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Chapter 4: Printer Modes
4.1 Idle Mode
Idle Mode is when the printer is not printing and has no pending activity. The indicator light
is green, which indicates that the printer is ready to receive label scripts and/or commands.
The front panel button has a couple of different functions while in the Idle Mode. Pressing
the button will reprint the last label or the power-up label if the printer was recently turned on
and no formats were sent to the printer. If no power up label exists, or if powers up labels
are not enabled, then the printer prints a blank label. Pressing and holding the button in,
causes the printer to feed labels until the button is released.
4.2 Halted Mode
Halted Mode is when the printer has stopped due to an error condition that needs
immediate attention. The indicator light flashes red when the printer enters the Halted
Mode. The printer remains in this mode until the error is corrected. The error is cleared by
pressing the front panel button after the condition causing the error is removed. If it is not
possible for the printer to execute the previous information, the printer will enter the Paused
Mode (see Paused Mode below for additional information). Refer to Chapter 7:
Troubleshooting for information on how to correct error conditions.
4.2.1 Enquiry Responses
Enquiry responses provide a method of determining the current status of the printer as well
as identifying different error conditions. This is possible by sending either the “Ctrl+E”
combination, issuing the “^D327)” command, or by enabling any of the auto-reporting
commands; Refer to the ^D72x series commands. Fatal error responses are triggered from
the printer to the host when they occur and halt the printers operation until resolved. Status
responses do not halt the print
ers operation but are simply a status of the printer’s current
state.
Refer to the table below and the following sections for more information about the various
types of responses.