Glossary - Lexmark Forms Printer 4227 Plus User Manual

Glossary

A
Paper size that is 210 x 297
A4 paper.
mm (8.27 x 11.7 in.)
all-points-addressable (APA).
ability to address and print or not print
each picture element on a display
surface.
Software
application software.
products such as spreadsheets and
word-processing programs designed
for use on a personal computer.
An alarm that is
audible alarm.
activated when an event occurs that
may require operator attention or
intervention for printer operation. For
example, an out-of-paper condition.
Also called a beeper.
automatic interface switching.
function that senses the active
interface.
B
Printing left-to-right
bidirectional.
then right-to-left.
A heavy-faced type; also called
bold.
boldface or emphasized.
Bits per second.
bps.
Temporary storage area for
buffer.
holding input or output data.
The
C
characters-per-inch (cpi).
of characters printed within an inch
horizontally across a page. Used to
measure the character spacing of a
printer.
characters-per-second (cps).
number of characters that are printed
in 1 second. Used to measure the
printing speed of a printer.
code page.
(characters) associated with unique
code values from 0 through 255. Code
page 437 is U.S.A. font and code page
Printer
850 is multilingual font. Code page 858
contains the
character.
condensed print mode.
in which character spacing is 17.1
characters per inch. Also called
compressed print mode.
The number
The
A set of 256 graphic designs
A print mode
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