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Glossary
A
Paper size that is 210 x 297
A4 paper.
mm (8.27 x 11.7 in.)
all-points-addressable (APA).
ability to address and print or not print
each picture element on a display
surface.
Software
application software.
products such as spreadsheets and
word-processing programs designed
for use on a personal computer.
An alarm that is
audible alarm.
activated when an event occurs that
may require operator attention or
intervention for printer operation. For
example, an out-of-paper condition.
Also called a beeper.
B
Printing in either
bidirectional.
direction, left-to-right or right-to-left.
A heavy-faced type; also called
bold.
boldface or emphasized.
Bits per second.
bps.
Temporary storage area for
buffer.
holding input or output data.
C
characters-per-inch (cpi).
of characters printed within an inch
horizontally across a page. Used to
The
measure the character spacing of a
printer.
characters-per-second (cps).
number of characters that are printed
in 1 second. Used to measure the
printing speed of a printer.
code page.
(characters) associated with unique
code values from 0 through 255. Code
page 437 is U.S.A. font and code page
850 is multilingual font.
condensed print mode.
in which character spacing is 17.1
characters per inch. Also called
compressed print mode.
continuous forms.
forms that feed continuously through
the printer, and are perforated to allow
you to tear them apart.
control code.
for print operations, such as line
spacing or carriage return.
The number
The
A set of 256 graphic designs
A print mode
Connected paper
A control character used
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