near letter quality
(NLQ)
One of three print
qualities
available on your printer. Near letter
quality reduces
!the
print speed and increases the number of dots per
character to
produce
high-resolution characters. See also draft and
high-speed draft.
number systems
Three number systems are commonly used with printers:
Decimal is base
10
and uses the digits 0 through
9.
(This is the
most familiar system.)
Hexadecimal (hex) is base
16
and uses the ‘digits 0 through 9 and
the letters A through
F.
Programmers frequently use this
numbering
system.
Any decimal number between 0 and
255
can
’
be expressed by a two-digit hex number.
Binary is base 2 and uses only the digits 0 and
1.
All
infoxmation
in computer systems is handled in binary form to represent
electrical signals that are on or off. A binary digit is often called
a bit; any decimal number
been
0 and
255
can be expressed
by an eight-bit binary number.
on line
When the printer is on line, it can communicate with the computer
connected to it; The ON LINE button controls the printer’s on
line/off line status.
paper bail
The part of the printer that holds the paper flat.
paper cutter
An optional device that automatically cuts off printed documents.
paper memory
A feature that produces high quality printing on your multi-part
forms by
usmg
stored paper
foxmat
and
thiclmess
information to
adjust the print head.
Glossary
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