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Execute order home state (xoh), Xoh obtain printer characteristics – Printronix T5000R User Manual

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The Device Control Commands

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Execute Order Home State (XOH)

Byte

D68F

Flag

CID

Data (Code and

Count

Parameters)

The following orders are valid only when the printer receives them in the
home state. The XOH command identifies these orders.

XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics

This order causes a set of device self-defined fields describing printer
characteristics to be placed in the Special Data Area of the Acknowledgement
Reply and is identified with an acknowledgement type of X’46’.

See Table 7 for a detailed description of each Self-Defining field reported in
the Acknowledge Reply.

Table 6. Execute Order Home State Commands

Order

Function

Hex Code

Erase Residual Print Data

Prevents access to resident
print data.

0500

Obtain Printer
Characteristics

Used for Acknowledge
Replies.

F300

Print Buffered Data

All data in the buffer prints.

0100

Set Media Size

Specifies the page size.

1700

Table 7. XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics Reply

Offset

Value

Description

PRINTABLE AREA

0-1

X’0018’

LENGTH of this Self-Defining Field

2-3

X’0001’

PRINTABLE AREA Self-Defining Field ID

4

X’00’

INPUT MEDIA SOURCE

5

X’00’

Reserved

6

X’00’

UNIT BASE 10 inches

7

X’00’

Reserved

8-9

X’3840’

L-units per UNIT BASE

10-11

X’0090’ - X’xxxx’

WIDTH of the Medium Presentation Space in
L-units (determined by configuration setting)