Toshiba B-EV4D owner manual Glossaries, Bar code

GLOSSARIES

Bar code

A code which represents alphanumeric characters by using a series of black and white stripes in different widths. Bar codes are used in various industrial fields: Manufacturing, Hospitals, Libraries, Retail, Transportation, Warehousing, etc. Reading bar codes is a fast and accurate means of capturing data while keyboard entry tends to be slow and inaccurate.

Batch mode

Issue mode that continuously prints media until the required number has been printed.

Black mark

A mark printed on the media enabling the printer to detect the correct start position of the media, helping to maintain constant print position.

Black mark sensor

A reflective sensor that detects the difference between a black mark and the print area to find the print start position.

Cut mode

Printer mode of operation where an (optional) cutter module is installed to automatically cut media from the supply roll after they are printed. The print command can specify to cut every media or to cut after a set number of media have been printed.

Direct thermal printing

A printing method using no ribbon, but thermal media which reacts to heat. The thermal print head heats the thermal media directly, causing print image to be printed on the media.

DPI

Dots Per Inch

A unit used to express print density or resolution.

Feed gap sensor

A transmissive sensor that detects the difference between the gap between labels and the label itself, to find the print start position of the label.

Font

A complete set of alphanumeric characters in one style of type. E.g. Helvetica, Courier, Times

Gap

Distance from the bottom of one label to the top of the next label.

IPS

Inch per second

A unit used to express print speed.

Label

A type of media with adhesive backing supplied on a backing paper.

Media

Material on which images are printed by the printer. Label, tag paper, fanfold paper, perforated paper, etc.

Printer driver

A software program that will convert the application program’s printing request into the language that the printer understands.

Print head element

The thermal print head consists of a single line of tiny resistive elements which when current is allowed to flow through them it heats up causing a small dot to be burned onto thermal paper or a small dot of ink to be transferred from a thermal ribbon to ordinary paper.

Printing speed

The speed at which printing occurs. This speed is expressed in units of IPS (inches per second).

Resolution

The degree of detail to which an image can be duplicated. The minimum unit of divided image is called a pixel. As the resolution becomes higher, the number of pixels increases, resulting in a more detailed image.

Strip mode

One of the printer modes of operation where an optional strip module is installed to separate printed labels from the backing paper one by one.