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Automatic Emulation
Change mode
Bi-directional
printing
Bit
Bitmap fonts
Carriage return
Centroniq5 connector
Character code
Printer mode in which the printer
automatically senses which emu-
lation mode (Standard or IBM)
the computer requires, and
changes mode accordingly.
Mode in which the printer prints
graphics both from left to right
and from right to left.
Short for "binary digit". The
smallest unit of information ("On"
or "Off' – "1" or "O").
Fonts that can only be printed at
a particular size. The fonts which
you can select from the printer's
control panel are bitmap fonts.
An instruction from the printer
which tells the printer to move
the print position to the start of
the current line. See auto line
feed.
The type of connector which
plugs into the printer's interface
connector socket.
A
number which stands for a let-
ter, digit or symbol. A computer
sends text to the printer in the
form of character codes.
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