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Glossary Glossary A A4 paper. Paper size that is 210 x 297 mm (8.27 x 11.7 in.) all-points-addressable (APA). The ability to address and print or not print each picture element on a display surface. application software. Software products such as spreadsheets and word-processing programs designed for use on a personal computer. audible alarm. An alarm that is activated when an event occurs that may require operator attention or intervention for printer operation. For example, an out-of-paper condition. Also called a beeper. automatic interface switching. Printer function that senses the active interface. B bidirectional. Printing left-to-right then right-to-left. bold. A heavy-faced type; also called boldface or emphasized. bps. Bits per second. buffer. Temporary storage area for holding input or output data. C characters-per-inch (cpi). The number of characters printed within an inch horizontally across a page. Used to measure the character spacing of a printer. characters-per-second (cps). The number of characters that are printed in 1 second. Used to measure the printing speed of a printer. code page. A set of 256 graphic designs (characters) associated with unique code values from 0 through 255. Code page 437 is U.S.A. font and code page 850 is multilingual font. Code page 858 contains the  character. condensed print mode. A print mode in which character spacing is 17.1 characters per inch. Also called compressed print mode. 125

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Glossary
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Glossary
A
A4 paper.
Paper size that is 210 x 297
mm (8.27 x 11.7 in.)
all-points-addressable (APA).
The
ability to address and print or not print
each picture element on a display
surface.
application software.
Software
products such as spreadsheets and
word-processing programs designed
for use on a personal computer.
audible alarm.
An alarm that is
activated when an event occurs that
may require operator attention or
intervention for printer operation. For
example, an out-of-paper condition.
Also called a beeper.
automatic interface switching.
Printer
function that senses the active
interface.
B
bidirectional.
Printing left-to-right
then right-to-left.
bold.
A heavy-faced type; also called
boldface or emphasized.
bps.
Bits per second.
buffer.
Temporary storage area for
holding input or output data.
C
characters-per-inch (cpi).
The number
of characters printed within an inch
horizontally across a page. Used to
measure the character spacing of a
printer.
characters-per-second (cps).
The
number of characters that are printed
in 1 second. Used to measure the
printing speed of a printer.
code page.
A set of 256 graphic designs
(characters) associated with unique
code values from 0 through 255. Code
page 437 is U.S.A. font and code page
850 is multilingual font. Code page 858
contains the
±
character.
condensed print mode.
A print mode
in which character spacing is 17.1
characters per inch. Also called
compressed print mode.