Dinquire Command - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

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7.3. DINQUIRE Command

The DINQUIRE command is used so as to get the information of the default value of a specific variable
in the PJL Environment. (User Default Settings). It is also possible to get the value from variables
which PJL can not change (Read-only).
The returned value of User Default Settings is identical to the Control Panel Setting.
This DINQUIRE command can request only one variable at a time. If you would like to get
information from more variables, send multiple DINQUIRE commands.
Syntax :
@PJL DINQUIRE [LPARM : personality ] variable
[<CR>]<LF>
Response Syntax :
@PJL DINQUIRE [LPARM : personality] variable
<CR><LF>
value <CR><LF>
<FF>
If the variable is not supported by the printer, it returns the response in the following syntax :
@PJL DINQUIRE [LPARM : personality ] variable <CR><LF>
"?" <CR><LF>
<FF>
• LPARM : personality
This optional parameter must be used when requesting information about printer language-specific
variables such as the font number in the User Default setting.
• variable
Variable is a parameter which specifies what you would like to get the information about, among the
User Default settings (User Default Environment). The valid variables are listed in the following
tables.
• value
Value is the returned value for the requested variable. See the tables following to learn about values
for specific variables.
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