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 line printer - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about line printer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Computer printer that prints a complete line of characters at a time.
Line printers can achieve very high printing speeds of up to 2,500 lines a minute, but can print in only one typeface, cannot print graphics, and are very noisy.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /line+printer   (102 words)

  
 Lineprinter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is usually both faster and less expensive (in total ownership) than laser printers.
Because of the limited character set engraved on the wheels and the fixed spacing of type, this technology was never useful for material of high readability such as books or newspapers.
Laser printers became popular when word processing replaced typewriters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Line_printer   (307 words)

  
 lp(7)
A line printer is a character special device that may optionally have an interpretation applied to the data.
The default line length, indent, lines per page, open and close page eject, and handling of backspace are set to defaults determined when the printer is opened and recognized by the system the first time.
If the printer is not recognized, the default line length is 132 characters, indent is 4 characters, lines per page is 66, one page is ejected on close and none on open, and backspace is handled for a character printer.
docs.hp.com /en/B2355-60103/lp.7.html   (803 words)

  
 The Line Printer Intercept
printer The name of the printer (from the printer database) to use to print the fax (the printer database specifies the command to use to access a printer on your UNIX system).
Should you decide to edit the line printer interface script, complete instructions may be found in the comments to the script itself.
Installing the line printer intercept to Faximum requires that you create a new line printer destination for your UNIX line printer spooler and then adjust it to point to Faximum rather than to a real physical printer.
www.faximum.com /manuals/plus/refman-h.htm   (2891 words)

  
 Line matrix printer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A line matrix printer is a (additional info and facts about computer printer) computer printer that is a compromise between a (additional info and facts about lineprinter) lineprinter and a (A printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix) dot matrix printer.
When implemented as impact printers, they can be the least expensive to operate, per page.
One of the most successful is to use a reliable (additional info and facts about stored energy printer) stored energy printer arranged as a comb, and then move the comb back and forth.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/line_matrix_printer.htm   (133 words)

  
 line printer Computer Encyclopedia Enterprise Resource Directory Complete Guide to Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Line printers typically use {sprocket feed} and wide fanfold paper.
Line printer speed is usually measured in lines per minute (lpm).
1200 lpm is a good rate for a line printer like a 3205 m5.
jaysir.com /computer-encyclopedia/l/line-printer-computer-terms.htm   (114 words)

  
 lpd - line printer daemon
Lines in the control file file specify the job data files or parameters for the job and the general format of the file is specified by RFC1179.
Each line consists of a flag character and a parameter; upper case and digit characters specify options and lower case letters specify the printing format and names of data files.
If the printer and host are explicitly specified in the form pr@host then the LPR program will send the job to the specified spool queue pr and to the server running on host.
www.brunel.ac.uk /~tony/LPRng/lpd.html   (7538 words)

  
 Line printer refuses to go the way of the dinosaur
In their early days, line printers tore through reams of tracked paper and burned out hundreds of lines of text per minute.
Tally’s T6215 is a direct descendant of the old line printers and has many of their characteristics: It’s large and stands more than 40 inches high and 31 inches long.
Line printer dinosaurs have survived because of their speed and capacity, and in these areas the T6215 does well.
www.gcn.com /vol19_no27/reviews/2855-1.html   (712 words)

  
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The port on which a line printer daemon listens is 515.
Control file lines This section discusses the format of the lines in the control file which is sent to the line printer daemon.
Each line of the control file consists of a single, printable ASCII character which represents a function to be performed when the file is printed.
www.ietf.org /rfc/rfc1179.txt   (3177 words)

  
 Tally Line Matrix Printer FAQs
Firmware is the operating system of the printer (referred to as an OS) which is comparable to the Windows or DOS software that is the operating system of your desktop computer.
This term means that one printer can function like another printer made by a different manufacturer and has the same features (and limitations) as the original.
printers run fastest in low quality draft mode because the printer does not use as many dots per character and the dots do not have to be placed with as high precision.
tally.vecmar.com /tally_line_matrix_printers_FAQ.htm   (1118 words)

  
 ICSGroup T6215 Technical Breakthroughs
While it's true that non-impact printers, such as laser printers, have taken over a great many printing applications, there are still many reasons that some applications—and their users—benefit from use of impact printers such as line printers.
The cost of printing a document on a line printer is perhaps five to ten times less than producing its equivalent on a non-impact printer.
Line printers such as the T6215 are capable of printing a vast number of documents, day and night, every day of the week, without rest.
www.icsgroup.com /sales/tally/HeadFooter.html   (1053 words)

  
 Argecy Computer Corporation - IBM 6400 line matrix printer family
The IBM 6400 Model I10 is an industrial impact line printer with maximum print speed of up to 1000 lines per minute, maximum print line of 13.6 inches, "clean hands" ribbon, optional Telnet 3270e and Telnet 5250e, ANSI 3.64 emulation, Ethernet, and language support.
The IBM 6400 Model I15 is an industrial impact line printer with maximum print speed of up to 1500 lines per minute, maximum print line of 13.6 inches, "clean hands" ribbon, optional Telnet 3270e and Telnet 5250e, ANSI 3.64 emulation, Ethernet, and language support.
The versatility of the line matrix printing is causing a shift from fixed character printing provided by the band printers, such as the IBM 4245 and the IBM 6262, to the more flexible technology of the 6400 printer family.
www.argecy.com /6400-i.html   (6635 words)

  
 What is printer? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
Thermal printers are widely used in calculators and fax machines.
Daisy-wheel, dot-matrix, and line printers are impact printers.
Daisy-wheel printers can also print different fonts, but you need to change the daisy wheel, making it difficult to mix fonts in the same document.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/p/printer.html   (733 words)

  
 LPT - Line PrinTer
The printer device is called `LPT:' on those systems that, like ITS, were strongly influenced by early DEC conventions.
A parallel port in which the printer is connected to.
Line Printer Port - Communication port of the computer were among others the printer find a connection.
www.auditmypc.com /acronym/LPT.asp   (184 words)

  
 MMD Archives: Music Played by IBM Line Printer
This printer was the first line printer that we had designed specifically for use on a computer.
It was a wire matrix printer, driven by a god-awful mechanical mechanism (later changed to hydraulics), that printed at the blinding speed of 500 lines per minute.
We quickly noticed that the printer tests -- where we would print a line of 1's, followed by a line of 2's followed by...
mmd.foxtail.com /Archives/Digests/199812/1998.12.13.10.html   (484 words)

  
 IBM 6400-i24 line matrix printer: Meet demands for efficiency and manageability in high-volume applications.
IBM 6400-i24 line matrix printer: Meet demands for efficiency and manageability in high-volume applications.
Designed specifically to deliver maximum performance for high-volume report printing, the specialized IBM 6400 Model i24 is capable of printing at up to 2400 lines per minute in Fast Draft mode, or 1800 lpm in DP mode¹.
The print mechanism of the i24 is optimized for applications consisting of high volume text, where spacing is at six lines per inch.
www.printers.ibm.com /internet/wwsites.nsf/vwwebpublished/6400home_ww   (272 words)

  
 TitleSCAN - On-Line Support - Printer Definitions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
As part of their initial setup, we created table STIPN, which is the printer table that all PINs with STI as their company code, use to print.
The I## keys are optional, and describe the Image Printer to be used for printing Plant Plus Image documents when the matching P## printer is selected for printing the Plant report.
This sets the vertical line spacing and must be the first command on the line.
www.titlescan.com /supdoc/printsetup.htm   (1466 words)

  
 Roxen Community: RFC 1179 Line Printer Daemon Protocol ()   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Berkeley versions of the Unix(tm) operating system provide line printer spooling with a collection of programs: lpr (assign to queue), lpq (display the queue), lprm (remove from queue), and lpc (control the queue).
These commands are processed when the line printer daemon has been given the receive job command.
This section discusses the format of the lines in the control file which is sent to the line printer daemon.
community.roxen.com /developers/idocs/rfc/rfc1179.html   (2774 words)

  
 Basic Setup
See section Advanced Printer Setup to learn how to print a variety of special file formats, to print header pages, to print across a network, to control access to printers, and to do printer accounting.
At this point, your printer should be hooked up, your kernel configured to communicate with it (if necessary), and you have been able to send some simple data to the printer.
Note that the name of the printer starts in the first column but all other entries describing the printer should be indented and each line end escaped with a backslash.
www.freebsd.org /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-intro-setup.html   (3802 words)

  
 TallyGenicom Line Matrix Printers HOME   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
TallyGenicom line matrix printers are the backbone of many back-office systems.
The T6200 series line matrix printers are ground-breaking solutions for high-volume, mission-critical impact printing.
Designed for HP® compatibility, the LJ Series of line matrix printers offer superior performance, reliability and quality for mission-critical applications.
www.tallygenicom.com /products/line.htm   (158 words)

  
 PLP -- the Portable Line Printer spooler system   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
TCP/IP sockets can be used as line printer devices, allowing printers to be connected to terminal servers, and allowing use of recent HP LaserJet printers' MIO interfaces.
Access and permission to use PLP functions is controlled by entries in a printer permissions file which can restrict use by user name, host, spooler, page useage, and a host of other factors.
Line printer control functions can be exercised from a remote host.
www.jmason.org /plp.html   (470 words)

  
 CERT Advisory CA-2001-30 Multiple Vulnerabilities in lpd
The line printer daemon must be enabled and configured properly in order for an intruder to exploit this vulnerability.
This is, however, trivial as the line printer daemon is commonly enabled to provide printing functionality.
You may wish to disable the line printer daemon if there is not a patch available from your vendor.
www.cert.org /advisories/CA-2001-30.html   (1522 words)

  
 TallyGenicom Line Matrix T6100 Printer - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
Tally T6100 Line Printer is one of a series of printers that represent years of experience combined with the latest technology.
All interface configurations and printer setups are performed through the control panel; there are no internal switches to set or jumper wires to connect.
In addition, the printer's operational configuration is stored in nonvolatile memory; you'll never again have to reconfigure your printer because of a power loss.
www.shopping.com /xPC-Tally_Line_Matrix_T6100~PD-20151432~FD-6~kworg-printer_Line_Matrix~DMT-3~VK-3068675   (408 words)

  
 [No title]
Well first you send some codes that setup the printer, to let it know that we are going to send it some graphic information.
Here is what we would send: 1st line: #255,#255 2nd..15th line: #128,#1 16th line: #255,#255 This would print a solid line for the top and bottom and two vertical lines for the sides.
Note that the printer does not print in RGB it just processes the data for you to break it into cyan, magenta and yellow.
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/2926/tpsrc/bn_hpcolor.txt   (879 words)

  
 CUPS Software Users Manual
These printing systems support line printers (text only) or PostScript printers (text and graphics), and with some coaxing they can be made to support a full range of printers and file formats.
Printer vendors can use its modular filter interface to develop a single driver program that supports a wide range of file formats with little or no effort.
Printers and classes on the local system are automatically shared with other systems on the network.
www.cups.org /sum.html   (9260 words)

  
 IBM 6400 Line Printer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The printer comes complete with an 80-character display that lets you verify the operational status of the printer in one of seven different languages.
This utility provides the ability to access multiple printers remotely from a single database, download software and printer settings from a host computer, and use a virtual operator panel to configure printers.
Each IBM 6400 printer is capable of printing advanced graphics and bar codes using a variety of graphic features, such as Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), Code V and IGP.
www.irdatalink.com /ibm/6400-i24.htm   (459 words)

  
 impact printer Computer Encyclopedia Enterprise Resource Directory Complete Guide to Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The earlier, noisier kind of {printer} where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper.
The term would only be only used in contrast to "{non-impact printer}".
Examples include {line printer}, {daisy wheel printer}, {golf ball printer}, {dot matrix printer}, {Braille printer}.
www.jaysir.com /computer-encyclopedia/i/impact-printer-computer-terms.htm   (65 words)

  
 Tally T6100 Line Matrix Printer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Inventors of line matrix printing, Tally has equipped these printers with flexible configurations that adapt to different commercial or industrial applications: open pedestal, enclosed pedestal or quietized cabinet, with distinct advantages in print quality, speed and functionality.
With the exceptional price/performance of the T6100 pedestal model and the 49 dB(A) quiet operation of the T6101, these printers are ready to meet the toughest challenges for business today, tomorrow and well into the next century.
Moreover, Tally's line matrix technology and long standing reputation within large commercial and industrial enterprises provides a solid foundation of reliability.
www.twindata.com /tally/T6100.htm   (675 words)

  
 The IBM 1403 Printer
As IBM says on its history site, "the 1403 printer -- four times faster than any competitor -- launched the era of high-speed and high volume printing, and was not surpassed for print quality until the advent of laser printing technology in the 1970s.
The print mechanism is a spinning chain, with hammers that strike the chain through the paper exactly when the right character is underneath.
They even had a caution in the manual that you were not to put the used oil back into the hydraulic unit as it was always full of paper dust.
www.columbia.edu /acis/history/1403.html   (818 words)

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