~HS — Return Host Status

Status, Query & DiagnosticsUnsupported

Plain English

The most important status command — returns three lines of comma-separated printer status including paper out, head open, pause state, label length, and more. This is what monitoring software polls continuously.

When to use

When you need a complete snapshot of the printer's current state — paper, ribbon, head, errors, and counters.

Syntax

~HS

Example

~HS

Query full printer status (returns 3 lines of CSV data)

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