arduino with fingerprint

Other Hardware 3rd Party Boards
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#include <NewSoftSerial.h>
byte query[24] = {
  0x55, 0xAA, 0x50, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x01};

#define rxPin 2
#define txPin 3

NewSoftSerial fingerprint( rxPin, txPin );

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  fingerprint.begin(9600);
}

byte val;
int i ;
void loop() {
  for (i=0 ; i<24 ; i++){
    fingerprint.write(query[i]) ;
  }
  
  while(fingerprint.available()>0){
    val=fingerprint.read();
    Serial.print(val, HEX);
    Serial.print(" ");
  }
  delay(1000);
  Serial.println("--");
}

I have replaced

for (i=0 ; i<24 ; i++){
    fingerprint.print(query[i]) ;
  }

with 
for (i=0 ; i<24 ; i++){
    fingerprint.write(query[i]) ;
  }

fingerprint does not respond

with

for (i=0 ; i<24 ; i++){
    fingerprint.print(query[i],BYTE) ;
  }

fingerprint does not respond

why ?