Specifications

Codes and Commands POSjet
®
1500 Programmer's Guide
Page 184 Rev N Nov-10
Function Inquire all Printer Status
ASCII [ENQ] <20>
Hexadecimal 05H 14H
Decimal <5> <20>
Function The [ENQ] <20> command returns all status flags
Response [ACK] <20> <n> <r
1
> <r
2
>…
Where <20> is the echo of command ID.
<n> is the number of return bytes + 40
(28H) (to prevent confusion with XON/XOFF)
<r
1
>: bit 0 = Cash Drawer 1 is open.
bit 1 = Cash Drawer 2 is open
bit 2 = Receipt paper is out.
bit 3 = Slip detected
bit 4 = Receipt paper error occurred. (low or out)
bit 5 = Slip loaded
bit 6 = 1 always
bit 7 = 0 always
<r
2
>: bit 0 = 1 always
bit 1 = Cover is closed.
bit 2 = Buffer is empty.
bit 3 = Printer has been power cycled,
Reading this does not affect the state of the power-cycled flag.
(Use [ENQ] <11> to reset the power cycled bit.)
bit 4 = Printer is waiting in an error mode.
Use [ENQ]<22> to identify the specific error and [ENQ]<10> to recover
bit 5 = 0
bit 6 = 1 always
bit 7 = 0 always
<r
3
>: bit 0 = Receipt station selected
bit 1 = Top validation station selected
bit 2 = Undefined
bit 3 = Waiting for form
bit 4 = Undefined
bit 5 = Printer is blocking print (Cover is open or out of paper.)
bit 6 = 1 always
bit 7 = 0 always
<r
4
>: bit 0 = Printer supports receipts.
bit 1 = Printer supports inserted forms.
bit 2 = Printer supports multiple colors
bit 3 = Printer supports cutter.
bit 4 = Printer supports partial cuts.
bit 5 = 0
bit 6 = 1 always
bit 7 = 0 always
<r
5
>: Percentage of ink remaining on cartridge 1 (0-100) + 40 (28H)
<r
6
>: Percentage of ink remaining on cartridge 2 (0-100) + 40 (28H)
<r
7
>: Current multi-head alignment (0-16, 8 = 0 offset)