Status summary, Message from the printer, Status byte 1 – IBM TM7 User Manual
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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
v Cash drawer sensor change. If enabled, see “Status Sent to System” on
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
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