Canon imageCLASS MF7470 - Manual (Page 436)

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Before Using the
Machine
Original and Paper
Copying
Sending and
Receiving
Printing and
Scanning
Network (imageCLASS
MF7480/MF7470 Only)
Remote UI (imageCLASS
MF7480/MF7470 Only)
System Settings
Maintenance
Troubleshooting
Appendix
Index
Table of Contents
Orientation
Orientation refers to the direction of printing. The printer function
can print using two different paper orientations: portrait and
landscape. With portrait orientation, text is printed across the width
of the paper (short edge), and with landscape orientation, text is
printed across the length of the paper (long edge).
Symbol Set
When you print the letter “A,” the host computer sends a code
corresponding to “A” (hexadecimal 41 is an example of this) to the
machine. This code is referred to as the character code. The machine
stores an internal representation of each character, and selects from
among these character patterns the pattern corresponding to the
received code. In this case, the machine searches for the pattern for
“A,” and prints it.
■ The process by which letters are printed
Computer Machine Character
Patterns
The machine uses a fixed rule to decide which letter or symbol
corresponds to the character code sent from the host computer.
For example, the letter “A” is printed for the hexadecimal code “41.”
The rule which determines the correspondence between character
codes and printed letters is called the “symbol set.”