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.

line feed (LF)

A control panel button and control code that advances the paper one line space.

micro adjust

A printer feature that allows you to precisely adjust the tear-off and top-of-form positions.

paper positions

There are three paper positions for continuous paper printing: standby, tear-off, and top-of-form. For single sheet printing, there is only the top-of-form position. See also standby position, tear-off position, and top-of-form position. For detailed information on these positions, see “Paper positions” on page 5 of the Glossary.

pitch

The size of the font, which is measured in the number of characters per inch (cpi). The standard is 10 cpi. See also characters per inch.

platen

The black roller that provides a backing for the paper during printing.

portrait

Printing that is oriented upright on the page (as opposed to landscape, in which printing is sideways on the page). This is the standard orientation for printing letters or documents. See also landscape.

printable area

The area of a page on which the printer can print. It is smaller than the physical size of the page due to margins.

printer driver

A software program that runs, or “drives,” a printer. Printer drivers send commands to your printer to tell it how to print your print job.

proportional font

A font whose characters take up varying amounts of horizontal space depending on the width of the character. Thus the uppercase M takes up more horizontal space than the lowercase l.

reset

To return a printer to its default settings.

resolution

A measure of the amount of detail that can be represented. Resolution of printed images is measured using the number of dots per inch (dpi).

self test

A method used to check the operation of the printer. When you run the

self test, the printer prints the characters stored in its ROM (Read Only Memory).

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