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Park position
Permanent memory
Pitch
Platen
Proportional spacing
Protocol
Rear feed
Resident fonts
RS-232C interface
Self-test
User's Manual
The position in which continuous forms paper is retracted or
"parked" on the rear forms tractors. When continuous forms paper is
loaded, it moves forward from the park position to the platen.
Memory that retains information even when power is turned off. The
printer's permanent memory retains the default settings specified
using the printer setup mode.
Characters per horizontal inch (cpi).
A hard rubber cylinder that moves paper forward during printing.
Character spacing in which wide characters occupy more space than
do narrow characters. For example, characters such as "W" or
"M"occupy more horizontal space than do characters such as "i" or
"l." Many soft fonts are proportionally spaced. Sometimes
designated PS, proportional spacing is the opposite of monospacing.
A set of instructions that control how data is transmitted between
devices such as a computer and printer.
In rear feed, paper is fed from the rear of the printer. The forms tractor
unit pushes paper into the printer.
Fonts present (resident) in the printer's permanent memory. For this
printer, the resident fonts are Courier 10, Prestige Elite 12, Pica 10,
OCR-B 10, OSR-A 10, Boldface PS, Compressed font,
Correspondence, Draft, and High-speed Draft. Unlike soft fonts,
resident fonts can always be accessed.
A type of serial interface. See Serial interface.
A test that determines whether the printer is working correctly. Test
pages are printed to show print quality and verify whether all
characters print. The self-test only tests the printer. It does not test
how thecomputer works with the printer.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
GL-5
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