Star Micronics LC-8521 user manual Appendix F Glossary

Letter-quality font.

Printer mode in which the printer will not accept data or continue printing. Printer mode in which the printer is ready to print.

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Appendix F: Glossary

adjustment lever

Controls the darkness of the printing by adjusting for the thickness of the paper you are printing on.

Centronics cable

Parallel cable normally used to connect the printer to the computer.

control code

A numeric code that instructs the printer to perform an operation. For example, the computer sends the printer a form feed control code (12) to tell it to eject the current page.

Electronic DIP Switch settings

Printer settings that take effect when you switch on the printer. You can change these settings using the control panel.

emulation

Ability of one printer to act like (emulate) another type of printer.

hexadecimal dump

Printout of all character codes and control codes as they are received by the printer, along with their hexadecimal values.

multi-part forms

Forms that consist of more than one sheet. This printer can print on forms that have up to seven sheets.

LQ font off-line on-line

paper parking

Moving fanfold paper into a position that allows printing of cut-sheets without removing the fanfold paper from the printer.

print head

The component of the printer that transfers the image to the paper.

Quiet mode

Mode that reduces printing noise. Also reduces printing speed.

release lever

Releases the paper. This lever must be in the cut-sheet position for cut-sheet paper and in the fanfold position for fanfold paper.

serial-to-parallel interface converter

Option that makes it possible to connect the printer to a computer via a serial interface instead of the standard Centronics parallel interface.

tear-off function

Function that moves fanfold paper to a position where it can be torn off.

tractors

Mechanisms that control the movement of fanfold paper.