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What is a common term used to describe the symbol that is used on printers, photocopier and fax machines to start printing? It is square standing on one of its corners with a vertical line inside almost connecting the top and the bottom corner but with some space around. It usually appears on a big green button.

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The only description I could find is at http://www.baddesigns.com/copier.html, calling it “the line in the diamond”. I was however unable to find any name whatsoever. Canon uses this symbol on some of its Pixma line printers (example), but only an icon is used to reference the button.

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This symbol is listed as IEC 60417-5104 and is called Start [of action] in the ISO/IEC 13251 collection of office symbols. It is commonly swapped with a line inside a circle today.

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