control, after confirming that the host is ready for reception (DSR
signal is space), only one byte is transmitted. With XON/XOFF control, only one byte is
transmitted without confirmation of DSR signal state.
• With DTR/DSR, when the host is not ready for reception (DSR signal is mark state),
this command waits till reception is ready.
• As the printer is Busy in the Paper-end state, this command may be in the state not
ready for reception.
• This command is valid only for serial interface.
Value
Bit Function
0 1
0 Paper Near-end 1 With Paper No Paper
1 Presenter Sensor No Paper With Paper
2 Paper-end With Paper No Paper
3 Paper Near-end 2 With Paper No Paper
4 Unused Fixed ――
5 Undefined ―― ――
6 Undefined ―― ――
7 Undefined ―― ――
[Sample Program]
OPEN "COM1:N81NN" AS #1 → OPEN statement differs with the type of BASIC.
PRINT #1, CHR$(&H1B);"v";
A$ = INPUT$(1, #1)
CLOSE #1