PostScript language
A programming language designed to convey a description of a desired page to a printer. It can describe a page containing any combination of text, graphical shapes, and digitized images.
primary corona wire
A wire located inside the
printer controller firmware
The firmware that interprets the data in a print request according to a specified data syntax, builds bitmaps of each page to be printed, and forwards the bitmaps to the print engine, which produces the hardcopy output.
print density
The relative thickness of the line used to print characters. The thicker the line, the darker and denser it looks. The thickness of a line is known as the ``line weight.''
printer software
The software that handles the communications between the process that makes a print request (terminal), the process that provides resources (a host), and the process that performs the printing service (a print queue).
protocol
A procedure or set of rules that controls the communication between computers and peripherals. Also, a set of conventions between communicating processes regarding the format and contents of messages to be exchanged.
RAM
Abbreviation for
reset
A procedure that clears data in the print buffer and returns the printer to the ready state. The printer operates using the settings stored in RAM. These settings are loaded into operating memory when a reset is performed.
