Paper Roll Status on a Zebra KR403 Kiosk Printer

Article ID: 24575646

Topic or Information

Returning paper roll status to a host

Applies To

Zebra KR403 Kiosk printers

Details

To get paper roll status on a KR403 the following commands can be used:

! U1 getvar "media.media_low.external"

The status is returned as:

0 = Paper present at sensor position

1 = No paper present

or send:

~HQES

The following status will display:

PRINTER STATUS
   ERRORS:         0 00000000 00000000
   WARNINGS:       1 00000000 00000030
This represents that paper is in present.

PRINTER STATUS
   ERRORS:         0 00000000 00000000
   WARNINGS:       1 00000000 00000038

This represents that no paper is present.