TM-P60 Technical Reference Guide 4.4 Various Status Categories This printer is able to send various status reports to the host PC. This section describes the kind of statuses and handling. The statuses are useful for the following situations. ❏ When an error status is sent to the host PC, the host PC can display an error message or solution message for operator (with beeping). ❏ When “Paper end“ status is sent to the host PC, the host PC can display a message for the operator to replace roll paper.
4.4.1 ESC/POS commands When you use ESC/POS commands to control the printer, you can get the status by using “status command” including Auto Status Back command (ASB.) Please refer to “ESC/POS APG.” 4.5 NV memory This printer has NV memory (Non-volatile). The data of NV memory remains after you turn off the power. The NV memory is available in two ways. 1. NV Graphics Please refer “NV Graphics Printing” (page 4-4) for details of the function. 2. User NV memory There is free area in the NV memory that the user can use. You can use this free area for notations, to write other character information, or for many other purposes. The data remains after you turn off the power.
Use ESC/POS commands to read and write this data. The following are examples of purposes. • Date of the printer for maintenance • ID definition for developer or POS system Note the following when writing to and erasing NV memory. Rev. A Application Development Information 4-3 Status Categories Description Roll Paper cover status Roll paper cover is open or closed FEED button status Paper feed button is pressed or not Error status Various error information (Off-line / On-line), (detail of the error; Mechanical error, autocutter error, auto-recovery error, unrecoverable error)