Operation Manual

462Glossary
cpl
Characters per line. A unit of measurement that indicates the number of characters printed
per line.
cps
Characters per second. A unit of measurement that indicates the printer’s speed.
dB
Stands for decibel level (a decibel being a unit of measurement for the intensity of the
sound), adjusted for background noise.
default setting
A printer setting selected at the factory and permanently registered in the printer’s ROM. It
is a setting that the printer assumes unless you provide other instruction. Also called factory
default.
dithering
A method by which color dots are combined on a page to produce a wide spectrum of
colors.
dpi (dots per inch)
A unit of measurement for indicating printer resolution. The standard resolution for this
printer is 360 dpi in the HQ mode. In the smoothing mode, resolution up to 720 x 360 dpi
can be achieved.
fixed pitch spacing
Equal spacing for each characters of the same character set. In printing a fixed pitch font,
each character, whether narrow or wide, takes up the same amount of space. For example,
an “i” takes as much space as a “w”.
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