Fujitsu DL3800 manual Interface, Offline Online

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Interface	A connection that allows communication from one part of a
	system to another. For example, electrical signals are
	transferred between the computer and printer over an interface
	cable.

Kbyte Letter size

Line feed (LF)

Line spacing

lpi

Monospacing

Nonresident font

Normal mode

Kilobyte. 1K byte equals 1024 bytes.

A standard paper size used in the United States and other countries. Paper is 8-1/2 × 11 inches (215.9 × 279.4 mm).

A signal to the printer that advances the paper forward one line. Line feeds can be executed either by your software or by pressing the LF/FF button on the printer control panel.

The vertical spacing between lines, measured in lines per inch.

Lines per inch. Used to measure line spacing.

Character spacing in which each printed character has the same width. Also called fixed pitch, monospacing is the opposite of proportional spacing. Typewriter or computer- printed text is typically monospaced.

Fonts not present (resident) in the printer’s permanent memory. Soft fonts and fonts on font cards are examples of nonresident fonts.

One of the printer’s two operating modes. In normal mode, the control panel can be used to perform everyday printer operations, such as loading and unloading paper, feeding paper, and selecting print features. See also Setup mode.

Offline

Online

When the printer is offline, it receives commands from the printer control panel rather than from the computer. “Offline” indicates that the printer is not “online” with the computer.

When the printer is online, it is ready to receive or is receiving commands from the computer. The printer must be online to print.

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