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Printable area: The area of a page where the print quality is assured. Printer drivers: Most of today's off the shelf software programs use printer drivers to control printer functions. These drivers contain the software codes your software program uses to access printer features. With the printer driver installed, you will seldom need to know any of the KX-P3696 commands. Printing area: The area of the page within the margins, where printing actually occurs. The printing area is equal to or less than the printable area. Or P. 61) Proportional spacing (PS): Proportional spacing is a printing method of adjusting the character space in which a character is printed. A "w" will take up more space than an "i". Protocol: Protocol is the set of rules permitting communication between a computer and printer when a serial interface (RS-232C) is used. It covers polarity, baud rate, parity, data length, start bit and stop bit. Quiet mode: QUIET mode reduces printing noise for a more comfortable work environment. It also reduces print speed. RAM: RAM is an acronym for "Random Access Memory". It is the part of the printer's memory in which data is stored, control codes or download characters are to be printed. RAM is cleared when the printer is turned off. R.D.T.: R.D.T. is the value of the remaining buffer capacity (R.B.C.) to resume data transfer from the computer after the data transfer is suspended by R.B.C. control. ROM: ROM is an acronym for "Read Only Memory". It is the part of the printer's memory in which predefined characters and operating information for the printer are stored. ROM is not cleared when the printer is turned off. S.D.T.: Serial Interface uses 1K byte serial buffer. S.D.T. is the value of the remaining buffer capacity (R.B.C.) to suspend data transfer from the computer. Self test: Self test is a method for testing the operation of the printer. Ow P. 25) Serial interface: Transmitting data one bit at a time from computer to pinter. Shielded cable: Shielded cable is a cable wrapped with a special metal around its wires. This guards against radio interference. Skip perforation: Skip perforation means nothing is printed in a specified area before and after the page perforation. String concatenation: This is the joining of two or more bytes of data into a single command. Style: A font attribute which changes the apperance of the character (ie: in Italics the character is printed on a slant). Top of Form: Top of Form is the first line position on the paper. (cisr P. 43) Typeface: All characters of a single, unified design at any size and rotation. Example: Roman, Prestige, etc. Unidirectional printing: The printer prints left-to-right only. Printing speed 3> is slow compared with bidirectional printing. This print method permits better vertical alignment. m a Windows: An operating environment which lies between the operating system (DOS) and an application, that controls the system devices. 73

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Printable
area:
The
area
of
a
page
where
the
print
quality
is
assured.
Printer
drivers:
Most
of
today's
off
the
shelf
software
programs
use
printer
drivers
to
control
printer
functions.
These
drivers
contain
the
software
codes
your
software
program
uses
to
access
printer
features.
With
the
printer
driver
installed,
you
will
seldom
need
to
know
any
of
the
KX-P3696
commands.
Printing
area:
The
area
of
the
page
within
the
margins,
where
printing
actually
occurs.
The
printing
area
is
equal
to
or
less
than
the
printable
area.
Or
P.
61)
Proportional
spacing
(PS):
Proportional
spacing
is
a
printing
method
of
adjusting
the
character
space
in
which
a
character
is
printed.
A
"w"
will
take
up
more
space
than
an
"i".
Protocol:
Protocol
is
the
set
of
rules
permitting
communication
between
a
computer
and
printer
when
a
serial
interface
(RS
-232C)
is
used.
It
covers
polarity,
baud
rate,
parity,
data
length,
start
bit
and
stop
bit.
Quiet
mode:
QUIET
mode
reduces
printing
noise
for
a
more
comfortable
work
environment.
It
also
reduces
print
speed.
RAM:
RAM
is
an
acronym
for
"Random
Access
Memory".
It
is
the
part
of
the
printer's
memory
in
which
data
is
stored,
control
codes
or
download
characters
are
to
be
printed.
RAM
is
cleared
when
the
printer
is
turned
off.
R.D.T.:
R.D.T.
is
the
value
of
the
remaining
buffer
capacity
(R.B.C.)
to
resume
data
transfer
from
the
computer
after
the
data
transfer
is
suspended
by
R.B.C.
control.
ROM:
ROM
is
an
acronym
for
"Read
Only
Memory".
It
is
the
part
of
the
printer's
memory
in
which
predefined
characters
and
operating
information
for
the
printer
are
stored.
ROM
is
not
cleared
when
the
printer
is
turned
off.
S.D.T.:
Serial Interface
uses
1K
byte
serial
buffer.
S.D.T.
is
the
value
of
the
remaining
buffer
capacity
(R.B.C.)
to
suspend
data
transfer
from
the
computer.
Self
test:
Self
test
is
a
method
for
testing
the
operation
of
the
printer.
Ow
P.
25)
Serial
interface:
Transmitting
data
one
bit
at
a
time
from
computer
to
pinter.
Shielded
cable:
Shielded
cable
is
a
cable
wrapped
with
a
special
metal
around
its
wires.
This
guards
against
radio
interference.
Skip
perforation:
Skip
perforation
means
nothing
is
printed
in
a
specified
area
before
and
after
the
page
perforation.
String
concatenation:
This
is
the
joining
of
two
or
more
bytes
of
data
into
a
single
command.
Style:
A
font
attribute
which
changes
the
apperance
of
the
character
(ie:
in
Italics
the
character
is
printed
on
a
slant).
Top
of
Form:
Top
of
Form
is
the
first
line
position
on
the
paper.
(cisr
P.
43)
Typeface:
All
characters
of
a
single,
unified
design
at
any
size
and
rotation.
Example:
Roman,
Prestige,
etc.
Unidirectional
printing:
The
printer
prints
left
-to
-right
only.
Printing
speed
is
slow
compared
with
bidirectional
printing.
This
print
method
permits
better
vertical
alignment.
Windows:
An
operating
environment
which
lies
between
the
operating
system
(DOS)
and
an
application,
that
controls
the
system
devices.
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