Fujitsu DL3800 manual Glossary of Terms

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Byte

Carriage return (CR)

Centronics interface Column

Command set

Condensed print

Continuous forms

Control panel

cpi

cps

Cut sheets

Cut sheet feeder

Abyte consists of eight bits that constitute one symbol. A byte represents a single character, such as number, letter, or special control character.

The return of the print head carriage to the beginning of the next line.

A type of parallel interface. See Parallel interface.

A vertical section on a printed page. M3389A/B can print 136- column pages and M3388A/B can print 80-column pages at 10- pitch (10 characters per inch).

A set of print and format commands used to control the printer. Each printer has its own resident command sets embedded in the printer firmware. These command sets are actuated by codes sent from the host computer.

Print that uses “condensed” characters. Condensed characters are narrower than regular characters. Using condensed print increases the number of characters per line.

Connected, fan-folded sheets of paper that are fed into the printer using forms tractors. The fan-folded sheets are separated by tearing them at their perforations.

A panel containing the printer indicators and buttons. The control panel is used to control printer operations, such as loading paper, selecting print features, and changing setup options.

Characters per horizontal inch. Also referred to as pitch. For example, 12-pitch means 12 cpi.

Characters per second.

See Single sheets.

An option that replaces the cut sheet stand. The cut sheet feeder allows automatic loading from a stack of paper.

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