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Printers

Any term that relates to machines that can take computer text or image and transcribe it into paper form.

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label stock

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A paper sheet carrying peel-off or perforated labels that are arranged in a regular pattern.

landscape printing

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Printing where the longer length of the page runs from side to side rather than top to bottom. Landscape mode is often used to print spreadsheets and larger photographs.

large-format printer

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An inkjet printer designed to handle paper sizes of 11x17 inches or larger. Some large-format printers also use continuous rolls of paper. These printers are generally designed to produce ...

laser printer

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A printer or all-in-one unit that uses static electricity and heat to bond particles of toner to a page to create characters; the same technology used by many copy machines.

letter quality

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An old term for a printer that produces text that looks as if it were created with a typewriter.

monochrome printer

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A printer that prints in only one color, usually black. Some monochrome printers can also produce text and graphics in shades of gray, as well as strict black-and-white.

network interface card

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An adapter card installed in a computer that enables it to connect to a network; most NICs support several different types of networks and network cabling.

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