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Context saving
See State Saving.
Controller board
The printer’s system controller, with
firmware to direct all printer operations and slots for adding
optional cards. The controller board is accessed through the
back panel of the printer.
Control Panel
An LCD display to show status messages,
prompts, and menu items; indicator lights to show the
condition and status of the printer; and keys for accessing the
printer settings. The Control Panel is on the face of the
printer.
Data string
The term used to identify textual data—data that
reads as text. SMS accounting export data files present data
strings enclosed within quotation marks.
Default
A printer setting that is used in the absence of any
other setting or command from the user. (See also Factory-set
Default.)
Default font
The font that the printer will use if the user or the
software application does not specify otherwise.
Description
A setting the supervisor defines in the DS/P
UTILITY to specify a printer’s uniqueness. SMS users can
locate a printer by its description using the Best Fit feature.
Detach
The term used in SMS for logging off a file server.
Direct-connect printer
A printer tied to a Novell network via
its internal network interface card.
Document
One or more pages forming a logical whole.
DOS (Disk Operating System)
The operating system software
that controls PC systems. Refer to the DOS manual packaged
with your PC system.
Downloaded fonts
See Downloading.
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