User guide

Glossary
ASCII-Table
(American Standard Code of Information Interchange); standardized code and
character assignment table from 0 to 127 decimal.
Backspace (BS)
Control character, which makes the print head move back one character;
cannot delete the character as on the screen.
BASIC
Easy-to-handle programming language, which comes together with the MS-
DOS operating system (GWbasic).
Bi-directional Print
A mode of print execution, in which the print head does not return idle to the
left margin, but outputs the next print line in the reverse order while returning
to the left margin.
BIM
(Bit Image Mode); printing mode, in which a byte is not interpreted as
character. Its bits cause the individual nozzles of the print head to print or not.
Bit
Smallest information item; a signal set to 0 or 1. Eight bits make one byte
(character).
BOF
Bottom Of Form; the area at the foot of each form, in which printing will not
be possible (it will be skipped automatically).
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