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PRINTER STATUS SUPPLEMENT
BI-DIRECTIONAL STATUS (for Serial, Ethernet, USB and Bluetooth)
The Ghostwriter will transmit status information back to the host via pin 2 of the RS232 interface when switch 7
on sw2 is enabled. The status codes are as follows:
CODE DESCRIPTION
(HEX) (DEC)
01H 1 REJECT BIN WARNING
(3)
02H 2 REJECT BIN ERROR
(3)
03H 3 PAPER JAM PATH 1
(1)
04H 4 PAPER JAM PATH 2
(1)
05H 5 TEST BUTTON TICKET ACK
06H 6 TICKET ACK
07H 7 WRONG FILE IDENTIFIER DURING UPDATE
08H 8 INVALID CHECKSUM
09H 9 VALID CHECKSUM
0AH 10 OUT OF PAPER PATH 1
(1)
0BH 11 OUT OF PAPER PATH 2
(1)
0CH 12 PAPER LOADED PATH 1
(1)
0DH 13 PAPER LOADED PATH 2
(1)
0EH 14 ESCROW JAM
(3)
0FH 15 LOW PAPER
10H 16 OUT OF PAPER
11H 17 X-ON
12H 18 POWER ON
13H 19 X-OFF
14H 20 BAD FLASH MEMORY
15H 21 NAK (illegal print command)
16H 22 RIBBON LOW
17H 23 RIBBON OUT
18H 24 PAPER JAM
19H 25 ILLEGAL DATA
1AH 26 POWERUP PROBLEM
1CH 28 DOWNLOADING ERROR
1DH 29 CUTTER JAM
1EH 30 STUCK TICKET
(3)
or CUTJAM PATH1
(2)
1FH 31 CUTJAM PATH2
(2)
The above status information can be requested from the printer by sending <S1> as described previously in the
"command sequence" section.
Note 1: This status information is available only in Ventek Dual Supply Mode.
Note 2: Special firmware releases only.
Note 3: Status messages for printers with magnetic encoding.
PARALLEL STATUS
The Ghostwriter will transmit parallel status information back to the host via pins 11,12,13 and 15 of the DBC25
connector. If additional status information is required, activate the bi-directional parallel option via the control
panel. This will allow access the full range of status information as shown in the serial status section above.
DESCRIPTION BUSY(11) SELECT(13) PO(12) ERROR (15)
X-ON low high low high
OUT OF TICKETS high low high low
X-OFF high high low high
TICKET JAM high high low low* *High in FGL42
RIBBON LOW high high low low* *High in FGL42
RIBBON OUT high high low low* *High in FGL42
NAK, POWER ON, ACK and ILLEGAL DATA are not applicable on a parallel port.