standby position
The position the paper is in after you manually load it onto the first
few pins of the tractor sprockets. When the printer switches
tractors, it feeds the paper on the previously selected tractor back to
this position.
subscripts
Printing in which each character is printed at about two-thirds the
normal height in the lower part of the character space.
superscripts
Printing in which each character is printed at about two-thirds the
normal height in the upper part of the character space.
10
cpi
A character spacing with
10
characters per inch. This is the printer’s
default character spacing.
TEAR OFF
button
A button that lets you use the short tear-off feature. See short
tear-off.
tear-off
position
The position the printer feeds the paper to when you press the TEAR
OFF button. Using the micro-adjustment feature, you can adjust this
position so that the paper’s perforation meets the printer’s tear-off edge.
top of form position
The position on the paper that the printer recognizes as the first
printable line. The printer feeds the paper to this position when it
loads the paper. You can change this position using the
micro-
adjustment feature.
tractor
The part of the printer that feeds continuous paper through the
printer by gripping the holes along the paper’s sides.
GL-10
Glossary
