italic
A typestyle in which the characters slant. This sentence is italicized.
Letter Quality (LQ)
One of two print qualities available on your printer. Letter Quality provides better readability and appearance at a reduced print speed. See
also draft
line feed
A control code and control panel button that advance the paper one line space.
loading position
The position to which the paper is automatically loaded.
paper-park position
The position in which the paper is backed out of the paper path, but is still attached to the optional push tractor.
printable area
The area of a page in which print quality is assured. It is smaller than the physical size of the page due to margins.
proportional printing
Printing in which the width of the character varies from character to character. For example, a capital W receives much more space than a lowercase i. The result looks more like a typeset book than a typewritten draft.
push tractor
An optional, detachable device that automatically “pushes” continuous paper into the printer from the loading side.