A class used to obtain the status of a Zebra printer. More...

#import <PrinterStatus.h>

Inheritance diagram for PrinterStatus:

Instance Methods
(id)	- init
	Initializes a new instance of the PrinterStatus class that can be used to determine the status of a printer.

Properties
BOOL	isReadyToPrint
	`YES` if the printer reports back that it is ready to print.

BOOL	isHeadOpen
	`YES` if the head is open.

BOOL	isHeadCold
	`YES` if the head is cold.

BOOL	isHeadTooHot
	`YES` if the head is too hot.

BOOL	isPaperOut
	`YES` if the paper is out.

BOOL	isRibbonOut
	`YES` if the ribbon is out.

BOOL	isReceiveBufferFull
	`YES` if the receive buffer is full.

BOOL	isPaused
	`YES` if the printer is paused.

NSInteger	labelLengthInDots
	The length of the label in dots.

NSInteger	numberOfFormatsInReceiveBuffer
	The number of formats currently in the receive buffer of the printer.

NSInteger	labelsRemainingInBatch
	The number of labels remaining in the batch.

BOOL	isPartialFormatInProgress
	`YES` if there is a partial format in progress.

ZplPrintMode	printMode
	The print mode.

Detailed Description

A class used to obtain the status of a Zebra printer.

Get the current status of a printer.

@code

#import "TcpPrinterConnection.h" #import "ZebraPrinterFactory.h" #import "ZebraPrinter.h" #import "PrinterStatus.h" #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

TcpPrinterConnection *zebraPrinterConnection = [[TcpPrinterConnection alloc] initWithAddress:"192.168.1.100" andWithPort:9100]; BOOL success = [zebraPrinterConnection open]; NSError *error = nil; id<ZebraPrinter, NSObject> printer = [ZebraPrinterFactory getInstance:zebraPrinterConnection error:&error];

PrinterStatus *printerStatus = [printer getCurrentStatus:&error]; if (printerStatus.isReadyToPrint) { NSLog("Ready To Print"); } else if (printerStatus.isPaused) { NSLog("Cannot Print because the printer is paused."); } else if (printerStatus.isHeadOpen) { NSLog("Cannot Print because the printer head is open."); } else if (printerStatus.isPaperOut) { NSLog("Cannot Print because the paper is out."); } else { NSLog("Cannot Print."); }

if (error != nil || printer == nil || success == NO) { UIAlertView *errorAlert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:"Error" message:[error localizedDescription] delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok" otherButtonTitles:nil]; [errorAlert show]; [errorAlert release]; }

Method Documentation

- (id) init

Initializes a new instance of the PrinterStatus class that can be used to determine the status of a printer.

Note: this will only query the printer's status upon creation. If the status needs to be updated see:
getCurrentStatus: (ZebraPrinter-p)