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Printronix SL5000r RFID Smart Label and Thermal Printers User Manual

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One Char Enquiry

The One Char Enquiry mode uses the Poll Character to detect a request from
the host and sends a response back to the host. This option also allows you to
turn on and off this feature.

The Poll Character is removed from the data stream. If the Data Protocol is
set to ETX/ACK, ACK/NAK, or Series1, One Char Enquiry is automatically
disabled.

The options are Disable (the default) and Enable.

Printer Status

Disable. Printer status ignored.

ENQ/STX (see Table 9).

ENQ (see Table 10).

When enabled, the printer will respond to an ENQ character by sending a
status byte to the host. The type of status byte is determined by a Front Panel
Menu selection. The selections allowed are ENQ/STX and ENQ. The ENQ is
removed from the data stream.

Table 8. One Char Enquiry Response Characters

Printer State

Response (hex)

Online and Buffer Not Full

22

Online and Buffer Full

23

Offline and Buffer Not Full

20

Offline and Buffer Full

21

Table 9. ENQ/STX Status Byte

Bit

Printer Status

0

Set when the printer is not online or the buffer is full.

1

Set when the printer is offline.

2

Clear during a paper out or RibbonMinder fault.

3

Always set.

4

Set during a Head Open fault.

5

Set during a buffer overflow fault.

6

Set during a parity or framing error fault.

7

Always clear.