tractor feed

Definitions

Computing

• noun a method of feeding paper into a printer, in which sprocket wheels on the printer connect with the sprocket holes on either edge of the paper to pull the paper through

Electronics

• A method or mechanism for moving papers, or other appropriate mediums, through a printer by using pins which are mounted on wheels on each side of the printer. The medium being utilized must have holes which match the pins. This contrasts with a friction feed, in which the medium is advanced while pinched between rollers.

Information & Library Science

• noun a method of controlling paper feed by the use of holes on the edge of the paper and sprockets on the printer

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Contexts for “tractor feed”

3 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science