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IPDS Exception Reporting

The following tables contain the exception reporting codes, which the printer
sends to the host in the NACK reply. These codes are in a three-byte format.
The first byte, byte 0, is the error group. The remaining two bytes, bytes 1 and
2, are the individual error identifiers. The following table shows the error group
meanings.

Command Reject: Indicates that the printer cannot recognize a received
command.

Intervention Required: Indicates that the printer requires operator
intervention.

Equipment Check: Indicates that a hardware error has occurred.

Data Check: Indicates that the printer detects a data error when receiving a
logical unit from the application program or that the printer detects a data error
while printing the page.

Specification Check: Indicates that the data parameters or values in a
received command are invalid.

Condition Requiring Host Notification: Indicates that the printer has
detected an error or condition that should be reported to the host computer.

Byte 0

Error Type

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80

Command Reject

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40

Intervention Required

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10

Equipment Check

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08

Data Check

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04

Specification Check - Bar Codes

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03

Specification Check - Graphics

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02

Specification Check - General

61

01

Condition Requiring Host Notification

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