Status Response - SATO CL412E Operator And Technical Reference Manual

Section 6. Interface Specifications

STATUS RESPONSE

The second method of determining printer status is to interrograte the printer with
specific commands. The response from these commands will provide specific
information about the printer status depending upon the command. This allows the
controlling application to determine the status of a printer when it is located in a
remote location.
Printer Status (SOH + MG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII MG
causes the printer to return a 30 byte Printer Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the current operating status of the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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HEX
VALUE
00 Thermal Transfer Print Type
01 Direct Thermal Print Type
00 203 dpi Resolution
01 305 dpi Resoution
00 2 ips Print Speed
01 3 ips Print Speed
02 4 ips Print Speed
03 5 ips Print Speed
04 6 ips Print Speed
05 7 ips Print Speed
06 8 ips Print Speed
00 Continuous Print Mode
01 Tear-Off Print Mode
02 Cutter Print Mode
03 Label Dispense Print mode
04 Reserved
00 Cut at head position
01 Cut at cutter position
02 No backfeed after cut
00 Dispense at head position
01 Dispense at dispense position
00 Reserved
41 Not Supported
42 Not Supported
43 Not Supported C
00 Print Density Level 1
01 Print Density Level 2
02 Print Density Level 3
03 Print Density Level 4
04 Print Density Level 5
00 Reflective (Eye-Mark) Sensor
01 Gap (See-Thru) Sensor
02 No Sensor
PN 9001074 Preliminary
DESCRIPTION
SATO CL Series "e" Printers