Glossary
dithering A halftoning method in which dots are arranged in an orderly pattern. Dithering works best for printing images with solid colors, such as charts and graphs. See also halftoning.
dpi Dots per inch. The dpi measures the resolution (print quality). See also resolution.
driver A software program that sends instructions to a computer peripheral to tell it what to do. For example, your printer driver accepts print data from your word processing application and sends instructions to the printer on how to print this data.
Error Diffusion This halftoning setting smooths out edges by randomly placing dots of varying colors.
ESC/P Abbreviation for Epson Standard Code for Printers. This system of commands gives you control of your printer from your computer. It is standard for all EPSON printers and supported by most application programs for personal computers.
ESC/P 2 The enhanced version of the ESC/P printer command language. Commands in this language produce
Ethernet Local area network technology that allows multiple transmissions to occur simultaneously.
EtherTalk Macintosh protocol for connecting to an Ethernet network. file server A computer that holds files that other clients can access.
font A style of print designated by a name.
gateway A system connected to more than one network that receives and delivers information from one network to the other(s).
grayscale Shades of gray ranging from black to white. Grayscale is used to represent colors when you print with black ink only.