Glossary

Orientation

The direction of print on a page. Printing such that the shorter edges of the paper are at the top and bottom is called portrait orientation. Printing such that the longer edges of the paper are at the top and bottom is called landscape orientation.

Example:

Portrait Landscape

Page description language

A set of codes that describe the placement of text and graphics on a page. Page Control Language (PCL), the language used by HP LaserJet printers, and Postscript are examples of page description languages.

Page protect

 

A printer feature that reserves a block of printer memory exclusively

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for text and graphics data. Page protect prevents memory overflow

 

 

errors when printing very dense text or complex graphics. However,

 

page protect also reduces the amount of printer memory available for

 

downloadable fonts.

 

Parallel interface

 

A connection between the computer and printer in which data is

 

transferred simultaneously through multiple wires. A parallel

 

interface is faster than a serial interface, but the distance over which

 

it can send data is limited. The Centronics interface is a type of

 

parallel interface. See also Serial interface.

 

Photoconductive drum

 

The part inside a page printer on which the image is created before it

 

is transferred to the paper.

 

User’s Manual

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