Soh E Send Batch Remaining Quantity; Soh E Send Batch Printed Quantity; Soh F Send Status Byte - Datamax A-4310 Programmer's Manual

SOH E Send Batch Remaining Quantity
This command causes the printer to return a four-digit number indicating the quantity of labels that
remain to be printed in the current batch, followed by a carriage return. Communications latency may
cause this value to be higher than actual on some printers.
Syntax:
Printer response:
Where:
SOH e Send Batch Printed Quantity
This command causes the printer to return a four-digit number indicating the quantity of labels that
have been printed in the current batch, followed by a carriage return. Communications latency may
cause this value to be lower than actual on some printers.
Syntax:
Printer response:
Where:
SOH F Send Status Byte
This command instructs the printer to send a single status byte where each bit (1 or 0) represents one
of the printer's status flags, followed by a carriage return (see below). If an option is unavailable for
the printer, the single bit will always be zero. See <SOH>A.
Syntax:
Printer response format: X<CR>
Where 'X' is 0 through 0xef with bits as indicated in the 'Condition' column below:
[1]
Bit
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
[1]
One is the least significant bit.
Class Series Programmer's Manual
Immediate Command Functions
<SOH>E
nnnn<CR>
- Are four decimal digits, 0-9999.
nnnn
<SOH>e
nnnn<CR>
- Are four decimal digits, 0-9999.
nnnn
<SOH>F
Value
0
1 or 0
1 or 0
1 or 0
1 or 0
1 or 0
1 or 0
1 or 0
Condition
Always zero
Label presented
Printer paused
Busy printing
Printing batch
Ribbon out or Fault
Paper out or Fault
Command interpreter busy (imaging)
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