Genicom 3400e User Manual

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standard seven-
bit code almost always transmitted with a parity bit for a total of eight bits 
per character. ASCII was established by the American National Standards 
Institute to achieve compatibility between various types of data 
communication equipment. Equivalent to the International ISO 7-bit 
code. 

Silicon release liner on media to which labels are attached until ready for 
use.  

A printed, machine-readable code that consists of parallel bars of varied 
width and spacing. 

A device that rewinds media; useful for printing batches of labels.  

A command character that instructs the printer to return an error status 
code. 

Refers to the letters, numerals, and symbols that support a particular 
language (such as French, U.S., ASCII) or automatic identification 
technology (such as Code 30, Codabar). 

A procedure that copies the RAM contents (configuration, formats, fonts, 
pages and graphics) from the memory of one printer to the memory of 
another. 

The current parameter settings that determine the operating characteristics 
of the printer.  

The collection of data and printer commands that, when sent to the 
printer, is merged with a format file to print a label. 

A mode of operation in which the printer prints each command 
(accompanied by its ASCII code) that it receives from the host.