SATO M-8485Se Operator And Technical Reference Manual page 200

Section 6. Interface Specifications
Head Status (SOH + HC)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII HC
causes the printer to return a 1 byte Head Fault Status Word bounded by an
STX-ETX pair that reports the current operating status of the print head. Before the
printer will respond to this command, it must be in the Head Check Mode (DSW2-3 =
On).
BYTE
NUMBER
1
System Version Information (SOH + SB)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by a ASCII SB
causes the printer to return a 50 byte Printer Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the system version of the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
1-50
Memory Status (SOH + EB)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII EB
causes the printer to return a 24 byte Memory Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the current user memory allocation.
BYTE
NUMBER
1-4
5-8
9-12
13-16
17-20
21-24
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HEX
VALUE
00 Print Head OK
01 Electrical Fault in Print Head
VALUE
ASCII Firmware Version Information
VALUE
Hex Free Font Memory
Hex Total Font Memory
Hex Free Form Overlay Memory
Hex Total Form Overlay Memory
Hex Free Graphic Memory
Hex Total Graphic Memory
PN 9001073 Rev C
DESCRIPTION
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SATO "Se" Print Engines