Real Time Printer Status Transmission

This command transmits one byte status of the printer in real time.

ION USB or RS232
ASCII	GS ENQ
Hexadecimal	1D 05
Decimal	29 5

Standard USB
ASCII	Since this command is used by Control transfer, the command strings are not defined.
Hexadecimal	05 05 (bRequest=0x05, wValue=0x05 0x00)
Decimal	05 05

Value of Byte
Bit	Status	Hex	Decimal	Function
0	Off On	00 01	0 1	Receipt paper adequate Receipt paper low
1	Off On	00 02	0 2	Receipt paper adequate Receipt paper low
2	Off On	00 04	0 4	Both receipt and cassette doors closed Receipt or cassette door open
3	Off On	00 08	0 8	Not busy at the RS-232C interface. Printer is busy at the RS-232C interface.
4	Off On	00 1	0 16	One or both cash drawers open. Both cash drawers closed.
5	Off On	00 20	0 32	Paper present at both slip sensors Paper not present at one or both slip sensors
6	Off On	00 40	0 64	No error condition. Error condition exists in the printer.
7	On	00	0	Fixed to on.

Example:   

MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&H1D) & Chr$(&H05)