Printek FormsPro 4000se Series, PrintMaster 850 Series, FormsMaster 8000se Series manual Glossary

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Glossary

 

LQ

Letter Quality.

MSB

Most significant bit. In a character, this refers to bit seven (of 0 to 7).

octal

Base eight numbering system. Digits are represented by the characters 0 through 7.

off-line

Refers to the state of the printer when the ”ONLINE” indicator is any color other

 

than solid green and the printer does not respond to the host computer.

on-line

Refers to the state of the printer when the ”ONLINE” indicator is solid green and

 

the printer is responding to the commands and text received from the host

 

computer.

OQ

Optical Quality.

parity

A method used for detecting errors within a single character transmitted or received

 

via an interface.

reset

Initialization of various operating parameters of the printer to the value or state

 

assumed when the printer is powered on.

top of form

The vertical position where the first line is printed on the paper. Also the position

 

the paper is advanced to when a form feed (FF) character is received from the host

 

or the Form Feed button is pressed on the printer's control panel.

tractors

Devices which control the movement of the paper through the printer.

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Printek FormsPro 4000se Series, PrintMaster 850 Series, FormsMaster 8000se Series manual Glossary