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L
LF Abbrev. for Line Feed.
landscape Printed perpendicular to the paper motion.
LCD Abbrev. for Liquid-Crystal Display. The LCD is located on
the operator panel. Its purpose is to communicate
information to the operator concerning the operating
state of the printer.
LED Abbrev. for Light Emitting Diode .
logical link The parameters that specify data transfer, control, or
communication operations.
lpi Abbrev. for lines per inch. A measurement indicating the
vertical spacing between successive lines of text. For
example, 8 lpi means 8 lines of text for every vertical
inch.
lpm Abbrev. for lines per minute: A speed measurement
indicating the number of lines printed every minute. (lpm
usually defines the speed at which text prints.)
See also ipm
M
monospaced See font, monospaced.
MM Millimeter.
N
N/A Not available or not applicable.
NACK Abbrev. for Negative-Acknowledge reply. A reply from
the printer to the host indicating that an exception has
occurred. Contrast with acknowledge character.
NAK
Abbrev. for
Negative-Acknowledge character. A
transmission control character transmitted by the printer
as a negative response to an enquiry from the host.
nibble A unit of storage containing half of a byte, usually four
bits.
NLQ
Abbrev. for
Near Letter Quality.
nS Nanosecond (one billionth of a second)
NVRAM
Abbrev. for
NonVolatile Random-Access Memory. A type
of RAM in which stored data are not lost when the power
is interrupted or turned off. A battery supplies power to
NVRAM when the system does not. Unlike ROM