Microcom 400 User Manual

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Chapter 5

Printer Commands

400 Operators Manual

Enquiry Responses

TEXT

^ALPHA or CONTROL

CODE

DEFINITION

>RESTARTED<
>READY<
>DATA ERROR<
>LOW STOCK<
>LOW TEMP<
>OVER TEMP<
>OVER VDD<
>TAKE LABEL<

^Z
^F

^[
^\

Printer has been reset
Normal condition
Communication error
Out of labels
Head temperature is low
Head temperature is high
VDD voltage is high
Printer is waiting for a label to be taken

Table 8

5.3

SENDING ^D PRINTER COMMANDS

Unless other-wise specified, these commands are entered by sending a ^DXX where XX is the
command number. It is followed by a carriage return or another control code. Some commands
load data or control numbers and are preceded by a ^AXX, where XX represents the data or
control number. Unless otherwise specified, command codes should precede or follow the actual
format layout. They should be placed before the ^D57 or just before the print command ^D3.

All commands not listed in 5.3.1 (the EEPROM and dip switch section) are not retained when the
printer is turned off and if desired, must be sent again upon power-up.

When possible, the following commands are grouped by function. See the quick reference
command summary in Appendix G for a listing by number.

Some commands can be substituted with equivalent control-codes. If this is the case, there will
be an equivalence statement in the description.

Example of Command usage:
^A3^D75^D35 (This sequence will print a batch of three labels).