Status Summary; Message From The Printer - IBM 4610-TM6 - SureMark Printer TM6 Two-color Thermal Transfer User Manual

August 24, 2004
3. Send print lines to be printed in this station.
4. Final handling.

Status summary

Status is sent to the system for:
v Cash receipt print error. The cover is open or out of paper.
v Printer buffer empty. If enabled, see "Status sent to system" on page 139.
v Document sensor state changed. If enabled, see "Status sent to system" on page
v Cash drawer sensor change. If enabled, see "Status sent to system" on page
v Command has timed out. The printer is waiting for additional bytes to complete
v Nonrecoverable home error.
v Document not inserted after document station was selected.
v Document has exited sensor before document print is finished.
v Flash EPROM load error.
v Memory sector is full.
v Flash Storage is full.
v Printer ID request (extended address command).
v MICR read command.
v MCT read command.
v Flash read command.
v Print buffer being held.
v Ribbon cover sensor change.
v Document feed error.

Message from the printer

A message from the printer has this format:
Bytes Contents
1 - 2
The printer appears to be hung until an action is taken.
B If the document was previously loaded, the printer feeds the paper
to the right margin on the document.
The number of characters that can be printed on a line depends on the
width of the document. The print area is:
v 63 mm high, starting 17 mm from the bottom of the document
v The entire width of the document less 34 mm from the right edge and 10
mm from the left edge
You have an option on final handling, finish printing and either eject the
document or open the document throat to allow manual removal of the
document:
4a. FF: Print and Eject Document.
Finish printing and eject the document.
4b. ESC q or ESC < X'01': Open Document Throat
Finish printing and release the document from the printer's rollers.
Note: The document station stays selected. The printer will wait for
another document until the station is changed.
139.
139.
the command.
Data count (X'000A' to X'00FF'). The data count includes the two data-count
bytes.
Appendix C. RS-232 programming information
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