Macro - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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Inquire Status Readback Entity
ESC*s#I
• Specifies the entity type and makes the printer produce a status response for the entity identified in the status
readback location (type and unit).
Value
0
1
2
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4
Entity Status Response
The status response for an inquire status readback entity command differs according to the type of the requested
entity.
Font Response
Keywords returned from the printer depend on whether the printer font is a bitmap, unbound scalable, or bound
scalable. Below is the list of keywords for a font request.
SELECT =
SYMBOLSETS=
LOCTYPE=
LOCUNIT=
Below is an example of a font status response for inquire status command.
Internal, bitmap, LetterGothic 16.66
Internal, unbound scalable, PcTennessee italic
Downloaded, bound scalable, Portugal
Font status:
PCL
INFO FONTS
SELECT="<Esc>(8U<ESC>(s0p16.66h9.5v0s0b130T"
SELECT="<Esc>(s1p__v1s0b4101T"
SYMBOLSETS="0D, 0I, 0N, 0S, 0U, 1E, 1F, 1G, ..."
SELECT="<Esc>(1U<Esc>(s1p__v0s0b5111T<Esc>(22X"
In a font status response, the "SELECT=" keyword line specifies the individual fonts. The font is identified by this
line by specifying the font selection characteristics such as symbol set, spacing, pitch, height, style, stroke weight,
and typefaces. It returns the "SELECT=" for all font types.
In a status response, the five characters such as "<", "E", "s", "c", and "&>" represent an escape character.
Keywords following a "SELECT=" keyword mean the font specified by that "SELECT=" keyword.
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entity type
Font

Macro

User-defined Pattern
Symbol set
Font extended
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