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FUJITSU DL9300 User Manual

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User's Manual

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Glossary

Glossary

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

The grid used to print characters on a dot matrix printer. Each

dot corresponds to a wire in the print head.

Transferring soft fonts from the computer to the printer’s

memory. Downloading allows you to use fonts not resident in
the computer.

Dots per inch.

A command set that allows one printer to print like another

printer. This printer has three resident emulations: Fujitsu
DPL24C PLUS (native command set), IBM proprinter XL24E,
and Epson ESC/P2.

The settings that are programmed into a printer at the factory.

The printer uses these settings unless they are replaced by user
settings selected from the control panel or through application
software.

A complete set of printable characters having the same size

and style. For example, Courier 10 and Prestige Elite 12 are
commonly used fonts.

A signal to the printer to advance the paper forward one page.

Form feeds can be executed either by your software or by
holding down the LF/FF button on the printer control panel.

The feeding of paper through the tractor unit attached at the

front of the printer.

Controlling the print head wires (dots) individually to produce

a picture or an image on the page.

A base-16 numbering system (also commonly referred to as

hex numbers). Since a base-16 system requires 16 digits,
numbers 0 through 9 and letters A through F are used.
Expressing binary numbers in hexadecimal uses fewer digits.

Dot matrix

Downloading

dpi

Emulation

Factory default

Font

Form feed (FF)

Front feed

Graphics printing

Hexadecimal

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