Glossary - Epson DFX-8000 User Manual

Glossary

The following definitions apply specifically to printers.
application program
A wftware program
as word processing or financial planning.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A
standardized coding system for
and symbols.
auto line feed
When this feature is selected using a DIP switch, each carriage
return code (CR) is automatically followed by a line feed (LP) code.
baud rate
A
measure of the speed of data transmission. Usually expressed in
bits per second (bps).
bidirectional printing
Printing in which the print head moves from left to right on every
other line and from right to left on the others. This increases the
printing speed.
See number systems.
bit
A
binary digit (0 or 11, which is the smallest unit of information
used by a printer or computer. See a2so number systems.
helps you carry
that
assigning
out a particular task, such
numerical codes to letters
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