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A basic unit of information consisting of 8 bits. One byte can represent any ASCII character or any number
between 0 and 255.
Cable.
The term cable generally denotes an interface cable_the wire and connectors used to attach the printer to the
computer. Interface cables can be either parallel or serial.
Carriage return.
A carriage return is simply a command (ASCII character 13 decimal) that prints the current line in the printers
buffer. It generally returns the printhead to the first (left) printing position. The paper is not rolled up to the next
line, however, unless an Auto LF feature is on.
Character set.
Most printers have several available character sets. They may differ along several lines_by style (font) as in
Utility and Letter Quality; by size, as in Pica, Elite, and Condensed; or by other features, such as Italic, Graphic,
Line-Drawing, etc.
Character size.
Character size for dot-matrix printers is generally defined in terms of characters per inch_10 cpi (Pica), 12 cpi
(Elite) and 17.1 or 20 cpi (Condensed).
Characters per inch.
A measure of the width of characters. Note that 10 cpi characters are wider than 17 cpi characters.
Condensed.
A printing style in which the characters are very narrow. It is generally used for printing material that is too wide
for conventional type.
Continuous forms
. Paper with pin feed holes along the sides. Individual sheets are joined with perforated edges, forming one long
sheet which may be fed continuously through the printer by a tractor feed.
Cpi.
See Characters per inch.
Cut Sheet Feeder.
A mechanism that attaches to the printer, permitting it to print continuously from a stack of standard sheets rather
than continuous forms.
Cut sheets.
Single sheets or forms which are not perforated.
Default.
The default settings are the settings built into a machine and assumed whenever a disruption_such as a power loss
or a reset command_clears settings selected by the operator.
Descender.
Printing below a characters baseline; character tails, for example, such as those in p, y, j, g, etc. Sometimes also
used to denote a character which contains a part below the baseline.
DOS.
Disk Operating System: For personal computers, the DOS is generally either MS-DOS or PC-DOS. The operating
system is the computers basic command level.
Double width.
A double width character is twice as wide as a normal character. A double width 10 cpi character, for example,
would be printed at 5 cpi. This feature is useful for creating headlines.
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