standby position

The position the paper is in after you manually load it onto the first few pins of the tractor sprockets. When the printer switches tractors, it feeds the paper on the previously selected tractor back to this position.

subscripts

Printing in which each character is printed at about two-thirds the normal height in the lower part of the character space.

superscripts

Printing in which each character is printed at about two-thirds the normal height in the upper part of the character space.

10cpi

A character spacing with 10 characters per inch. This is the printer’s default character spacing.

TEAR OFF button

A button that lets you use the short tear-off feature. See short tear-off.

tear-off position

The position the printer feeds the paper to when you press the TEAR OFF button. Using the micro-adjustment feature, you can adjust this position so that the paper’s perforation meets the printer’s tear-off edge.

top of form position

The position on the paper that the printer recognizes as the first printable line. The printer feeds the paper to this position when it loads the paper. You can change this position using the micro- adjustment feature.

tractor

The part of the printer that feeds continuous paper through the printer by gripping the holes along the paper’s sides.

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