diff --git a/.changeset/initial-phase-1.md b/.changeset/initial-phase-1.md
index 5d2b944..398467d 100644
--- a/.changeset/initial-phase-1.md
+++ b/.changeset/initial-phase-1.md
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 Initial Phase 1 release — DYMO LetraTag LT-200B driver, web only.
 
 - `letratag-core` — pure TypeScript encoder for the LT-200B BLE
-  print protocol. ysfchn axis order, column-major bit packing with
-  the y+1 skip, vendor-app chunk-index quirk. Internal
-  `__DebugEncoderOverrides` knobs (axisOrder / bitPacking /
-  chunkIndexQuirk / mediaTypeByte) reachable via the `./debug`
-  subpath but not on the public API. Status parser covers codes 0..7
-  with the ysfchn 1↔0 / 5↔2 aliases. Media registry has all ten
-  active and discontinued LT cassette SKUs (US 91XXX + EU
-  S07XXXXX).
+  print protocol, following the observed wire format (column-major
+  bit packing, the 32-row print frame, the vendor chunk-index
+  quirk). A single internal `__DebugEncoderOverrides.mediaTypeByte`
+  knob is reachable via the `./debug` subpath but not on the public
+  API. Status parser covers codes 0..7 with the 1↔0 / 5↔2 aliases.
+  Media registry has all ten active and discontinued LT cassette
+  SKUs (US 91XXX + EU S07XXXXX).
 - `letratag-web` — `LetraTagPrinter implements PrinterAdapter` over
   Web Bluetooth. UUID-prefix matching on the `be3dd650-` service
   with TX / RX / aux UUIDs derived from the observed service tail.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2fdc7a6..6b96631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v5
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
         with:
           version: 9
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         if: matrix.node == '24'
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           flags: unittests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9942d05..b9923d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v5
+      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
         with:
           version: 9
 
diff --git a/DECISIONS.md b/DECISIONS.md
index 21651a2..6ebb027 100644
--- a/DECISIONS.md
+++ b/DECISIONS.md
@@ -54,26 +54,26 @@ substituting the prefix on the matched service tail. The official
 app does the same via its `setDeviceUUID()` helper, which replaces
 a literal placeholder in each of the four UUIDs at connect time.
 
-## D5 — Media detection is available via BLE advertising data
-
-The LT-200B continuously broadcasts a 3-byte payload in its BLE
-advertising-data manufacturer field. The payload encodes
-`cassetteId` (1=6mm, 2=9mm, 3=12mm, 4=19mm, 5=24mm), `busyLocked`,
-`batteryLevel` (0..3), `chargingIndicator`, and four error flags
-(tape jam, cutter jam, battery too low, battery low).
-
-This **revises** an earlier PLAN-1 working assumption that the
-LT-200B has no media-detection signal. The driver:
-
-- Parses the advertising-data via `parseAdvertisingStatus()` in
-  `packages/core/src/status.ts`.
-- Folds the most recent snapshot into `LetraTagPrinter.getStatus()`.
-- The debug harness shows the full decoded state in a dedicated
-  panel and includes it in diagnostics exports.
-
-Status code 7 ("CASSETTE_MISSING") on the post-print RX
-notification is still treated as unreliable — prefer the broadcast
-`cassetteId` for cassette-presence checks.
+## D5 — No BLE telemetry; the post-print notification is the only status source
+
+A PLAN-1-era revision assumed the LT-200B continuously broadcasts a
+3-byte advertising-data manufacturer payload (`cassetteId`,
+`batteryLevel`, charging, tape/cutter/battery error flags) that the
+driver could parse via `parseAdvertisingStatus()` and fold into
+`getStatus()`. **On-the-wire investigation found no such broadcast.**
+The LT-200B exposes no battery, cassette, or live-status telemetry
+over BLE — the advertising-status code was phantom and was removed.
+
+The driver's only status source is the 3-byte `[1B 52 code]`
+notification the printer emits on its reply characteristic after
+each print job (`packages/core/src/status.ts` → `parseStatus`).
+`LetraTagPrinter.getStatus()` returns the last-known post-print
+status (a default empty status before the first print); there is no
+out-of-job status channel.
+
+Status code 7 ("CASSETTE_MISSING") on the post-print notification is
+documented but never observed in practice; do not rely on it for
+cassette-presence detection.
 
 ## D6 — Post-print status enum (codes 1–7) carried from ysfchn
 
diff --git a/INTEROPERABILITY.md b/INTEROPERABILITY.md
index f276709..da5f613 100644
--- a/INTEROPERABILITY.md
+++ b/INTEROPERABILITY.md
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ under [`docs/protocol/`](./docs/protocol/) describe:
   primary BLE service. The driver emits the same byte sequences
   the printer's own firmware consumes on the wire.
 - The 3-byte status notification the printer returns on its reply
-  characteristic, and the 3-byte advertising-data manufacturer
-  payload it broadcasts continuously (cassette ID, battery, error
-  flags) — both readable on the wire without any host-side
-  cooperation.
+  characteristic after each print job — readable on the wire without
+  any host-side cooperation.
 - The GATT topology (one primary service, three characteristics,
   UUID-prefix matching) used to locate the printer and its
   characteristics.
@@ -35,22 +33,10 @@ The byte-level claims on the protocol pages are anchored on:
     number of details. The disagreements were resolved by
     on-the-wire observation, not by preferring one author over
     the other.
-- **Interoperability analysis of the official LetraTag Connect
-  Android application** — limited to the byte sequences the
-  application emits over BLE and the layout of the advertising-data
-  it consumes. The application's source was not redistributed; only
-  the unprotectable wire-format facts (opcode bytes, header layout,
-  chunking strategy, bit-packing order, advertising-data bit layout)
-  are reproduced here. This corresponds to the use of
-  decompilation expressly authorised under EU Directive 2009/24/EC
-  Article 6 for the purpose of achieving interoperability of an
-  independently-created program.
 - **Observed wire output** captured between a host and a paired
   printer. BLE GATT writes and notifications on the LT-200B are
   unencrypted; capture is routine via Android's "HCI snoop log"
   developer option, `btmon`, or Wireshark with the BlueZ plugin.
-  Advertising-data broadcasts are observable with a passive scan
-  (no pairing required).
 
 The driver does **not** redistribute the printer's firmware, the
 mobile app, or any vendor binary. It does not include keys,
diff --git a/PROGRESS.md b/PROGRESS.md
index d739963..d3b4e83 100644
--- a/PROGRESS.md
+++ b/PROGRESS.md
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ Concrete code changes:
 DECISIONS.md updates:
 
 - **D3** rewritten — encoder follows the observed wire format, not ysfchn's encoder.
-- **D5** added — media detection IS available via advertising data.
+- **D5** rewritten — the assumed BLE advertising-data telemetry was
+  phantom; the post-print `[1B 52 code]` notification is the only
+  status source.
 - **D6** added — post-print status enum 1–7 carried from ysfchn,
   flagged as unconfirmed by direct observation pending hardware
   reports.
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ DECISIONS.md updates:
 
 ## Implementation decisions / divergences
 
-These are choices made by Claude during build-out where the plan was
+These are choices made during build-out where the plan was
 ambiguous or where a small course-correction happened. Each entry
 explains the WHY so a human reviewer can flip it.
 
diff --git a/packages/core/data/media.json5 b/packages/core/data/media.json5
index 730b481..153d4d0 100644
--- a/packages/core/data/media.json5
+++ b/packages/core/data/media.json5
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 // LT cassette registry for the LetraTag driver.
 //
-// Every entry: 12 mm tape width, 30 printable dots across the head,
-// single ink colour ("text"), single substrate colour
-// ("background"). Per-cassette roll length varies (most ~4 m;
-// iron-on is 2 m) but `heightMm` stays undefined per contracts —
-// continuous tape has variable per-label length.
+// Every entry: 12 mm tape width (`widthMm`), single ink colour
+// ("text"), single substrate colour ("background"). Per-cassette
+// roll length varies (most ~4 m; iron-on is 2 m) but `heightMm`
+// stays undefined per contracts — continuous tape has variable
+// per-label length. Printable head height (30 dots) is an engine
+// fact (`headDots` / the `PRINTABLE_DOTS` const), not a media field.
 //
 // Driver-side fields beyond the contracts `MediaDescriptor` shape:
 //   - `material`   — LT substrate family (paper / plastic /
@@ -12,9 +13,6 @@
 //   - `text`       — printed colour, named (the only ink the
 //                    cartridge carries).
 //   - `background` — substrate colour, named.
-//   - `tapeWidthMm` — 12 (literal-typed, mirrors labelmanager
-//                    precedent for the encoder lookup).
-//   - `printableDots` — 30 (matches engine headDots).
 //
 // SKUs include every observed US (91XXX) and EU (S07XXXXX) part
 // number for the same physical tape; downstream consumers
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@
     material: 'paper',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'white',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / White ─────────────────────────────────────
@@ -52,8 +48,6 @@
     material: 'plastic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'white',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / Pearl White (TBV) ────────────────────────
@@ -70,8 +64,6 @@
     material: 'plastic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'pearl-white',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / Yellow ───────────────────────────────────
@@ -88,8 +80,6 @@
     material: 'plastic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'yellow',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / Red ──────────────────────────────────────
@@ -106,8 +96,6 @@
     material: 'plastic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'red',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / Green ────────────────────────────────────
@@ -124,8 +112,6 @@
     material: 'plastic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'green',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / Blue ─────────────────────────────────────
@@ -142,8 +128,6 @@
     material: 'plastic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'blue',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Plastic / Clear ────────────────────────────────────
@@ -160,8 +144,6 @@
     material: 'plastic-clear',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'clear',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Metallic / Silver ──────────────────────────────────
@@ -178,8 +160,6 @@
     material: 'metallic',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'silver',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 
   // ─── 12 mm — Iron-on Fabric / White ─────────────────────────────
@@ -196,7 +176,5 @@
     material: 'iron-on-fabric',
     text: 'black',
     background: 'white',
-    tapeWidthMm: 12,
-    printableDots: 30,
   },
 ]
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/media.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/media.test.ts
index 67a945d..f128591 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/media.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/media.test.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ describe('media registry', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('every entry is 12 mm tape with 30 printable dots', () => {
+  it('every entry is 12 mm tape', () => {
     for (const m of MEDIA_LIST) {
       expect(m.widthMm).toBe(12);
-      expect(m.tapeWidthMm).toBe(12);
-      expect(m.printableDots).toBe(30);
       expect(m.type).toBe('tape');
       expect(m.category).toBe('cartridge');
       expect(m.targetModels).toContain('letratag');
diff --git a/packages/core/src/types.ts b/packages/core/src/types.ts
index 732b408..7aa472c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/types.ts
@@ -22,19 +22,16 @@ export type LetraTagMaterial =
  *
  * Extends the contracts base `MediaDescriptor`. Tape is always
  * continuous — `heightMm` is omitted. Every LT cassette is 12 mm
- * wide (the only width the LT-200B chassis accepts) and 30 dots
- * printable; both literal-typed.
+ * wide; that width lives in the spec'd `widthMm` (the only width
+ * the LT-200B chassis accepts).
  *
- * `printableDots: 30` is a chassis fact, not a wire-format fact —
- * the protocol always frames 32 rows; the LT-200B's print head
- * appears to image all 32, but prior public encoders reported that
- * the top and bottom rows clip on certain substrates. Treat 30 as
- * the safe authoring height for now and verify on hardware.
+ * Printable head height is a chassis fact, not a per-cassette one,
+ * so it lives on the engine (`PrintEngine.headDots`) and the
+ * `PRINTABLE_DOTS` constant in `./protocol.ts` — not on this media
+ * type.
  */
 export interface LetraTagMedia extends MediaDescriptor {
   type: 'tape';
-  tapeWidthMm: 12;
-  printableDots: 30;
   /** LT substrate family. */
   material?: LetraTagMaterial;
   /** Printed ink colour, named (the only ink the cartridge carries). */
diff --git a/packages/web/src/__tests__/printer.test.ts b/packages/web/src/__tests__/printer.test.ts
index e310a72..bfba1f3 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/__tests__/printer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/__tests__/printer.test.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ describe('LetraTagPrinter (fake transport)', () => {
         id: 'LT-paper-12-white',
         name: 'White paper 12 mm',
         targetModels: ['LT_200B'],
-        tapeWidthMm: 12,
         material: 'paper',
         background: 'white',
         text: 'black',
diff --git a/scripts/compile-data.mjs b/scripts/compile-data.mjs
index df61ed2..471079f 100644
--- a/scripts/compile-data.mjs
+++ b/scripts/compile-data.mjs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 //
 //   - DRIVER = 'letratag', KNOWN_PROTOCOLS = {'letratag-bt'}.
 //   - USB block validation removed; bluetooth-gatt block validated.
-//   - Per-media validation tightened to the LT 12 mm / 30 dot
-//     invariants.
+//   - Per-media validation tightened to the LT 12 mm invariant.
 
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
@@ -260,8 +259,6 @@ function loadMedia() {
     if (typeof m?.background !== 'string' || m.background.length === 0) {
       fail(`media[${i}]: background must be a non-empty string`);
     }
-    if (m?.tapeWidthMm !== 12) fail(`media[${i}]: tapeWidthMm must be 12`);
-    if (m?.printableDots !== 30) fail(`media[${i}]: printableDots must be 30`);
     if (!Array.isArray(m?.targetModels) || !m.targetModels.includes('letratag')) {
       fail(`media[${i}]: targetModels must include 'letratag'`);
     }