User`s manual

1Glossary
Glossary
active column The horizontal location on the paper where the next character will
print. After printing a character, the printer advances the active
column.
active line The vertical location on the paper where the next character will
print. After printing a line, the printer advances the active line.
active position The position on the paper where the next character will print. The
active position is defined by the horizontal position (active
column) and the vertical position (active line).
ASCII Abbreviation of American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
baud A unit of speed that measures the rate at which information is
transferred. Baud rate is the reciprocal of the length in seconds of
the shortest pulse used to carry data. For example, a system in
which the shortest pulse is 1/1200 second operates at 1200 baud.
On RS–232 serial lines, the baud rate equals the data flow rate in
bits per second (bps). To communicate properly, a printer must be
configured to operate at the same baud rate as its host computer.
bold A dark thick character weight produced by a double strike print
method. See also shadow printing, character weight.
buffer A reserved area in printer memory that data is written to and read
from during data transfers.
character cell The invisible rectangular space occupied by a character, including
the white space around the character. Used as a unit of spacing.
The height of a cell is equal to the current line spacing, and the
width of a cell is equal to the current character spacing.
character set Instructions telling the printer how to construct a related group of
printable characters, including symbols, punctuation, numbers,
diacritical markings, and alphabet characters. Each character in a
set is assigned a unique address in memory.