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Glossary A APA. All points addressable. B bidirectional. Printing in either direction, right-to-left or left-to-right. buffer storage. A temporary storage area for holding input or output data. byte. The representation of a character. Usually, 8 bits grouped together as a unit make up a byte. C characters-per-inch (cpi). The number of characters printed within 1 inch horizontally across a page. characters-per-line (cpl). The maximum number of characters that can be printed on a line at a specified pitch. characters-per-second (cps). The number of characters printed in 1 second. check character. A character within a barcode that, when scanned, validates the barcode was read correctly. code page. A set of 256 graphic designs (characters) associated with unique code values from 0 through 255, x00 to xFF. control code. Tells the printer to perform a function, such as changing line space. cpi. See characters-per-inch. cpl. See characters-per-line. cps. See characters-per-second. D default. A value, parameter, or attribute the printer uses when none is specified. DP. Draft Print. A style of print used for draft material. Compare with Letter Quality print mode. dpi. Dots per inch. E ELQ. Enhanced letter quality. Escape sequence. Two or more characters of information that let you change the way the printer is currently printing. F flag character. Used by UPC-A and EAN-13 for number system encoding and country code. font. A set of characters of a given size and style. H Hertz (HZ). A unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second. human readable characters. Numbers or letters printed below a barcode. I impact printer. A printer that uses mechanical impacts to generate character images. Glossary 219

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Glossary
A
APA
. All points addressable.
B
bidirectional
. Printing in either direction,
right-to-left or left-to-right.
buffer storage
.
A temporary storage area
for holding input or output data.
byte
. The representation of a character.
Usually, 8 bits grouped together as a unit
make up a byte.
C
characters-per-inch (cpi)
. The number of
characters printed within 1 inch
horizontally across a page.
characters-per-line (cpl)
. The maximum
number of characters that can be printed
on a line at a specified pitch.
characters-per-second (cps)
. The number of
characters printed in 1 second.
check character
. A character within a
barcode that, when scanned, validates the
barcode was read correctly.
code page
. A set of 256 graphic designs
(characters) associated with unique code
values from 0 through 255, x00 to xFF.
control code.
Tells the printer to perform a
function, such as changing line space.
cpi
. See
characters-per-inch.
cpl
.
See
characters-per-line.
cps
.
See
characters-per-second.
D
default
. A value, parameter, or attribute
the printer uses when none is specified.
DP
.
Draft Print.
A style of print used for
draft material. Compare with Letter
Quality print mode.
dpi
. Dots per inch.
E
ELQ
. Enhanced letter quality.
Escape sequence
. Two or more characters
of information that let you change the way
the printer is currently printing.
F
flag character
. Used by UPC-A and
EAN-13 for number system encoding and
country code.
font
.
A set of characters of a given size and
style.
H
Hertz (HZ)
. A unit of frequency equal to 1
cycle per second.
human readable characters
. Numbers or
letters printed below a barcode.
I
impact printer
.
A printer that uses
mechanical impacts to generate character
images.