Bematech MP-4000 TH Programmer's Manual - Manual (Page 44)

MP-4000 TH POS Printer Rev.1.4 Programmer’s Manual
22-aug-2007
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0 - cutter present
1 - cutter absent
Bit 3: Cutter error
0 – no cutter error
1 - cutter error
Bit 5: 0 - without non-recoverable error
1 - an non-recoverable error occurred
Bit 6: 0 - without recoverable error
1 - an recoverable error occurred
4) Continuous Paper Sensor Status
1 0 0 1 0
Head
temperature
0 1
Bit 2: Head temperature – informs about the printer head temperature
0 - normal temperature
1 - temperature above the normal
5) Firmware Version
0 Major firmware version digit Minor firmware version digit
It is not necessary to send any command to the printer to receive the status using
the parallel interface. The parallel interface provides status using hardware pins as shown
below.
3.7.3 Standard parallel interface status byte
The table below shows the printer statuses obtained through the standard parallel
interface, with the printer configured for ESC/Bema commands:
Parallel Interface Status Byte
/BUSY /ACK PE SEL /ERROR U U U HEX
Description
1 1 0 1 1 x x x D8h Online
0 1 1 0 0 x x x 60h Paper end
1 1 1 1 1 x x x F8h Paper near end
0 1 1 1 0 x x x 70h Head up
The table below shows the printer statuses obtained through the standard parallel
interface, with the printer configured for ESC/POS TM commands:
Parallel Interface Status Byte
/BUSY /ACK PE SEL /ERROR U U U HEX
Description
1 1 0 1 1 x x x D8h Online
0 1 1 1 0 x x x 70h Paper end
1 1 1 1 0 x x x F0h Paper near end
0 1 0 1 1 x x x 58h Head up