Toshiba B-492L Owner's Manual page 81

GLOSSARIES
GLOSSARIES
Bar code
A code which represents alphanumeric characters
by using a series of black and white stripes in
different widths. Bar codes are used in various
industrial fields:
Libraries, Retail, Transportation, Warehousing, etc.
Reading bar codes is a fast and accurate means of
capturing data while keyboard entry tends to be
slow and inaccurate.
Batch mode
Issue mode that continuously prints media until the
required number has been printed.
Black mark
A mark printed on the media enabling the printer to
detect the correct start position of the media,
helping to maintain constant print position.
Black mark sensor
A reflective sensor that detects the difference
between a black mark and the print area to find the
print start position.
DPI
Dots Per Inch
A unit used to express print density or resolution.
Expansion I/O interface
This interface allows the printer to be connected to
an external device such as a applicator and to
receive feed, print start, and pause signals from
that device and to send back print, pause, and error
status signals to the external device.
Feed gap sensor
A transmissive sensor that detects the difference
between the gap between labels and the label itself,
to find the print start position of the label.
Font
A complete set of alphanumeric characters in one
style of type. E.g. Helvetica, Courier, Times
Gap
Distance from the bottom of one label to the top of
the next
Manufacturing, Hospitals,
IPS
Inchs per second
A unit used to express print speed.
KB-80 keyboard interface
This interface allows the B-492L/R printer to
connect to the optional KB-80 keyboard providing
it with a standalone capability. Label programs
may be stored in the KB-80 flash memory and
labels can be printed using data input through the
keyboard instead of from a host computer.
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
Installed on the operation panel and displays
operation modes, error messages and so on.
Label
A type of media with adhesive backing supplied on
a backing paper.
Media
Material on which images are printed by the
printer. Label, tag paper, fanfold paper, perforated
paper, etc.
PCMCIA interface
An optional interface board that may be installed in
the B-492L/R printer to allow the use of the small
credit card sized PC cards such as flash memory
cards and LAN cards. PCMCIA is the acronym for
Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association.
Printer driver
A software program that will convert the
application program's printing request into the
language that the printer understands.
Print head element
The thermal print head consists of a single line of
tiny resistive elements which when current is
allowed to flow through them it heats up causing a
small dot to be burned onto thermal paper or a
small dot of ink to be transferred from a thermal
ribbon to ordinary paper.
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