Status signals of the printer • Character sets
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7 Status signals of the printer
The bits are defined as follows:
Status Byte 1
Bit
LED
Status
0
1
0
on
paper near end
paper low
paper OK
1
1:1
paper
present
not present
2
1:1
temperature
temperature OK
print head too hot/cold
3
1:1
head
closed
open
4
1:1
paper jam/cutter
no error
error
5
on
Rx error
no error
Rx error
6
always 0
7
always 1.
Mode 2 is activated through bit 1 in parameter 23.
To signal an error status, two bytes are sent to the host at all times.
The two bytes can be distinguished by bit 6:
Status Byte 2
Bit
LED
Status
0
1
0
on
AUX1 (label blackmark)
paper present
no paper
1
on
AUX2
paper present
no paper
2
on
AUX3
paper present
no paper
3
on
AUX4
paper present
no paper
4
always 0 (identifier)
5
always 0 (identifier)
6
always 1 (identifier)
7
always 1 (identifier)
Cyrillic
Optional character sets
The following character sets are currently
available and can replace other character
sets in the flash memory of the
µ-processor. Please contact us with your
inquiry. GeBE will gladly create additional
character sets.
Font Sizes
The number of printable characters per line depends on the physical
features of the printer used. Below are some examples:
Font 432/576/640
Dots/Line
Width
Height
Small Font (8x16)
54/72/80 CPL
normal
normal
Low Font (16x16)
27/36/40 CPL
double
normal
Narrow Font (8x32)
54/72/80 CPL
normal
double
Normal Font (16x32)
27/36/40 CPL
double
double
Wide Font (32x32)
13/18/20 CPL
quadruple
double
High Font (16x64)
27/36/40 CPL
double
quadruple
Large Font (32x64)
13/18/20 CPL
quadruple
quadruple
Xlarge Font (64x128)
6/9/10 CPL
eight times
eight times
8 Character sets
