Datamax Prodigy, Operator'S Manual

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Using the Printer
1. “SOH A” COMMAND. CHECKING THE PRINTER STATUS.
The Printer can be polled as to the current Printer status. The
SYSTEM command to cause the Printer to send this data is “SOH
The Printer will respond as soon as it is able to with an 8-character
response followed by an ASCII CR (DEC 13, HEX 0D). Each
character will be a “Y” or “N” for the status of the condition. The
string will be of the following format:
1 Command interpreter busy
2 Paper out
3 Ribbon out (only when enabled)
4 Printing batch
5 Busy printing
6 Printer paused
7 Label presented (only when enabled)
8 Always N
2. “SOH #” COMMAND. SERIAL PRINTER RESET.
The host device may cause the Printer to reset itself. In effect, the
Printer powers down and back up again. This command is the
“SOH #” command. When the Printer receives this command, all
of the Printer’s programmable parameters are set back to default
values.
3. “STX T” COMMAND. TEST MODE.
Sending the “STX T” command to the Printer will cause it to print
the test pattern that is generated on a POWER UP SELF TEST.