SATO CT410 - Manual (Page 145)

STATUS RESPONSE
The second method of determining printer status is to interrograte the printer with
specific commands. The response from these commands will provide specific
information about the printer status depending upon the command. This allows the
controlling application to determine the status of a printer when it is located in a
remote location.
Printer Status (SOH + MG)
Upon Receipt of an SOH (hexadecimal 01) followed immediately by an ASCII MG
causes the printer to return a 30 byte Printer Status Word bounded by an STX-ETX
pair that reports the current operating status of the printer.
BYTE
NUMBER
HEX
VALUE
DESCRIPTION
1 00
01 Thermal Transfer Print Type
Direct Thermal Print Type
2 00
01 203 dpi Resolution
305 dpi Resoution
3 00
01
02
03
04 2 ips Print Speed
3 ips Print Speed
4 ips Print Speed
5 ips Print Speed
6 ips Print Speed
4 00
01
02
03
04 Continuous Print Mode
Tear-Off Print Mode
Cutter Print Mode
Label Dispense Print Mode
Reserved
5 00
01
02 Cut at head position
Cut at Cutter Position
No back feed after cut
6 00
01 Dispense at head position
Dispense at dispense position
7 00 Reserved
8 41
42
43 Print Density A
Print Density B
Print Density C
9 00
01
02
03
04 Print Density Level 1
Print Density Level 2
Print Density Level 3
Print Density Level 4
Print Density Level 5
10 00
01
02 Reflective (Eye-Mark) Sensor
Gap (See-Thru) Sensor
No Sensor
Section 5. Interface Specifications
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