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終端機

English translation: terminal printing

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Chinese term or phrase:終端機印表
English translation:terminal printing
Entered by: anastasia t (X)

05:55 Dec 26, 2006
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Hardware
Chinese term or phrase: 終端機
2. 您可選擇 “L.終端機印表”將報表由連接目前您使用終端設備或個人電腦後的印表機印出,若有些報表需要特別的列印方式,通常也會設在此項目中,可用下拉選擇所要列印的規格.
anastasia t (X)
Local time: 12:36
the text
Explanation:
您可選擇 “L.終端機印表”將報表由連接目前您使用終端設備或個人電腦後的印表機印出

You may select "L" from the menu, i.e., "L. Terminal Printing", to print the report on the printer hooked up to the terminal equipment which you are currently using or print the report on the printer hooked up to a personal PC.

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Note added at 34 mins (2006-12-26 06:29:34 GMT)
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L - Line printer

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Note added at 37 mins (2006-12-26 06:32:40 GMT)
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"Line printer" is an older type of computer printer printing on wide paper, named after the fact that it prints line by line, one line at a time. It is indeed hooked up to dumb terminals as the text says. I am 99% certain that it is "Line printer" as per the context.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-12-26 06:57:28 GMT)
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The Chinese name of "Line printer" is 寬行印表机 or 宽行打印机.

Here is the answers.com definition of "Line printer":
line printer

"n.
"A high-speed printing device, primarily used in data processing, that prints an entire line of type as a unit instead of printing each character individually."

It prints the top part of each letter of a line, e.g., the dot above the "i", moving down to the middle part throughout the line and then the bottom part throughout the line to finish up the entire line, moving on to the next line, ... .

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franksf
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Computer Terminal
pkchan
4 +1the text
franksf
4 +1Terminal Printing
Min Xuanping


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Computer Terminal


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pkchan
United States
Local time: 00:36
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  tulip855
1 min
  -> thanks
agree  franksf: PK means "終端機."
11 mins
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the text


Explanation:
您可選擇 “L.終端機印表”將報表由連接目前您使用終端設備或個人電腦後的印表機印出

You may select "L" from the menu, i.e., "L. Terminal Printing", to print the report on the printer hooked up to the terminal equipment which you are currently using or print the report on the printer hooked up to a personal PC.

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Note added at 34 mins (2006-12-26 06:29:34 GMT)
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L - Line printer

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Note added at 37 mins (2006-12-26 06:32:40 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

"Line printer" is an older type of computer printer printing on wide paper, named after the fact that it prints line by line, one line at a time. It is indeed hooked up to dumb terminals as the text says. I am 99% certain that it is "Line printer" as per the context.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-12-26 06:57:28 GMT)
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The Chinese name of "Line printer" is 寬行印表机 or 宽行打印机.

Here is the answers.com definition of "Line printer":
line printer

"n.
"A high-speed printing device, primarily used in data processing, that prints an entire line of type as a unit instead of printing each character individually."

It prints the top part of each letter of a line, e.g., the dot above the "i", moving down to the middle part throughout the line and then the bottom part throughout the line to finish up the entire line, moving on to the next line, ... .



franksf
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CHEN-Ling: www.superwarehouse.com/line_printers.cfm
31 mins
  -> Thank you, Yang Min.
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Terminal Printing


Explanation:
According to the text, it means a functioin submenu of that apparatus to activate printing.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-12-26 08:57:13 GMT)
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thanks

Min Xuanping
China
Local time: 12:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franksf: xuanpingm means "終端機印表."
5 mins
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