3-6 Configuring the Printer
Printer Responses
The printer responds to the two black mark search commands, with either of
the following sequences.
Command
Description
ESC-'Q'-3F hex-3F hex-
#high#-#low#
Black mark found.
ESC-'Q' -30 hex-30 hex-
#high#-#low#
Black mark not found.
#high#
30 hex –
3F hex
The left digit of the hex number
representing the number of lines
moved to find the black mark.
#low#
30 hex –
3F hex
The right digit of the hex number
representing the number of lines
moved to find the black mark.
C h e c k i n g V e r s i o n I n f o r m a t i o n
Your application can check the versions of both the printer’s hardware and
firmware.
Command Summary
Command
Description
ESC-'P('
Requests the firmware version. T he printer
responds with:
ESC-'('-#version#-CR-LF-NAK
#version#
Four ASCII characters
representing the firmware
version.
ESC-'P)'
Requests the hardware version. The printer
responds with:
ESC-')'-'099' -<version>-CR-LF-NAK
<version>
An ASCII character representing
the hardware version.
