Fujitsu DL3800 manual GL-5

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Parallel interface

Park position

Permanent memory

Pitch

Platen

Proportional spacing

Protocol

Rear feed

Resident fonts

RS-232C interface

A standard computer interface. Information is transferred between devices over separate wires, allowing all of the bits that make up the character to be transmitted simultaneously (in parallel).

The position in which continuous forms paper is retracted or “parked” on the rear forms tractors. When continuous forms paper is loaded, it moves forward from the park position to the platen.

Memory that retains information even when power is turned off. The printer’s permanent memory retains the default settings specified using the printer setup mode.

Characters per horizontal inch (cpi).

A hard rubber cylinder that moves paper forward during printing.

Character spacing in which wide characters occupy more space than do narrow characters. For example, characters such as “W” or “M”occupy more horizontal space than do characters such as “i” or “l.” Many soft fonts are proportionally spaced. Sometimes designated PS, proportional spacing is the opposite of monospacing.

A set of instructions that control how data is transmitted between devices such as a computer and printer.

In rear feed, paper is fed from the rear of the printer. The forms tractor unit must be installed at the rear of the printer. The forms tractor unit pushes paper into the printer.

Fonts present (resident) in the printer’s permanent memory. For this printer, the resident fonts are Courier 10, Prestige Elite 12, Pica 10, OCR-B 10, OSR-A 10, Boldface PS, Compressed font, Correspondence, Draft, and High-speed Draft. Unlike soft fonts, resident fonts can always be accessed.

A type of serial interface. See Serial interface.

Glossary

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