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PINFEED PAPER [2 records]

Record 1 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 2 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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