Intermec 4630 User Manual page 235

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Glossary
Online
The state in which the printer is able to carry out two-way communication with
the host.
Page
A group of labels that are always printed together. When labels on a page
share the same data, it reduces the number of commands that must be sent to
the printer.
Parallel
A communication scheme in which the bits of a byte are transferred
simultaneously over a multistrand cable.
Parameters
The operating limits of the printer.
Picket
A method of bar code printing in which the bars in the bar code are printed one
at a time, in a series. The bar code appears along the length of the label.
Pitch
(1) The number of characters printed in one horizontal inch determined by the
increment by which the printer platen moves. (2) Rotation of a bar code symbol
about an axis parallel to the direction of the bars.
Point Size
Font height; 72 points equals 1 inch as measured from slightly above the top of
the uppercase letters to slightly below the bottom of the lowercase descenders.
Polling Mode D
A protocol capable of controlling communications between multiple devices
and a single multiport controller.
Print Speed
Measured in inches per second (IPS), the rate at which media travels past the
printhead.
Printhead
The mechanism inside the printer that prints.
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