GIossary

The following definitions apply specifically to printers.

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Printing In which the print head prints in both directions. This lraea!B the speed of printing.

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A c&&ion of letters, numbers, and symbols.

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Printing in which each character is approcdmately 60% of the width of standard characters Useful for fitting wicJe tables m spreadsheets onto paper.