diff --git a/include/tabby/printer.h b/include/tabby/printer.h
index 8783f0b..969eb7f 100644
--- a/include/tabby/printer.h
+++ b/include/tabby/printer.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TABBY_PRINTER_H
 #define _TABBY_PRINTER_H
 
+#define TABBY_PRINTER_DEVICE_ID 0x81
+#define TABBY_PRINTER_RETRY_COUNT  5
+
 #define TABBY_PRINTER_MAX_PACKET_SIZE 640
 
 #define TABBY_PRINTER_BAND_SIZE  640
diff --git a/src/printer.c b/src/printer.c
index 81ec10a..b204aaf 100644
--- a/src/printer.c
+++ b/src/printer.c
@@ -107,29 +107,50 @@ error_io:
     return -errno;
 }
 
+static inline int resend(tabby_printer_response *response) {
+    if (response->device != TABBY_PRINTER_DEVICE_ID) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (response->status & (TABBY_PRINTER_ER0 | TABBY_PRINTER_SUM)) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int tabby_printer_packet_send(int fd,
                               tabby_printer_packet *header,
                               void *body,
                               tabby_printer_response *response) {
     uint16_t sum = checksum(header, body);
+    int tries = TABBY_PRINTER_RETRY_COUNT;
 
-    if (write(fd, header, sizeof(*header)) < 0) {
-        goto error_io;
-    }
+    do {
+        if (tries-- == 0) {
+            errno = EIO;
 
-    if (header->size) {
-        if (write(fd, body, header->size) < 0) {
             goto error_io;
         }
-    }
 
-    if (write(fd, &sum, sizeof(sum)) < 0) {
-        goto error_io;
-    }
+        if (write(fd, header, sizeof(*header)) < 0) {
+            goto error_io;
+        }
 
-    if (read(fd, response, sizeof(*response)) < 0) {
-        goto error_io;
-    }
+        if (header->size) {
+            if (write(fd, body, header->size) < 0) {
+                goto error_io;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (write(fd, &sum, sizeof(sum)) < 0) {
+            goto error_io;
+        }
+
+        if (read(fd, response, sizeof(*response)) < 0) {
+            goto error_io;
+        }
+    } while (resend(response));
 
     return 0;
 
@@ -210,9 +231,6 @@ int tabby_printer_send_sheet(int fd, void *data,
         }
 
         offset += TABBY_PRINTER_BAND_SIZE;
-
-        printf("Sent band, got status %02x%02x\n",
-            current.device, current.status);
     }
 
     init_header(&header, TABBY_PRINTER_PACKET_DATA, 0);