Glossary |
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print queue | Print jobs that are sent to the printer while it is busy are stored |
| in a waiting line, or print queue, until they can be printed. |
print server | A print server holds all the print information and performs all |
| printing functions. The card can act as a print server when it is |
| in print server mode, selectable through Novell NetWare. |
printable area | The area of a page on which the printer can print. It is smaller |
| than the physical size of the page because of margins. |
printer driver | See driver. |
proportional printing | Printing in which the width of the character varies from |
| character to character. For example, a capital W receives much |
| more space than a lowercase i. |
| Also, a setting in the EPSON Printer Software that allows you |
| to make the printed size of a document different from its actual |
| size. |
protocol | A set of rules and formats that computers use to communicate |
| to one another and to peripherals over networks. |
remote printer | A printer that is connected directly to the network and chooses |
| a specified print server when it is turned on. |
reset | To return a printer to its defaults either by sending a command, |
| an INIT signal, or by turning the printer off and then back on. |
resolution | The number of dots per inch used to represent an image. The |
| higher the resolution or print quality, the more detailed and |
| realistic the image. |
router | A device that connects multiple segments of a network and |
| determines when and where to send information from each |
| segment to the others. |
scalable fonts | Fonts that can be enlarged or reduced. |
| (bitmap fonts) can’t change in size. |
screen pattern | This feature prints shaded areas as they appear on screen, |
| instead of printing them as halftones. |