SATO E series Programming Manual page 143

BYTE
NUMBER
25 - 28
SENSOR STATUS (SOH + SG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII SG
causes the printer to return a 4 byte Sensor Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the values of the printer counters.
BYTE
NUMBER
1
2
3
4
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
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HEX VALUE
Hex Not Supported
VALUE
Hex Reflective Sensor Level
Hex Transmissive Sensor Level
00 Out of Paper
H
01 Paper Present
H
00 Head Open
H
01 Head Closed
H
HEX VALUE
00 Print Head OK
01 Electrical Fault in Print Head
VALUE
ASCII Firmware Version Information
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