Glossary
pica 1. Unit of measurement equal to 0.166 inch. Picas are often used to express line measure or column width. There are about 6 picas to an inch. Refer to point.
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pitch 1. Horizontal character spacing;
2.The number of page images placed on the xerographic belt during one revolution.
pixel Short for picture element. Smallest identifiable point of a bitmapped screen that can be independently assigned color and intensity. Pixels are definable locations on a display used to form images. For graphic displays, more pixels generally provide higher resolution. Spots, dots, and pixels are used interchangeably.
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. Refer to pica.
point size Height of character set from the top of its ascenders to the bottom of its descenders in units called points. Point size does not always include leading.
portrait page Orientation of print lines or the top of an illustration parallel to the orientation short edge of the paper.
PostScript Page description language developed by Adobe Systems, Incorporated. PostScript describes the input (type, format, characteristics), performs the processing functions (logical processing), and describes the output (type, format, font selection, accounting options) of a print job.
ppm Pages per minute.
primary color A color that, when combined with one or more other primary colors in a color model system in varying quantities, produces the palette of colors described by that model.
printer Component of the DocuPrint NPS/IPS that accepts data from the Printer Controller and prints the document according to the print attributes specified by the user. The printer also provides paper stacking, collating, and optional finishing. “DocuPrint printer” or “printer” refers to the base printer engine (IOT) only, without the Printer Controller and interface.
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