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Glossary of Terms

Term	Definition
24-bit color	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.
AC - Alternating	An electrical current that reverses its direction at regular intervals
Current	(typically 50 - 60 times a second).
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.
Adhesion	The firm attachment of a material to the card surface, confirmed by
	using the Tape Test -pulling an applied piece of adhesive tape
	(Scotch 600 or equivelent) off the card at 1 sec/in to see if any
	material is pulled off by the tape.
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.
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)
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.
ASCII (American	A standard for processing information in computer processors. An
Standard Code for	8-bit character set of 255 decimal numbers, each assigned to
Information	numbers, letters, punctuation and special characters.
Interchange)
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.
B (Black)	Black Dye-Sublimation panels are distinguished from the black
	panel using resin by the use of B for dye sub black. K denotes resin
	black.
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