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Paxar Monarch 6015 User Manual

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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 hardware and
firmware.

Command

Description

ESC-'P'-'('

Requests the firmware version. The printer
responds with:

ESC-'('-#version#-CR-LF
#version#

Four ASCII characters
representing the firmware
version.

ESC-'P'-')'

Requests the hardware version. The printer
responds with:

ESC-')'-'097'--CR-LF
#version#

An ASCII character representing
the hardware version.

C o m m u n i c a t i n g w i t h t h e O r g a n i z e r

The printer and organizer must use these values for the communication
parameters:

Baud Rate - 19200

Stop Bits - 2

Parity - None

Data Bits - 8

Have the organizer use hardware (RTS/CTS) communications protocol when
communicating with the printer.

These control characters are related to communications between the printer
and the organizer.

Command

Description

13 hex (Xoff)

Indicates a complete data transmission.

11 hex (Xon)

Ready to accept data.