User guide

11
Status and Error Reporting for the LA310
MultiPrinter
This chapter explains how the LA310 MultiPrinter printer provides status
information and handles error conditions. The topics include:
• Device Attributes Report, Section 11.1
• Secondary Device Attributes Report, Section 11.2
• Device Status Report, Section 11.3
Note
Device attribute and status reports are applicable only to the serial
interface. Reports are not sent across the parallel interface.
11.1 Device Attributes Report (DAR)
The Device Attributes Report identifies the LA310 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 11–1. Parameters are
separated by a semicolon ( ; ).
Status and Error Reporting for the LA310 MultiPrinter 11–1