Id Category - Brother HL Series Technical Reference Manual

2009/06/29
Parameters
VARIABLES
PAGECOUNT
PHYSICALMEMORY
FEATURES
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 :
Category
ID The printer model number. For example the HL-1660e will return
'Brother HL-1660e'.
CONFIG 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
MEMORY The total number of bytes of free memory space (user memory) and the
largest free memory block.
STATUS 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
USTATUS 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.
OPTIONS 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/4040CN/4050CDN/
4070CDW/2070N/2140/2150N/2170W/5340D/5350DN/5370DW/5380
DN/3040CN/3070CW)
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/
4040CN/4050CDN/4070CDW/2140/2150N/2170W/5340D/5350DN/53
70DW/5380DN/3040CN/3070CW)
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/
4040CN/4050CDN/4070CDW/2140/2150N/2170W/5340D/5350DN/53
70DW/5380DN/3040CN/3070CW)
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/4040CN/4050CDN/
4070CDW/2140/2150N/2170W/5340D/5350DN/5370DW/5380DN)
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/
4040CN/4050CDN/4070CDW/2140/2150N/2170W/5340D/5350DN/53
70DW/5380DN/3040CN/3070CW)
Information requesting
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