Printing Data And Checking The Printer Status; Printing The Screen - Omron NT631 Series Reference Manual

Printing Data and Checking the Printer Status

3-11 Printing Data and Checking the Printer Status

Checking the Printer Operating State
Setting
Operation
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The following data below can be output to a printer connected to the PT while the
PT is operating.
• Hard copy of the screen
The status of the printer connected the PT can be checked from the host.
This section describes the procedure for printing data during operation and also
the procedure for checking the printer operating status.
S In addition to the hard copy of the screen, some kinds of data can be output to a
Reference:
printer using the System Menu. For details of printing using the System Menu,
refer to Displaying and Printing the Display History Record and Displaying
and Printing the Alarm History Record in section 6 in the Setup Manual .
S The Printer Controller and Print Method used by the PT for printing are set by
the memory switches on the PT.
The printer operating status information in the PT status notify area indicates
whether the printer is operating or not.
Reference: When NT30/620 compatible mode is being used, the current screen number oc-
cupies the first word of the PT status notify area and the words containing the
updated memory table number and PT status notify bits are shifted down one
word (page 441).
The PT status notify area must be allocated to a word in the host, accordingly, no
special settings are required for reading the status.
The bit used to notify the PT status (PT status notify bit) is provided at the second
word (word m + 1) from the beginning in the PT status notify area.
14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
0 0 0
To check the operating status of the printer, operate the PT status notify area in
the manner shown below.
Read the second word (word m + 1) from the beginning in the PT status notify
area. Bit 7 in the PT status notify bits shows the operating status of the printer.
• 0 (OFF): Stopped
• 1 (ON): Printing
With the PT, the screen currently displayed can be printed by using either of the
procedures indicated below.
5 4 3 2 1 0 Bit
0 0 0
Notified Information
PT operation status
15
Battery status
13
Screen switch strobe
12
Numeral setting strobe flag
11
Character string setting strobe flag
10
Printer operating status
7
Backlight status
6
Global window open status
5
Local window1 open status
4
Local window2 open status
3
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0 (OFF)
1 (ON)
Run Stop
Low Normal
Printing Stopped
Off Lit/Flashing
Open Closed
Open Closed
Open Closed