Section 14: Glossary Of Terms - Fargo DTC550 User Manual

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Section 14: Glossary of Terms

Term
24-bit color
AC - Alternating
Current
Access Card
Adhesion
Algebraic
ANSI (American
National Standards
Institute)
AS400
ASCII (American
Standard Code for
Information
Interchange)
AT
B (Black)
DTC550 Direct to Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 2.8)
Definition
A color depth for an image that uses 8 bits for each color (red,
blue, green) combining the possible 256 shades to provide a color
depth of 16.7 million colors.
An electrical current that reverses its direction at regular intervals
(typically 50 - 60 times a second).
The card for the SmartGuard security system. A cared with
embedded electronics that can be removed from the Printer,
locking the Printer and preventing unauthorized use.
The firm attachment of a material to the card surface, confirmed
by using the Tape Test -pulling an applied piece of adhesive tape
(Scotch 600 or equivelent) off the card at 1 sec/in to see if any
material is pulled off by the tape.
A type of color matching that takes the colors value of pixels and
applies them to an algebraic equation to adjust the levels of hue,
saturation and brightness.
The United States Representative to ISO, providing
standardization for U.S. Manufactures prior or in addition, to
acceptance by ISO.
An IBM operating system running on a main frame. DTC550
Fargo Printers are built with fonts saved in the Printer memory so
users of AS400 can write escape codes and print from the Printer.
A standard for processing information in computer processors.
An 8-bit character set of 255 decimal numbers, each assigned to
numbers, letters, punctuation and special characters.
Refers to an IBM standard in early computing with regard to the
chipset and function of the Parallel Port, set up in the BIOS.
Black Dye-Sublimation panels are distinguished from the black
panel using resin by the use of B for Dye-Sublimation black. K
denotes resin black.
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