Xerox 721P83071 manual Pdl

GLOSSARY

	parameter		Part of a command, other than the keyword. See also keyword;
			operator command.
pass	through	job	On systems with XPAF, a job that is sent directly from a host to a
			Xerox printer via XPAF, without undergoing XPAF processing.
	password		Unique word or set of characters that an operator or user must
			supply to log on to a system.
	patch		In programming, to modify a portion of the program at the
			machine language level (as opposed to modifying at the source
			program level).
		PDL	print description language. Language used to describe printing
			jobs to an LPS. PDL describes the input (type, format,
			characteristics), performs the processing functions (logical
			processing), and describes the output (type, format, font
			selection, accounting options).
physical		page	Sheet of paper on which printing is done. See also
			edgemarking.
	point		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 every inch. See also pica.
	point	size	Height of character set from the top of its ascenders to the
			bottom of its descenders in units (points). Point size does not
			always include leading.
portrait page	orientation		Orientation of print lines or the top of an illustration parallel to
			the short edge of the paper if the sheet is within the standard
			size range. Sheets larger than standard have the reverse print
			orientation.
	printer		Output device that produces hardcopy printouts. Also referred
			to as the IOT.
	prompt		Message or symbol displayed on a system console requiring the
			operator to take action.
proportional		font	Font containing characters that vary in width. See also fixed font.
proportional spacing			Text in which each alphanumeric character is given a weighted
			amount of space. Such output has print-like appearance.
			Proportional spacing allows more space for wide characters and
			less space for narrow characters
proportional		type	Characters that vary in width.
	purge		To delete data from a system.

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