IBM EasyCoder 3400e - Manual (Page 136)

EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual
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density
Number of data characters that can be represented in a linear unit of measure. Often
expressed in characters per inch.
direct thermal
A method of thermal printing in which images are printed when heat from the thermal
printhead produces a black mark on the media.
EAN
European Article Numbering; now also called IAN (International Article Numbering).
International standard bar code for retail food packages corresponding to the Universal
Product Code (UPC) in the United States.
Emulation mode
An operating mode in which the printer has the operating characteristics of an 8636 or
8646 printer.
Feed/Pause
A printer control panel button that advances the media and causes the printer to pause
printing.
field
A graphic element that is the basic unit of a format. The four basic types of fields are
bar code, graphic, line, and text.
fixed data field
Bar code and text fields that never vary from one label to the next; the data in a fixed
field is a permanent part of the format.
fixed format
A format in which the data never varies from one label to the next, such as a return
address label. A fixed format needs no additional data to print a label.
font
A character set of a given type size and style. See also character set.
font file
See soft font.
format file
a collection of printer commands and data that determines the arrangement of fields on
a label.