Star Micronics LS-5 TT Printer User Manual


 
Fixing assembly The assembly used to fix the toner on to the paper or
other material using heat and pressure in printing process. It is
located inside the printer and it gets extremely hot during the
operation.
Font — a set of letters, numbers, and symbols of the same typeface design.
Font cartridge
Font cartridges contain fonts which can supplement the
available resident fonts of the printer to increase the variety of
typefaces.
Handshaking — in data communication, the automatic acknowledging by
the receiving device of information that has been sentto it,either by
signals and the interface (“hard”) or by software control (“soft”).
Hex dump
conversion by the printer of ASCII symbols into their
hexadecimal (base 16) equivalent. This is useful for programmers or
other
users who want to troubleshoot the communications between
the computer and the printer.
HMI (Horizontal Motion Index) — refers to dot spacing in the smallest
increment that can be made in the horizontal or x axis.
Interface — a hardware plug that allows cable connections of two devices.
For instance, a cable from a computer parallel port to a printers
parallel port.
Landscape printing on paper across its wider dimension, such as a
spreadsheet that is 11 in. wide and 8.5 in. high: landscape pictures
are usually wider than they are tall.
NV RAM NV(Non-volatile) Random Access Memory is the permanent
storageby the Star LS-5 Series Printer of settingsprogrammed from
the front panel, even when the power is turned off. When the printer
is turned on again, these settings become the current settings.
Parallel
a communications interface that sends or receives 8 bits of
information plus control signals at a time.
Parity a bit in a serial information that allows a computer and printer to
automatically check for errors in transmission.
Pitch — the width of a typeface measured in characters per inch.
Point — the height of a type font, measured in points, or 1/72of an inch
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