Xerox 4450, 4650 manual Pcc, Pde, Pdl

GLOSSARY

orientation		In reference to image area, describes whether the printed lines
		are parallel to the long edge of the paper (landscape) or the
		short edge of the paper (portrait).
origin		In reference to image area, the upper left corner of a sheet.
overprint	ratio	Maximum number of variable data and form characters that can
		be intersected by a single scan line.
packet		A group of DJDE records terminated by an END command.
page	end	Command character (form feed) to terminate the current page.
palette		Predefined set of colors or inks. Different versions are provided
		with the printer and with host- or PC-based application software.
parameter		Part of a command, other than the keyword. See keyword.
parse		To read or interpret a command; to build up a parameter list
		from information within a command.
	PCC	Printer Carriage Control.
	PDE	Page Description Entry.
	PDL	Print Description Language. Language used to describe printing
		jobs to a laser printing system. PDL describes the input (type,
		format, characteristics), performs the processing functions
		(logical processing), and describes the output (type, format, font
		selection, accounting options).
	PE	Phase encoded.
physical	page	Actual page size your printer uses to print a form.
pitch		Width of a fixed-pitch font expressed in characters per horizontal
		inch.
	pixel	Acronym for picture element. Smallest addressable point of a
		bitmapped screen that can be independently assigned color and
		intensity.
point		In Xerox laser printing systems, a unit of measurement equal to
		0.0139 inch. Points are always used to express type, size, and
		leading. There are 12 points to a pica and about 72 points to an
		inch.
portrait		Orientation in which text and images are positioned parallel to
		the short edge of the paper.

GLOSSARY-6 XEROX 4050/4090/4450/4650 LPS FORMS CREATION GUIDE