Olivetti JP 90 Manual Del Usuario página 53

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Glossary
ASCII-table
(AmericanStandardCodeofInformationInter-change);
standardized codeandcharacter assignment tablefrom 0to
127decimal.
BIM
(Bit ImageMode); graphic printing mode,in which abyteis
notinterpretedascharacter.Itsbitscausetheindividual
nozzles of the print head to print or not.
bit
Smallest information item; a signal set to 0or 1. Eight bits
makeonebyte(character).
BOF
(Bottom Of Form); the area at the foot of each form, in which
printingwillnotbepossible(itwillbeskippedautomatically).
buffer
Built-in memory in theprinter,in which datawill bestored
untilitisprinted.
byte
Standardunitforcharacter/symbolrepresentation.Abyte
consistsof8bits.
charactergenerator
Aresidentprinterprogram,whichconvertsacharactercode
(byte)into apixelmatrix for printing.
Glossary
characterset
Assignment tablebetween acodeand aspecific printable
character(usuallyinconnectionwithnationallanguages).
compressedprinting
See "condensed printing"
condensedprinting
A print modewhichnormally hasacharacter spacingdensity
higher than 12 cpi (16.6 or 20 cpi).
cpi
Charactersperinch;indicatesthenumberofcharacters
which can beprinted in oneinch.
dB(decibel)
Unitofmeasurementforsound.
default
The standard initial setting of a feature or a parameter. Can
usuallybemodified.
dotmatrix
Printingtechnologywhichcreatescharacters(andgraphics)
bythecompositionofprogrammedcolumnsofdots.
dotsize
Size of the smallest element used to createthecharacter
image (default value: 1/72 in).
doublewidthprinting
Each character (evenSPACE)isstretchedhorizontallyto
doublethenominalpitchwidth.
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