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hammers mounted on a rapidly oscillating shuttle. The
hammers fire simultaneously to print entire dot rows
(hence lines) at a time.
serif
A short line stemming from and at an angle to the upper
or lower end of the stroke of a letter or number character.
A
set
To turn on, activate, invoke, or enable.
shadow printing
A typeface with a heavy line thickness produced by
doublestriking. The printer forms a character, then prints
it again, but fractionally offset from the first position.
See also bold, character weight.
shuttle
The subassembly in a line matrix printer that includes the
hammer bank assembly, plus some or all of the drive
mechanism.
size, type
See point.
slewing
Rapid vertical paper movement.
soft reset
See warm start.
SOH
Abbrev. for Start Of Header.
spacing
See font, proportional and font, monospaced.
start bit
The signal that indicates the start of a character or
element in a serial data stream.
stop bit
The signal that indicates the end of a character or
element in a serial data stream.
string
Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit.
See type style.
style, type
symbol set
See character set.
TOF
Abbrev. for Top Of Form; also written top-of-form.
true
On or 1. "High true" refers to a positive relative voltage
representing the ON state; "low true" refers to a zero or
negative relative voltage representing the ON state.
twinax
Twinaxial cable. An electrical signal conductor consisting
of two wires surrounded by insulation and a braided
shield. Used to connect computers to input or output
devices.
type family
See typeface.
type size
See point.
type style
Refers to either the upright or italic character style in a
specific font family. Roman is upright, italic is slanted.
serif
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