Automatic Emula-
tion Change mode
Automatic Sheet
Feeder
Bi-directional
printing
Bit
Bitmap fonts
Bottom feed
Carnage return
Centronics connector
Printer mode in which the
printer automatically senses
which emulation mode (Stan-
dard or IBM) the computer
requires, and changes mode
accordingly.
An optional device which allows
anumber of cut sheets to be
stacked into ahopper, and fed
one at a time through the
printer.
Mode in which the printer prints
graphics both from left to right
and from right to left.
Short for “binary digit”. The
smallest unit of information
(“On” or “Off’ -“l” or “O”).
Fonts that can only be printed at
aparticular size. The fonts
which you can select from the
printer’s control panel are bit-
map fonts.
The way in which fanfold paper
is fed upward through the bot-
tom of the printer (as opposed to
the way in which it is fed from
the back of the printer).
An instruction from the printer
which tells the printer to move
the print position to the start of
the current line. See auto line
feed.
The type of connector which
plugs into the printer’s interface
connector socket.
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