Programming instructions

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Chapter 2 Program Instructions
PRSTAT, cont.
Remarks, cont. PRSTAT(7)-PRSTAT(10)
These functions are used to detect if a print job has been interrupted, so steps
can be taken to reprint missing copies (see PRINTFEED).
PRSTAT (7) returns a print job identifi er that is automatically assigned
to the print job by the fi rmware.
PRSTAT (8) returns the state of the print job as a numeric expression, which is
the sum of the values given by the following conditions:
- Print cycle not set up for printing, perhaps due to out-of-ribbon............... 0
- The previous print cycle never ended (timeout).......................................... 1
- Print cycle has started ................................................................................... 2
- All lines successfully printed........................................................................ 4
- Printing truncated (media shorter than print image)................................... 8
- Printhead strobing error or label length exceeded.....................................16
- Ribbon low..................................................................................................32
PRSTAT (8) = 6 or 22 indicates a sucessfully printed label (in the latter case
error “next label not found” may have been detected).
PRSTAT (9) returns the number of any print error that may have occurred
(see Chapter 7, “Error Messages).”
PRSTAT (10) returns the number of copies that remains to be printed in
an interrupted batch print job.
Examples This examples shows how two error conditions are checked:
10 A% = PRSTAT
20 IF A% AND 1 THEN GOSUB 1000
30 IF A% AND 4 THEN GOSUB 1010
40 END
.....
1000 PRINT "Printhead is lifted":RETURN
1010 PRINT "Printer out of media":RETURN
RUN
This example illustrates how you can check the length of a text:
10 PRPOS 100,100: FONT "Swiss 721 BT"
20 PRTXT "ABCDEFGHIJKLM"
30 PRINT PRSTAT(1)
RUN
yields:
519