Canon MP-C635 Pause, Portrait orientation, Print head capping, Printable area, Printer driver

Page orientation

Refers to the direction of print on the page. Printing across the width of a page is called portrait orientation. Printing across the length of a page is called landscape orientation.

Pause

A timing entry required for registering certain long distance numbers and for dialing out through some telephone systems or switchboards. Pressing the REDIAL/PAUSE button enters a pause between digits of a telephone number.

Portrait orientation

Refers to printing across the width of the page (letter style). This is the opposite of landscape orientation, which is printing across the length of the page.

Print head

The printing mechanism that contains print nozzles and ejects the ink for printing.

Print head capping

An automatic protection function that prevents the print head unit and BJ cartridges from drying out or becoming clogged with dust.

Printable area

The area of a sheet of paper or envelope on which a printer can reproduce text or graphics (the printable area is smaller than the paper).

Printer driver

Software that sends printing instructions to a printer (in this case, the MultiPASS C635). The printer driver keeps track of the attributes of a printer and the codes the program must send to access those attributes.

Pulse

See Rotary pulse.

RAM

Random Access Memory. Memory that is used for temporary storage of information such as documents you want to print, scanned and received documents, and downloaded fonts.

Receiving

Receiving faxes is also defined as RX or reception. This refers to how the MultiPASS receives fax documents.

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