Test/Service
EasyCoder PF4i User's Guide (IPL Version)
Intermec Standard Protocol
TheIntermecPrinterStandardProtocolisahalf-duplexprotocol.
Alldatatransmissionstotheprinterconsistofstatusinquiry
(ENQ),statusdump(VT),ormessageblocks.Eachmessage
blockstartswiththeStartofText(STX)characterandendswith
theEndofText(ETX)character.Eachmessageblockmustbe
255charactersorless,includingtheSTXandETXcharacters.
Theprinterrespondstoeachstatusinquiryormessageblock
withtheprinterstatus.Thehostshouldchecktheprinterstatus
beforedownloadingamessageblocktotheprinter.ENQcauses
theprintertotransmititshighestprioritystatus,whileVT
instructstheprintertotransmitallstatusthatappliesintheorder
oftheirpriority.Thepossibleprinterstatus,indescending
priority,is:
Condition
Bufferalreadyfull
Printheadraised
Ribbonfault
Nolabelstock
Buffernowfull
Printheadhot
Labelatstrippin
Labelskipping
Ready
Printing
Testprint
ThispartoftheSetupModeallowsyoutoprintvarioustypesof
testlabels.GotothedesiredoptionandpressEnter.Theprinter
willstartprintingthetestlabelorlabels.PresstheFeed/Pause
buttontoholdtheprintingtemporarily.Toresumeprinting,
presstheFeed/Pausebuttonagain.Thefollowingoptionsare
available:
Chapter 5 — Setting Up the Printer
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