Star Micronics LaserPrinter4 Printer User Manual


 
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Glossary
ASCII (as’kee)astandardizedandcommonlyacceptednumericalcode
thatrepresentsletters,numbers,andsymbols,aswell ascommand
sets. ASCII standsfor AmericanStandardCodefor Information
Interchange.
Baud— a
measu~ of the speed at which information is transmitted. The
baud rate, which is set for serial transmissions, is approximately the
number of characters transmitted per second multiplied by
10.
Byte a series of 8 bitsthatrepresentsonecharacter.
Centronics interface a standardwiringconfigurationfor paralleldata
transmission.Centronicsisoftenusedasasynonymfortheparallel
standarddevelopedby CentronicsInc.
Character Setthe completeset of charactersavailablein a font.
Data Bits the numberofbitsin a transmittedbytethatactuallycontains
data.
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. It
has an internalswitch to permit auser to erase the contents and write
new contents into it by means of electrical signals.
EP-L
Cartridge A disposabletypeof processcartridgewhichcontains
thephotosensitivedrumandtoner.
Emulation behavinglike somethingelse.The Star LaserPrinter4 can
emulate,or behaveliketwo otherprinters,theEpsonEX-850and
theHP LaserJetIIP laserprinter.
ExpansionRAMboard— Anavailableoptionthatiseasilyattachedtothe
LaserPrinter4 to expanditsRAMto a maximumof 5 MB.Three
kinds of memory expansionboard are available:a IMB RAM
board,a 2MBRAMboardanda 4MBRAMboard.
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