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hammers mounted on a rapidly oscillating shuttle. The
hammers fire simultaneously to print entire dot rows
(hence lines) at a time.
serif A short line stemming from and at an angle to the upper
or lower end of the stroke of a letter or number character.
set To turn on, activate, invoke, or enable.
shadow printing A typeface with a heavy line thickness produced by
doublestriking. The printer forms a character, then prints
it again, but fractionally offset from the first position.
See also bold, character weight.
shuttle The subassembly in a line matrix printer that includes the
hammer bank assembly, plus some or all of the drive
mechanism.
size, type See point.
slewing Rapid vertical paper movement.
soft reset See warm start.
SOH Abbrev. for Start Of Header.
spacing See font, proportional and font, monospaced.
start bit The signal that indicates the start of a character or
element in a serial data stream.
stop bit The signal that indicates the end of a character or
element in a serial data stream.
string Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit.
style, type See type style.
symbol set See character set.
T
TOF Abbrev. for Top Of Form; also written top-of-form.
true On or 1. “High true” refers to a positive relative voltage
representing the ON state; “low true” refers to a zero or
negative relative voltage representing the ON state.
twinax Twinaxial cable. An electrical signal conductor consisting
of two wires surrounded by insulation and a braided
shield. Used to connect computers to input or output
devices.
type family See typeface.
type size See point.
type style Refers to either the upright or italic character style in a
specific font family. Roman is upright,
italic is slanted.
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