Brother International HL-L2305W Command Reference Guide for Software Developer - Page 8
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GLOSSARY Absolute plotting Anchor point Anisotropic scaling ASCII Attribute Bitmap font Bold Calling a macro Cartridge Cartridge font Character cell Character code Character descriptor Character set Column Control code A method of plotting in the HP-GL and HP-GL/2 graphics language where coordinates are specified relative to the origin of the coordinate system currently in use. The top left-hand corner of the PCL picture frame. You can position this on the page using a PCL command. A form of image scaling using the SC command in HP-GL and HP-GL/2 mode in which the user units can be of different sizes. Hence the entire graphics window can be used to display the image. The standard system for assigning number codes (0 ~ 255) to alphabetic, numeric and control code characters. A characteristic of a downloadable font or a character of a Downloadable font that is represented by a number of a fixed length. A font whose characters are defined as raster images. The characters that make up a bitmap font are of a fixed size. A wider line thickness for typographical characters, used to make the text stand out, for example, in headings. A way of running a macro in which changes to the modified print environment are not retained when the macro has finished running. A storage medium that you can insert into the printer cartridge slots. Cartridges can store fonts. The advantage of using cartridges is that they allow you to use more fonts without taking up printer memory space. A font that is stored on a cartridge. These are widely available commercially. The imaginary grid on which downloadable characters are designed. A number assigned to a character that uniquely identifies it. A block of data that describes the characteristics of an individual character in a downloadable font, such as its width and height. A selection of different characters. Characters sets normally include the alphabet in both upper- and lowercase, the digits' 0-9, punctuation marks, common mathematical symbols and a few other useful characters. There are also some specialized character sets that are used for specific applications like mathematics. A font is defined as having a particular character set. A vertical sub-division of the page whose width is equal to the HMI (horizontal motion index). The print position moves across the page one column width when any single character is printed ( in a monospaced font), or when a space character is printed ( in a proportionally spaced font). See also HMI. An ASCII code that tells the computer to perform a particular function, such as a carriage return. iii