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PINFEED [4 records]

Record 1 2009-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
DEF

A method of advancing or feeding paper through office machines by moving pins which engage in corresponding holes along one or both sides of the data medium.

Key term(s)
  • stacker pin drive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie
DEF

Entraînement qui s'effectue dans une unité d'impression dont le cylindre est muni de roues dentées à chacune de ses extrémités. Les picots, qui s'engagent dans les perforations marginales du papier, assurent le déroulement normal du papier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de oficina
DEF

Método de movimiento de papel por medio de un conjunto de clavijas en un rodillo o tambor. Las clavijas enganchan el papel a través de huecos perforados en sus bordes izquierdo y derecho.

OBS

alimentación por clavijas: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2002-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Machinery
DEF

A typewriter or printer platen that employs a sprocket-type pinfeed for the indexing of continuous form paper.

Key term(s)
  • pin-feed platen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanographie
DEF

Cylindre muni de picots qui entraînent le papier comportant des perforations appropriées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Máquinas de oficina
DEF

Dispositivo cilíndrico que arrastra el papel mediante una combinación de anillos dentados, que se enganchan en las perforaciones en ambos lados del papel, en lugar de arrastrarlo por tracción.

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Record 3 1995-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
OBS

Part of an IBM laser printer, model 3800.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
OBS

Pinfeed. A device which controls the movement of paper in a machine by engaging moveable pin-like guides with marginal punching, usually a pinfeed platen or tractor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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