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ENGLISH VERSION EO1-33088 

GLOSSARIES

A code which represents alphanumeric characters 

by using a series of black and white stripes in 

different widths.  Bar codes are used in various 

industrial fields: Manufacturing, Hospitals, 

Libraries, Retail, Transportation, Warehousing, etc. 

Reading bar codes is a fast and accurate means of 

capturing data while keyboard entry tends to be 

slow and inaccurate. 
 

Issue mode that continuously prints media until the 

required number has been printed. 
 

A mark printed on the media enabling the printer to 

detect the correct start position of the media, 

helping to maintain constant print position. 
 

A reflective sensor that detects the difference 

between a black mark and the print area to find the 

print start position.  

Printer mode of operation where an (optional) 

cutter module is installed to automatically cut 

media from the supply roll after they are printed. 

The print command can specify to cut every media 

or to cut after a set number of media have been 

printed.

A printing method using no ribbon, but thermal 
media which reacts to heat.  The thermal print head 
heats the thermal media directly, causing print 
image to be printed on the media.  

Dots Per Inch 
A unit used to express print density or resolution.  
 

A transmissive sensor that detects the difference 

between the gap between labels and the label itself, 

to find the print start position of the label.   
 

A complete set of alphanumeric characters in one 

style of type.  E.g. Helvetica, Courier, Times 
 

Distance from the bottom of one label to the top of 

the next label. 
 

Inch per second 
A unit used to express print speed. 
 

A type of media with adhesive backing supplied on 

a backing paper. 

Material on which images are printed by the printer.  

Label, tag paper, fanfold paper, perforated paper, 

etc. 
 

A software program that will convert the 

application program’s printing request into the 

language that the printer understands.  

The thermal print head consists of a single line of 

tiny resistive elements which when current is 

allowed to flow through them it heats up causing a 

small dot to be burned onto thermal paper or a 

small dot of ink to be transferred from a thermal 

ribbon to ordinary paper.  
 

The speed at which printing occurs.  This speed is 

expressed in units of IPS (inches per second). 

The degree of detail to which an image can be 

duplicated.  The minimum unit of divided image is 

called a pixel.  As the resolution becomes higher, 

the number of pixels increases, resulting in a more 

detailed image. 
 

One of the printer modes of operation where an 
optional strip module is installed to separate 
printed labels from the backing paper one by one.