Owner`s manual

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IPS
Inch per second
The unit used to express print speed.
Label
A type of media with adhesive backing.
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
Installed on the operation panel and displays
operation modes, error message and so on.
Media
Material on which data is printed by the printer.
Label, tag paper, fanfold paper, perforated paper,
etc.
PCMCIA interface
An optional interface circuit that may be installed
into the printer to allow the use of the small credit
card sized PC cards such as flash memory cards
and LAN cards. PCMCIA is the acronym for
Personal Computer Memory Card International
Association.
Pre-printed media
A type of media on which characters, logos, and
other designs have been already printed.
Print head element
The thermal print head consists of a single line of
tiny resistive elements and when current is allowed
to flow through each element it heats up causing a
small dot to be burned onto thermal paper or a
small dot of ink to be transferred from a thermal
ribbon to ordinary paper.
Print speed
The speed at which printing occurs. This speed is
expressed in units of ips (inches per second)
Reflective sensor
See Black mark sensor.
Resolution
The degree of detail to which an image can be
duplicated. The minimum unit of divided image is
called a pixel. As the resolution becomes higher,
the number of pixels increased, resulting in more
detailed image