Print Quality - Epson LX-810 User Manual

platen
The black roller that provides the backing for the paper during
printing.

print quality

Your printer has two types of print quality; draft and near letter
quality (NLQ). Draft is for high-speed, draft-quality jobs; Near
letter quality is used to produce more polished documents.
pull tractor unit
An optional device that feeds continuous paper and multi-part
forms through the printer.
push tractor
A built-in device that feeds continuous paper through the printer.
Random Access Memory. The portion of the printer's memory
used as a buffer and as a place for storing user-defined characters.
All data stored in RAM is lost when the printer is turned off.
reset
To completely reset the printer settings to their initial default
status using the ESC @ command. Unlike initializing the printer,
however, a reset does not clear the user-defined character set from
the input data buffer.
self test
A method of checking the operation of the printer. When the self
test is run, the printer prints out its current DIP switch settings
and the characters that are stored in its ROM (Read Only
Memory).
serial interface
A serial interface transmits data one bit at a time. See also
interface.
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