factory default
Factory defaults refer to the settings that are selected for the printer at the factory. These settings are used unless you override them by sending escape sequences.
fixed pitch spacing
Equal spacing for each characters of the same character set. In printing a fixed pitch font, each character, whether narrow or wide, takes up the same amount of space.
fixed pitch font
A font in which all characters take up the same amount of space. An “i” takes as much space as a “w”.
font
A complete set of characters of the same size and style; a particular implementation of a typeface. For example, 12 point, Courier bold.
font characteristics
Font characteristics determine the appearance of a printed font. These characteristics include orientation, character height, style, stroke weight, and typeface.
form feed
A printer function that automatically ejects the current page and advances the printer to the top of the next page.
graphic
A written, printed, or electronically displayed symbol or drawing. Also characters or text that has been generated by a computer graphics application program.
greyscale
The variation of colour between black and white as a result of different intensities of black ink.
halftone
Shades of grey or shades of colours produced by mapping dots to be printed. For colour printing, different coloured dots of ink are placed closely together to create illusions of other colours.
hexadecimal
Numbers represented in base 16. Digits
Glossary
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