Printronix SL4M User Manual page 241

Interface
IPS
Label Liner (backing) The material labels are attached to during their
Label Taken Sensor
Media
Media Sensor
Memory
Nonvolatile Memory
NVRAM
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.
manufacturing process. Attachment is usually
accomplished with an adhesive. After printing, labels
can be easily removed from the liner and the liner
discarded or recycled.
A sensor located at the front of the printer to detect
the presence of a label extended out the front of the
printer. The sensor is used only during Peel-Off
Media Handling to sense a label and then detect its
removal prior to printing the next label.
Material onto which data is printed by the printer. The
types of media supported by the printer are die-cut
labels or tag stock, supplied in roll or fanfold format.
Media is further described by the type of sensing
used to detect the Top-of-Form position based on the
label length indicators used. Transmissive (Gap)
media uses a liner gap, notch, or hole between
labels, and Reflective (Mark) media uses a horizontal
black mark located on the underside of the tag stock
or label liner. Continuous media (with no label length
indicators) uses no sensing method, and the
operator determines which label length is desired.
The sensor used to detect the presence of media in
the paper path as well as the gap, notch, or hole
position of Transmissive media or the horizontal
black mark on Reflective media.
See RAM, Nonvolatile Memory, DRAM, and Flash
Memory.
Nonvolatile memory stores variables that must be
preserved when the printer is turned off, such as
configuration parameters and printer usage statistics.
Nonvolatile memory is preserved because RAM is
housed on the controller board, which contains an
independent, battery-operated power supply. When
printer power is turned off, the battery supplies the
power needed to keep stored data active. Nonvolatile
memory also includes storage in disk.
Acronym of Nonvolatile Random-Access Memory.
See Nonvolatile Memory.
241