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4a. FF: Print and Eject Document.

Finish printing and eject the document.

4b. ESC q or ESC < X'01': Open Document Throat

Finish printing and release the document from the printer’s rollers.

Note: The document station stays selected. The printer will wait for

another document until the station is changed.

Status Summary

Status is sent to the system for:
v Cash receipt print error. The cover is open or out of paper.

v Printer buffer empty. If enabled, see “Status Sent to System” on page 137.

v Document sensor state changed. If enabled, see “Status Sent to System” on

page 137.

v Cash drawer sensor change. If enabled, see “Status Sent to System” on

page 137.

v Command has timed out. The printer is waiting for additional bytes to complete

the command.

v Nonrecoverable home error.

v Document not inserted after document station was selected.

v Document has exited sensor before document print is finished.

v Flash EPROM load error.

v Memory sector is full.

v Flash storage is full.

v Printer ID request (extended address command).

v MCT read command.

v Flash read command.

v Print buffer being held.

v Ribbon cover sensor change.

v Document feed error.

Message from the Printer

A message from the printer has this format:

Bytes Contents

1 - 2

Data count (X'000A' to X'00FF'). The data count includes the two data-count
bytes.

3 - 10

Status bytes 1-8. See the descriptions of each byte in the sections that
follow.

11 - n

Either 5 bytes of additional status from the “Extended Address Command –
Request Printer ID” on page 107
command, or up to 246 bytes of user data
that can include:
v User flash data

v MCT data

Status Byte 1

Bit

Description

0 (LSB)

Command complete (immediate command and flash storage commands). Set
to 1 when the command is complete, except for “Erase Flash EPROM Sector”

on page 121, for which it is set to 1 when the command is sent. (See bit 7 of

“Status Byte 3” on page 161.)

updated March 18, 2002

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