Glossary

Example:

Printable

area

↓

→←− Nonprint margins

Printer driver

A set of instructions in application software that translates formatting choices into printer commands. When installing the application, the user identifies the type of printer being used so the application knows which printer driver to use.

Print unit

A maintenance package consisting of the photoconductive drum, developing unit, toner, and drum cleaner.

Reset

Clears the print buffer and places the printer online. Unlike initialization, reset leaves the currently selected settings in effect. That is, reset does not restore the power-on defaults. See also Initialization.

Resolution

The fineness of the printing. Resolution depends on the number of dots per inch. High resolution (with more dots) is finer and more precise than low resolution, which is coarser with rougher edges.

Scalable font

A font capable of printing in any point size. Scalable fonts are stored on the computer’s hard disk. Each font consists of character templates that are used by the accompanying font utility software to create the characters in the desired point size.

Some font utilities create a complete set of characters in the desired size and send the complete set to the printer. Other utilities create and send only the individual characters as they are needed, which conserves printer memory.

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