User guide

Glossary
ESCAPE Sequence
A set of characters, starting with the ESC character, which controls an action
of the printer as defined by its emulation.
Factory Settings
Printer settings defined by the manufacturer; also known as default settings
(see item).
Firmware
The built-in control intelligence of the printer which cannot be changed by the
user.
Font
A set of characters available in a certain typeface and size.
Font Card
An additional plug-in extension of printer memory, which contains one or more
fonts (see glossary item). Also called optional or emulation card.
Form Feed (FF)
The action executed by the printer, when commanded to go to the first print
line of following page. Called by the command FF or automatically when
printing arrives at BOF.
Handshaking
The signal exchange between the printer and the controlling system, which
regulates the loading of data to the printer's buffer and avoids overflow of this
buffer.
Hexadecimal format
A printing mode in which the transmitted characters (and also control codes)
are printed as two digit hexadecimal codes. Used for debugging. Also known as
DATASCOPE.
Initialization
The process at printer switch-on in which the printer executes an automatic
self-diagnosis of its hardware and loads the settings as defined in programming
(Set-Up). Reset by command also causes (re-)initialization of the printer (but
without hardware check).
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