short tear-off

A feature that automatically feeds the perforation of continuous paper to the tear-off position for removal and then draws the paper back to the loading position. This position can be adjusted using the micro-adjustment feature. See also micro-adjustmentand

loading position.

slashed zero

open zero (0). Useful for clearly distinguishing between upper case O and zero when printing program lists, etc.

standby position

The position of continuous paper after you manually load it onto the first few pins of the tractor sprockets or after you eject loaded continuous paper using the LOAD/EJECT button. When continuous paper is in the standby position, you can load single sheets.

subscript

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

superscript

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

10 cpi

A character spacing with 10 characters per inch, sometimes called pica pitch. This is often the standard or default spacing.

tractor

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

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