
The form of the Automatic Job Status string and the Status Query response string is:
{ST!E:N;S:I;L:D;P:P;J:N;R:40;B:O}
Where:
E is syntax/language error (more appropriate for the E
SC{ST?} query response than the automatic Job Status
Reporting)
o N - none
S is status which shows the current or transitional stat
e of the printer and can take the following values
o The following values are returned for the Job Status a
s well as the ESC{ST?} status query
I – Idle
P – Printing
o The following values are returned only when the auto
matic Job Status reporting is active
T - Timeout
K – Key pressed to cancel job during printing
C – Complete (automatic Job Status Reporting print job finished normally)
E – Error in completing print job – typically this mean
s that the QMARK was found before the
current image had completed printing (paper was not aligned before printing began)
nofm – for Quantity Easy Print or emulation print job
s. Indicates that the nth image of a total
of m images has printed. For example, when the 1
st
image of 10 has printed, this field will be
1of10. When the 2
nd
job has printed, this field will be 2of10 etc.
L is Lever Position (Thermal Printer Only)
o D – Down (note that the LP3 does not have a lever sensor and will always report Down
o U - Up
P is Paper
o P – Paper is present
o N – No paper (paper out)
R is remaining buffer size in bytes
B is battery status
o O – OK
o T – out of temperature range or no battery (not on 4t)
o V – out of voltage range
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