IBM q5-44-3974-04 Portrait, Araster, Scan, Registration, Print Mode, Print Position, Resource

used by a printer can be affected by factors such as

printable

area

and

forms

orientation.

R

portrait

orientation

.

Pertaining

to

a

display

or

random-access

memory

(RAM)

. A

storage

device

hard

data

is entered

and

from

which

data i

copy

with

greater

height

than

into which

width. Contrast

with

in

a

non-sequential

matter.

landscape

orientation.

retrieved

preprinted

form

.

A

sheet

of

forms

containing

araster .

(1) In

computer

graphics,

a

predetermined

preprinted

design

of

pattern of lines that provides uniform coverage of

constant data with which

variable

(2) The

coordinate

grid that

divide

data

can

be

combined. Selectronicalso

overlay.

display

space.

display area of a display device. (3) In the 31

Presentation Text Object

Content

Architecture

Subsystem, an on/off pattern of electrostatic image

(PTOCA) .

OPDS

control

sequences

used to

produced by the laser print head under control o

present

text

information on

a

page,

page

segment,

character

generator.

or

overlay.

print-error marker (PEM) . Small, black, rectangular raster pattern . A series of picture elements (pels)

arranged in scan lines to form an image.

marks that indicate incorrectly placed data in the valid printable area.

raster

scan .

A

technique of

generating

or

recording

Print

Management

Facility

(PMF)

.

An

interactive

the elements of an image

by a line-by-line sweep

across

the

entire

output

medium.

menu-driven program that can be used to create

and

modify fonts

and

to

define

output

formatting

for

data

In

printing,

refers

to

the

relative

pr

printed

on

the

IBM

3130

Advanced

Function

registration .

Printer.

of

images

that

are

printed

at

different

positions

print

mode .

The

operational

mode

in

which

For example, when you process preprinted forms, the

information

is

received

from

the

attached

registration is good if the new image printed by

controlling

3130 aligns correctly with the preprinted image. Pr

computer system and printed output is produced.

Contrast

withest

modeanddiagnostic

mode.

that

extends

beyond

box

edges

and

text

that

ove

other

text

are examples

of

poor

registration.

print

position .

The

physical

positions

of

the

resident font . Those font data sets that are resid

characters

constituting a

print

line

relative

to

the

form.

within the printer. They usually reside on the pri

print

quality .

The

quality

of

printed output

diskette media (floppy or hard disk). These font

relative to

are usually commonly used fonts and by having them

existing standards and in comparison with jobs printed

earlier.

resident

reduces

font

load

time. These

fonts

may

be

used

during

offline

testing

of

the

printer.

Print

Service

Facility

(PSF) .

The

access

method

that

supports

the

printing

of

text

an

images

on

resource .

(1) People,

equipment,

or

material

used

t

a page.

perform a task or a project. (2) Any facility of

Print

Services

Access

Facility

(PSAF)

.

A

computing

system

or

operating

system

required

by

a

menu-driven, print-parameter selection program

for task, including main storage, input/output devices,

page

printers

controlled

by

PSF.

processing units, data sets, and controller processi

print

surface .

programs;

for

example,

page

printers

use

resources

The

side

of

a

form

that

receivessuch

asthe form

definitions,

page

definitions,

and

fon

printed

image.

proportionally-spaced

font

.

A font in which the

reverse

heading

.

A

heading

where

each

character

is

highlighted

by

reversing

the color of the charact

graphic

characters are

contained in characterits cellsbackground;that

for

example,

changing

a

black

chara

may vary with the size of

each

graphic

charon acterwhiteandbackground to

a

white

character

on

a

have

varying

character

increments. This

allows backgroundfor

.

even spacing between printed characters and eliminates

excess white space around narrow characters.

Contrast

with

constant

spaced

font.

S

scanner .

A

device

that

examines

OCR,

graphics,

MICR, or bar-code patterns and generates electrica

signals corresponding to the pattern. It sends the

signals

to

a

computing

device

for

processing.

screen

or

screening

.

In

document

printing,

a

sheet

of

material,

usually

film,

carrying

a

regular

pattern

o

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