Enquiry For Status - TallyGenicom Matrix Printer Programmer's Manual

Enquiry for Status

Data Structure ASCII
hex.
dec.
Description With this code it is possible to get a status byte from the printer:
Status byte:
This code concerns only serial data transfer with ENQ/STX protocol.
ENQ
05
5
Bit 0
Bit 1
Bit 2
Bit 3
Bit 4
Bit 5
Bit 6
Bit 7
enquiry for status
1 = BUSY
1 = offline
0 = paper end
1 = always 1
1 = cover open
1 = buffer overflow
1 = parity or framing error
0 = always 0
ENQ
93
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