Id Category - Brother PCL Technical Reference Manual

Parameters
Category
ID
CONFIG
MEMORY
STATUS
VARIABLES
USTATUS
PAGECOUNT
PHYSICALMEMORY
FEATURES
OPTIONS
INTRAYCONFIG
OUTTRAYCONFIG
DXCONFIG
STORAGECONFIG

7.5.1. ID category

The application can use @PJL INFO ID command to find out the printer model name. As the features of the
printer may be changed by future revisions, the application should check them by using the @PJL INFO
CONFIG command.
Example
The application sends the following command to the printer :
<ESC>%-12345X@PJL <CR><LF>
@PJL INFO ID <CR><LF>
<ESC>%-12345X
The printer sends back the answer for the above INFO command if the printer name is HL-1660e:
@PJL INFO ID<CR><LF>
"Brother HL-1660e"<CR><LF>
<FF>
Information requesting
The printer model number. For example the HL-1660e will return
'Brother HL-1660e'.
A list of the printer configuration information (available options) within
the format of the number of types and/or the description of each
available type of;
paper sources
paper sizes
languages
USTATUS (unsolicited status) commands
font sources
RAM
number of lines and characters on the LCD
The total number of bytes of free memory space (user memory) and the
largest free memory block.
The printer status of the current message displayed on the LCD, on-
line/off-line status and the status code.
A list of the current settings of all the environmental & language-
specific variables and the selectable values for each variable
A list of the current settings of all the unsolicited status variables and
selectable values for each variable
Total number of pages the printer has printed.
Physical printer memory. This value is the same as the response for
INFO CONFIG.
The list of the printer features.
The information of the options (HL-2460/3260N/1650/1670N/7050/
1850/1870N/5040/5050/5070N/5140/5150D/5170DN/6050/6050D/
6050DN/8050N/5240/5250DN/5270DN/5280DW)
The information of the paper cassette (HL-2460/3260N/1650/1670N/
7050/1850/1870N/5040/5050/5070N/5140/5150D/5170DN/6050/
6050D/6050DN/8050N/2070N/5240/5250DN/5270DN/5280DW)
The information of the paper output tray (HL-2460/3260N/1650/1670N/
7050/1850/1870N/5040/5050/5070N/5140/5150D/5170DN/6050/
6050D/6050DN/8050N/2070N/5240/5250DN/5270DN/5280DW)
The information of the Duplex unit (HL-
2460/3260N/1650/1670N/7050/
1850/1870N/5040/5050/5070N/5140/5150D/5170DN/6050/6050D/
6050DN/8050N/5240/5250DN/5270DN/5280DW)
The information of the memory device (HL-2460/3260N/1650/1670N/
7050/1850/1870N/5040/5050/5070N/5140/5150D/5170DN/6050/
6050D/6050DN/8050N/2070N/5240/5250DN/5270DN/5280DW)
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