Glossary Of Terms - Citronix ci5200 Technical & Service Manual

Glossary Of Terms

Alphanumeric Letter or number characters.
Attribute A characteristic or distinctive feature.
Backlash The ability to detect direction of line travel, enabling the print to be suspended
when travelling in opposite direction and restart at the appropriate place.
BUP Break up point, below nozzle plate and within charge electrode, where jet breaks
into drops.
CIJ Continuous Ink Jet
Compact Flash This is a memory card used to store vital printer information. It is located on the
SBC.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol used to assign dynamic IP
addresses on a dynamic network.
DNS Domain Name System. This system converts domain names into IP addresses.
Drop Ink drop. Also used as a unit of measurement in measuring character or font
height.
Element (Relating to Barcodes) Is any individual bar or space
Ethernet This is the LAN (Local Area Network) technology used to connect the printer to
other devices.
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
PPR Pulses Per Revolution. Number of pulses for 1 complete revolution of a shaft
encoder.
Print Trigger The internal trigger signal to initiate printing
Product Detect The signal received from either an external device (product sensor) or internally, to
start the printing process. i.e. if no delays or offsets are set, this will generate the
print trigger signal immediately.
Range Information presented by the printer - the range between which the value should
appear.
Raster The set of charge voltages that create a print stroke. Rasters are specifically
designed to accommodate drop size characteristics, number of lines of print and
the required print quality.
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