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DTC400 Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 2.6)
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Glossary of Terms (continued)
Term Definition
Spooling Rather than moving a print job directly to the Printer, the job is
written to the disk so that the user can access the application
faster while Windows takes care of printing in the background.
SS (Start Sentinel) The character denoting the end of a magnetic data string.
Stacker The device that moves the finished cards onto the output column,
ordering them "First In, First Out".
Stepper Motor A Motor whose shaft turns in discrete steps, rather than
continuously.
String A sequence of characters that form a line of data.
Surface mount A method of mounting circuit elements onto the surface of a
circuit board, attached at solder pads, rather than through holes in
the board.
Surge Protector An electronic device, placed in serial to the Printer's power
supply, that prevents damage to the Printer from electronic surges
and electrical current that is outside of the normal parameters.
Switch box An electromechanical device to which a user may connect several
peripheral devices to the parallel port simultaneously, yet using
the selector switch to designate the active port.
TAC Thermal Acceptance Composite cards. Card stock produced by
laminating sheets of PVC with sheets of PET for better thermal
distortion resistance. Ultra III cards.
Temp file A temporary file, generated automatically by Windows, to store
the information for an active document. Windows should delete
these files when the application is closed.
Test-print A file stored in or generated through windows that is sent to the
Printer to test basic functionality.
Thermistor An electronic resistor on the Printhead with a resistance value
that varies in proportion to the heat to which it is exposed.
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