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Print gap
Print head
Print head shield
Print pitch
Printable area
Printer driver
Proportionally spaced
font
Protocol
Quiet mode
Ready mode
Release lever
Reverse micro feed
The distance between the print
head and the platen. This dis-
tance can be adjusted to suit dif-
ferent thicknesses of paper.
Printer part that transfers the
image to the paper.
Athin metal plate between the
print head and the platen.
See pitch.
The part of the page on which
the printer can print.
Computer file which enables sys-
tem or application software to
print to aparticular printer.
Font in which different charac-
ters can be of different widths.
Method of regulating information
transfer between the computer
and the printer. Sometimes
called “handshaking”.
Mode in which the printer prints
more quietly (and slightly more
slowly).
Printer mode in which the
printer can receive and print
data from the computer.
Lever that grips single sheets as
they are fed into the printer.
Control panel operation which to
feeds paper backwards through
the printer in small steps.
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