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Following is a list of terms you must be familiar with to write printer applications.

T e r m	Definition

Application	The programmer-defined buffer in the
Buffer	application used to save the data from a scan.
Attribute	The way a character appears on the printer’s
	display: in normal or reverse video.
Calibrate	The automated process where the printer
	determines the size, length and type of the
	supplies it is using.
Display Page	Any of four virtual pages that the printer can
	display (one at a time) on the physical display.
	An application can write data to a display page
	behind-the-scenes, and display it when ready.
Motion Control	The printer subsystem that controls how paper
subsystem	feeds through the printer.
MPCL	Monarch Printer Control Language. This
	language contains commands that drive the
	printer. Refer to the Packet Reference Manual
	for more information.
Packet	A unit of MPCL commands. For example, to
	print a particular label, the application writes a
	particular group of MPCL commands to the
	print subsystem. This group is enclosed in
	braces and is known as a packet. Refer to the
	Packet Reference Manual for more information.
Print subsystem	The part of the printer that controls printing.
ROM-DOS	The MS -DOS 6.22-compatible operating system
	that the printer runs. Datalight manufactures it.

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