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papemwt
sensor
A small switch on the tractors that sends a
signal
when it is not in
contact with paper,
causing
the
PAPER
OUT light to go on.
papex
select indicator
The printer icon on the control panel that contains the front and
rear tractor arrows. These arrows light up to show which tractor is
selected. See also
front’
txactoi
arrow
and
rear
tractor
arrow.
parallel
interface
A type of connection between the computer and the printer. A
parallel
interface
transmits data one character ox code at a
time.
A method for a computer and printer to check the reliability of data
transmission.
platen
The
silver
plate behind the paper bail that provides a backing fox
the printing.
Your
printer has three types of print quality: draft, high-speed
draft, and
neax
letter quality
(NLQ).
Draft and high-speed draft axe
for high-speed, draft-quality jobs;
NLQ
is for final, polished
documents.
proportional printing
Printing in which the amount of space given to each character
varies. For example, an
uppercase
W receives much more space than
a
lowercase
.i.
The
result
looks more like a typeset book than a
typewritten draft.
pull tractor
An optional paper feeder that is useful when printing on preprinted
ox multi-part forms.
GL-8
Glossary