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Glossary of Terms
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A color depth for an image that uses 8 bits for each color (red, blue, | |
| green) combining the possible 256 shades to provide a color depth |
| of 16.7 million colors. |
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AC - Alternating | An electrical current that reverses its direction at regular intervals |
Current | (typically 50 - 60 times a second). |
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Access Card | The card for the SmartGuard security system. A cared with |
| embedded electronics that can be removed from the Printer, locking |
| the Printer and preventing unauthorized use. |
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Adhesion | The firm attachment of a material to the card surface, confirmed by |
| using the Tape Test |
| (Scotch 600 or equivelent) off the card at 1 sec/in to see if any |
| material is pulled off by the tape. |
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Algebraic | A type of color matching that takes the colors value of pixels and |
| applies them to an algebraic equation to adjust the levels of hue, |
| saturation and brightness. |
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ANSI (American | The United States Representative to ISO, providing standardization |
National Standards | for U.S. Manufactures prior or in addition, to acceptance by ISO. |
Institute) |
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AS400 | An IBM operating system running on a main frame. DTC500 Fargo |
| Printers are built with fonts saved in the Printer memory so users of |
| AS400 can write escape codes and print from the Printer. |
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ASCII (American | A standard for processing information in computer processors. An |
Standard Code for | |
Information | numbers, letters, punctuation and special characters. |
Interchange) |
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AT | Refers to an IBM standard in early computing with regard to the |
| chipset and function of the parallel port, set up in the BIOS. |
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B (Black) | Black |
| panel using resin by the use of B for dye sub black. K denotes resin |
| black. |
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