NEC SuperScript 100C User Manual page 69

Glossary
ASCII-table
ASF
BIM
bit
BOF
buffer
byte
character generator
character set
compressed printing
condensed printing
cpi
dB (decibel)
default
dot matrix
dot size
double width
printing
driver
economy print mode
elementary spacing
emulation
ESCAPE character
ESCAPE sequence
factory settings
firmware
font
handshaking
hexdump
initialization
interface
American Standard Code of Information Interchange);
standardized code and character assignment table from 0 to
127 decimal.
(Automatic Sheet Feeder); paper insertion device
incorporated in the upper rear part of the printer.
(Bit Image Mode); graphic printing mode, in which a byte is
not interpreted as character. Its bits cause the individual
nozzles of the print head to print or not.
Smallest information item; a signal set to 0 or 1. Eight
bits make one byte (character).
(Bottom Of Form); the area at the foot of each form, in
which printing will not be possible (it will be skipped
automatically).
Built-in memory in the printer, in which data will be stored
until it is printed.
Standard unit for character/symbol representation. A byte
consists of 8 bits.
A resident printer program, which converts a character code
(byte) into a pixel matrix for printing.
Assignment table between a code and a specific printable
character (usually in connection with national languages).
See "condensed printing"
A print mode which normally has a character spacing density
higher than 12 cpi (16.6 or 20 cpi).
Characters per inch; indicates the number of characters
which can be printed in one inch.
Unit of measurement for sound.
The standard initial setting of a feature or a parameter.
Can usually be modified.
Printing technology which creates characters (and graphics)
by the composition of programmed columns of dots.
Size of the smallest element used to create the character
image (default value: 1/72 in).
Each character (even SPACE) is stretched horizontally to
double the nominal pitch width.
Software program which controls output to the printer and
does necessary code conversions between application program
and printer.
Low dot resolution print mode. Allows ink saving.
Smallest possible horizontal or vertical movement of the
print head.
Set of commands that can be interpreted by the printer
and/or driver
The special character with the decimal value 27 (ESC), which
tells the printer that the following character(s) form a
control sequence.
A set of characters, starting with the ESC character, which
controls an action of the printer as defined by its
emulation.
Printer settings defined by the manufacturer; also known
as default settings (see item).
The built-in control intelligence of the printer which
cannot be changed by the user.
A set of characters available in a certain typeface and
size (see also items "cpi" and "point size").
The signal exchange between the printer and the
controlling system, which regulates the loading of data to
the printer's buffer and avoids overflow of this buffer.
A printing mode in which the transmitted characters (and
also control codes) are printed as two digit hexadecimal
codes. Used for debugging.
The process at printer switch-on in which the printer
executes an automatic self-diagnosis of its hardware and
loads the settings as defined in programming (set up).
Reset by command also causes (re-)initialization of the
printer (but without hardware check).
Physical (with cable) and logical (synchronization and
interpretation of signals) connection of the printer with