FUJITSU DL9300 - Manual (Page 237)

GL-4 User's Manual
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Hex dump
Interface
K byte
Letter size
Line feed (LF)
Line spacing
lpi
Monospacing
Nonresident font
Normal mode
Offline
A hexadecimal printout of control codes and data. Hex dumps
are used to debug computer programs and to troubleshoot
printer malfunctions. To print a hex dump on the printer, use
the HEX-DUMP function in setup mode.
A connection that allows communication from one part of a
system to another. For example, electrical signals are transferred
between the computer and printer over an interface cable.
Kilobyte. 1K byte equals 1024 bytes.
A standard paper size used in the United States and other
countries. Paper is 8-1/2
×
11 inches (215.9
×
279.4 mm).
A signal to the printer that advances the paper forward one
line. Line feeds can be executed either by your software or by
pressing the LF/FF button on the printer control panel.
The vertical spacing between lines, measured in lines per inch.
Lines per inch. Used to measure line spacing.
Character spacing in which each printed character has the
same width. Also called fixed pitch, monospacing is the
opposite of proportional spacing. Typewriter or computer-
printed text is typically monospaced.
Fonts not present (resident) in the printer’s permanent
memory. Soft fonts and fonts on font cards are examples of
nonresident fonts.
One of the printer’s two operating modes. In normal mode,
the control panel can be used to perform everyday printer
operations, such as loading and unloading paper, and feeding
paper. See also Setup mode.
When the printer is offline, it receives commands from the
printer control panel rather than from the computer. “Offline”
indicates that the printer is not “online” with the computer.