User`s guide
STANDARD PRINTER COMMANDS
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This command replaces the normal header line.
Follow the command with a line feed (or carriage
return and line feed) and an END statement. Do not
use any other commands with QUERY STATUS.
Status Query Response Messages
Status Type Prog
Guide
Advantage Genesis Code
Ranger
Ready R R R R
Printhead Hot H H H H
Head Up U U U U
Motor Hot M H
Parse Error A A e
Paper Out O O O O
Ribbon Out o o o o
Programming F F
Halted W W W W
Hex dump X X
Printing (printing
in process, or
printer paused
during batch
mode
processing)
P P P P
Background
image is
present
B B
Low Battery L L L
EEPROM Error E e E*
Error (only upon
a checksum
error)
E**
Charging C C* C
Cutter Error c c c*
Serial Error S S* S*
Integrity Error I I*
Download Error D D D*
Sleep z
Off Z
The printer can send the following status messages
to the host computer when it is queried:
B
Background. This is the status if there is a
valid image in the background memory
buffer and no print tasks are pending.
Comments
C
Charging (applicable only to portable
printers). The printer battery is charging
and no print tasks are pending. The
printer sends this message once per
second if USER_FEEDBACK is ON.