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Connector

A coupler used to join a cable to a device or to another cable. Connectors are identified as male or female. A male connector has one or more exposed pins or prongs. A female connector has one or more receptacles designed to accept the pins on the male connector.

Connector Box

A piece of equipment consisting of a small box with a built-in cable that links the printer to the LocalTalk cable system.

Consumables

Supplies, such as paper, transparencies, and toner.

Control Panel

The area on the front of the printer consisting of eight keys that allow you to configure the printer and perform frequently used operations, four LEDs (light-emitting diodes) that identify various printer status information, and an LCD (liquid crystal display) message window that provides status information ad configuration menus.

Controller

The software that controls the engine of a printer. The controller is the intelligence of the printer.

Crown

A multitasking operating system architecture developed by QMS and used in the QMS 1660 Print System.

Default

A printer control panel setting used in the absence of a application selection. See also factory default.

Download

Transfer information from one device to another. Downloaded fonts and emulations are not built into the printer. They are transferred from the computer and temporarily stored in the printer's memory (until the printer is turned off) or on a hard disk.

Glossary

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