draft

The print mode used by your printer when you select Draft as the font. The Draft font uses fewer dots per character for faster printing. See also letter quality.

driver

See printer driver.

ESC/P

Abbreviation for EPSON Standard Code for Printers, the system of commands your computer uses to control your printer. It is standard for all EPSON printers and supported by most application software for personal computers.

ESC/P2

The enhanced version of the ESC/P printer command language.

fanfold paper

See continuous paper.

font

A style of type designated by a name such as Roman or Sans Serif.

form feed (FF)

A control panel button and control code that advances the paper to the next top- of-form position.

halftoning

A method of using dot patterns to represent an image. Halftoning makes it possible to produce varying shades of gray using only black dots, or a nearly infinite array of colors using only a few colors of dots. See also dithering.

hex dump

A troubleshooting feature that helps identify the cause of communication problems between the printer and the computer. When the printer is in hex dump mode, it prints each code that it receives in hexadecimal notation as well as in ASCII codes that stand for characters. Also called data dump.

interface

The connection (via a cable) between the computer and the printer through which print data is transmitted to the printer.

landscape

Printing that is oriented sideways on the page. This orientation gives you a page that is wider than it is high and is useful for printing spreadsheets. See also portrait.

letter quality (LQ)

The print mode used by your printer, printing with letter-qualityfonts provides better readability and appearance at a reduced print speed. See also draft.

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