Printronix t8000 Administrator's Manual page 192

With this feature, the printer will respond to an ENQ character by sending a
status byte to the host. The type of status byte is determined by this menu.
The selections allowed are ENQ/STX and ENQ.
Disable
ENQ / STX
ENQ
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Host IO > Serial > Printer Status
Printer status is not returned to the host.
See Table 5
See Table 6
Disable
The ENQ is removed from the data stream.
Table 5. ENQ/STX Status Byte
Printer Status
Set when the printer is not ONLINE or the buffer is full.
Set when the printer is OFFLINE.
Clear during a paper out fault.
Always set.
Set during a Head Open fault.
Set during a buffer overflow fault.
Set during a parity or framing error fault.
Always clear.
Table 6. ENQ Status Byte
Printer Status
Set when the label has printed.
Set when the label is presented.
Set while the printer is ONLINE.
Always set.
Set printing in the batch mode.
Set during a Ribbon fault.
Set during a Paper Out fault.
Set during a Head Open fault.