Epson EPL-8000 User Manual page 315

electrophotographic process
The printing method used by your printer. In this process, a
low-power laser is used to expose selected portions of a revolving
photosensitive drum. Toner is then attracted to the exposed areas
of the drum to form a mirror image of the page to be printed. The
toner adhering to the drum is then transferred to the surface of the
paper where it is fused in place using a process combining heat
and pressure.
Epson Extended Graphics
A symbol set containing international accented characters, Greek
characters, and character graphics for printing lines, corners, and
shaded areas.
(escape) code
ESC
A special control code used to begin most printer commands.
ESC/P
An abbreviation of Epson Standard Code for Printers. This system
of printer commands lets you perform software control of your
printer from your computer. It is standard for all Epson printers
and supported by most application software for personal
computers.
fixed pitch
Refers to the character spacing of a font in which the width is the
same for all characters, as distinguished from proportional spacing.
For fixed-pitch fonts, narrow characters such as lowercase i take up
as much space as wider characters such as uppercase W.
font
The complete character set of a given design and size. A font is
specified by the following parameters: orientation, symbol set,
spacing, pitch, point size, typeface, style, and weight.
GL-4
Glossary