| Term | Explanation |
|---|
| ACL | Auto Cleaning | Auto Cleaning |
| AD | Analog to Digital Converter | Measures the analog signal voltage, and reads this as digital data. |
| APG | Automatic Platen Gap | Automatic Platen Gap |
| ASF | Automatic Sheet Feeder | Auto Loading |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| AstrioC | AstrioC | Informal name for integrated circuits on MAIN board |
| AstrioP | AstrioP | Informal name for integrated circuits on MAIN-B board |
| BPE Sensor | Bottom Paper End | Sensor that detects the edge of the roll paper, thus determining if paper is present |
| BtoB | Board to Board | Way in which two boards are directly connected by a connector |
| CIS | Contact type Image Sensor | An abbreviation for Contact type Image Sensor which is an optical contact type sensor |
| CR | Carriage | Carriage |
| CRCM | Carriage Contact Module | CSIC contact module |
| CSIC | Customer Satisfaction Improvement Cartridge | Consumable management chip |
| CS rank | Customer Satisfaction rank | Regional settings |
| CUT | Cutter | Cutter |
| DRV-H Board | Drive head board | Board for driving the head |
| EJ | Eject | Paper Eject |
| EPC (EPC_Check Error) | - | CSIC data confirmation |
| FFC | Flexible Flat Cable | Wiring material |
| FL | Flushing | Flushing |
| FW | Firmware | Firmware |
| HCS | Head Customer Satisfaction | Communication function inside the head |
| I2C | Inter-Integrated Circuit | Communication specification |
| ID | identification | Identification number |
| IF | Interface | Interface |
| IMS | Ink Mark Sensor | Ink Mark Sensor |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | LCD panel |
| MR (MR Data Error) | MR | CSIC chip name |
| MTTR | Mean Time To Repair | Average repair time |
| NVT | Nozzle Verification Technology | Nozzle Verification Technology |
| PCD | Portable computing device | Portable computing device |
| PCI-e | Peripheral Component Interconnect-Express | Extended interface standard for serial transfer methods that enables high-speed data communications. |
| PDL | Page Description Language | Page Description Language Data used to print pages (figures, characters, etc.) using a printer. |
| PF | Paper Feed | Paper Feed |
| PID | Proportional-Integral-Differential | A type of motor control method |
| PG | Platen Gap | Platen Gap |
| PW | Paper Width | Paper Width |
| RIPS | Replaceable Ink Pack System | High-capacity ink pack system |
| SOC | System-on-a-chip | Integrated circuit |
| SSD | Solid State Drive | Abbreviation for solid state drive. Storage medium that uses semiconductor device memory |
| TPM | Trusted Platform Module | Security chip |
| UPE Sensor | Upper Paper End | Sensor that detects board paper/cut sheet |
| VBS | Voltage Bias | Common name for voltage inside the head |
| VSD | Variable Sized Droplet (Technology) | One of the characteristics of piezo heads, in that it allows for the printing of dots of different sizes. |
