User guide

Status and Error Reporting for the LA600

MultiPrinter

This chapter explains how the LA600 MultiPrinter printer provides status

information and handles error conditions. The topics include:

• Device Attributes Report, Section 18.1

• Secondary Device Attributes Report, Section 18.2

• Device Status Report, Section 18.3

Note

Device attribute and status reports are applicable only to the serial

interface. Reports are not sent across the parallel interface.

18.1 Device Attributes Report (DAR)

The Device Attributes Report identiﬁes the LA600 MultiPrinter to the

host. During setup the user may specify that the printer identify itself as a

generic level 2 printer or as a previous model Digital printer. See DAR in the

Command Dictionary for more information.

When the Printer ID setup feature is set to conformance level 2, the generic

DAR response is returned. The generic DAR response always begins with

Ps1 = ?72. Subsequent parameters are shown in Table 18–1. Parameters are

separated by a semicolon ( ; ).

Status and Error Reporting for the LA600 MultiPrinter 18–1