HP PCL/PJL reference - Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual

7-24 Status Readback Commands EN

STATUS Category

The INFO STATUS command returns online status (TRUE=online,

FALSE=offline), the message currently displayed on the control

panel, and a status code. In the following example, the status code is

10001, which means the printer is ready. (See Appendix D for a list of

all printer status codes.)

Only the “string” portion of the “DISPLAY =” status message is

localized; the same message as that displayed on the control panel

appears in whichever language is used.

Note For those printers supporting Japanese printing, when the language

is set to Japanese, strings which correspond to a control panel

message are displayed on the control panel using the JIS X0201-76

character set.

Example: Using the INFO STATUS Command

This example requests status information. The printer, in this case a

HP LaserJet 4 printer, returns a status code (10001), the message

displayed on the control panel (00 READY), and the online status

(ONLINE=TRUE).

@PJL COMMENT Using @PJL INFO STATUS <CR><LF>

@PJL ECHO 17:45:22.5 05-17-92 <CR><LF>

@PJL INFO STATUS <CR><LF>

<ESC>%-12345X

A sample HP LaserJet 4 printer response for this example

is shown here. Other PJL printers may produce a different

response.

@PJL ECHO 17:45:22.5 05-17-92<CR><LF>

<FF>

@PJL INFO STATUS<CR><LF>

CODE=10001<CR><LF>

DISPLAY="00 READY"<CR><LF>

ONLINE=TRUE<CR><LF>

<FF>