Printronix t8000 Administrator's Manual page 321

Default
Diagnostic
Direct Thermal Media
Direct Thermal Printing
DRAM
Fanfold Media
Flash Memory
Font
Host Computer
Interface
IPS
A value, parameter, attribute, or option that is
assigned by a program or system when another has
not been specified by the user.
Pertaining to the detection and isolation of a printer
malfunction or mistake.
Media coated with special chemicals that act as an
accelerator, acceptor dye, and binder. In Direct
Thermal mode, the heat from the selected
rectangular elements in the thermal printhead makes
direct contact with the media (no ribbon is used) and
causes a chemical reaction that creates the image
on the media.
A printing method in which no ribbon is used to
transfer data from the printhead to the media to
create an image. The thermal printhead selectively
heats small rectangular elements which make direct
contact with the coated media.
Dynamic Random Access Memory. Can be read
from or written to at any time. DRAM is volatile:
whatever is in DRAM is lost when power is turned
off.
Media supplied in a fanfold stack instead of a roll format.
Printer configurations, programs, downloaded files, and
fonts are stored in Flash Memory. Data in Flash are not
lost when power is turned off (Resident fonts are fonts
permanently stored in Flash and availalbe at any time, via
software commands.)
A collection of printing characteristics for printing
alphanumeric characters, all of which combine to produce
a distinctive style of print.
The computer that stores, processes, and sends data to
be printed, which communicates directly with the printer.
The term "host" is used to indicate the controlling
computer, since modern printers are themselves
microprocessor-controlled computer systems.
The hardware component used to link two devices by
common physical interconnection, signal, and functional
characteristics.
The speed at which the media is printed based on a
rate of Inches-Per-Second.
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