Glossary

A3 Paper size measuring 297 by 420 mm.

A4 Paper size measuring 210 by 297 mm.

ACT Advanced Customer Training

AFP Advanced Function Printing

AIM Ancillary IOT message processor. System task that initializes the client layer between the printer and the system controller. It also displays the Fault, Hint, and information messages.

algorithm Computational procedure that can be repeated any number of times.

alphanumeric Set of characters including the letters A through Z, numerals 0

through 9, and all printable special symbols.

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ascender Portion of alphabetic character that rises above the body of the character (its x-height portion). See also descender; x height.

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Standard 7-bit code that represents alphanumeric information. Each alphanumeric character and several nonprinting characters are assigned a binary number, covering 128 possible characters. It is used for information interchange among data processing systems, data communication systems, and associated equipment.

asynchronous Transmission in data communications controlled by start and stop elements at the beginning and end of each character. Thus, time intervals between transmitted characters may be unequal in length.

audit log Captures the sheet delivery information for every page in an audited report, certain details about each sheet, the planned and actual report control totals, and waste management.

auxiliary menu Menu that contains options not displayed in a window. The symbol for an auxiliary menu is a box containing three horizontal lines.

B4 Paper size measuring 250 by 353 mm.

Using LCDS Print Description Language

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