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Glossary

ASCII Code ASCII is the abbreviation for American Standard Code for

Information Interchange. It is used to code letters and symbols.

Baud Rate This concerns the speed of data transmission between the

printer and the computer. One Baud equals one Bit/s. The Baud

rate for the ND69 is 9600 Baud.

Bidirectional Printing During this printing process, the print head prints from left to

right and from right to left in turn. This method of printing

accelerates the process to a considerable extent. See also Uni-

directional Printing.

Binary The binary counting system is based on the unit two. The

digits 0 and 1 are permissible.

Bit A bit is a binary digit (0 or 1). It is the smallest unit used in data

processing.

Decimal System The decimal system is based on the unit 10. The digits 0 - 9 are

permissible.

DIP Switch Dual In LinePackage Switch,

DTR/DSR Data Terminal Ready/ Data Set Ready

ESC Sequence A series of ASCII characters for appropriate activation of the

printer, and which begins with the command ESCAPE(ESC), is

described as an ESC sequence.

Handshaking Expression for a process of data transmission between devices

which use a receipt system.

Hexadecimal System This numerical system is based on the unit 16. The digits 0 - 9

and the letters A, B, C, D, E and F are used for the coding. Any

decimal number from 0 - 255 can be represented with the aid

of a two-figure hexadecimal number.

LED Light Emitting Diode

POS Point of Sale

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