- Micronics Co.. Ltd. Opration Manual printer LS-5 EX, LS-5 TT

Glossary
ASCII (as’ kee) — a standardized and commonly accepted numerical code
that represents letters, numbers, and symbols, as well as command
sets. ASCII stands for
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.
Baud— a measure ofthespeedatwhichinformationistransmitted.Thebaud
rate, which is set for serial transmissions, is approximately the
number of characters transmitted per second multiplied by 10.
Bitmap fonts— made of tiny dot-by-dot patterns in pre-defined sizes.
Bitmap fonts have a fixed pointsize,pitch and symbol setattributes.
Byte — a series of 8 bits that represents one character.
Centronics interface — a standard wiring configuration for parallel data
transmission.
Centronics is often used as a synonym for the parallel
standard developed by Centronics Inc.
Character Set —
the complete set of characters available in a font.
Data Bits — the number of bits in a transmitted byte that actually contains
data.
EEPROM — Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. It
has an internal switch to permit auser to erase the contents and write
new contents into it by means of electrical signals.
EP-40XA Cartridge — A disposable type of process cartridge which
contains the photosensitive drum and toner.
Emulation — behaving like something else. The Star LS-5EX can emulate,
or behave like the HP LaserJet 111laser printer, and the StarLS-5TT
can emulate the operation of the Apple LaserWriter NTX, a
PostScript version, and the HP LaserJet 111.
. Expansion RAM board— An available option that iseasily attached to the
Star LS-5 Series Printer to expand its RAM.
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