Star Micronics Dot Impact Printer User Manual
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STAR Command Specifications
Rev. 0.70
3. Printer Status
Printer status is the status of the printer sent from the 3
rd
byte of the automatic status.
For the printer status, (the number of bytes added in Header 1 minus two) is returned.
Printer status is always updated or new information. (No log exists.)
The following shows the composition of the status.
<Printer status 1 Printer status (Third Byte)>
Bit Contents
Status
By model
“0”
“1”
BD100
SP2000
BD500
SP500
SP700
7
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
OFFLINE By Switch Input
No
Occurs
○
○
○
x
○
5
Cover Status
Closed
Open
x
x
x
x
○
4
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
ON-LINE/OFF-LINE Status
ON-LINE
OFF-LINE
○
○
○
○
○
2
Compulsion SW
Open
Closed
○
○
○
○
○
1
<ETB> Command
Not Executed
Executed
○
○
○
○
○
0
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
(*) Bit 1 cleared to zero (0) when received at the host (by clearing bit 1 to 0, auto status is not targeted to occur).
<Printer status 2 Error Information (Fourth Byte)>
Bit Contents
Status
By model
“0”
“1”
BD100
SP2000
BD500
SP500
SP700
7
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Stopped by high head tem-
perature
Not stopped
Stopped
○
○
○
○
○
5
Non-recoverable Error
No Error
Error
x
x
○
○
○
4
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Auto-cutter Error
No Error
Error
○
○
○
○
○
2
Mechanical Error
No Error
Error
○
○
○
○
○
1
Not Used (Fixed at “0”)
-
-
-
-
-
0
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
<Printer status 3 Error Information (Fifth Byte)>
Bit Contents
Status
By model
“0”
“1”
BD100
SP2000
BD500
SP500
SP700
7
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Buffer overflow
No Error
Error
○
○
○
○
○
5
Not Used (Fixed at “0”)
-
-
-
-
-
4
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Black mark detection error
No Error
Error
x
x
○
○
○
2
Not Used (Fixed at “0”)
-
-
-
-
-
1
Not Used (Fixed at “0”)
-
-
-
-
-
0
Fixed at “0”
-
-
-
-
-
-
(*) Bit 6 is cleared to 0 when sent to the host.