PC>Personal Computer.

PCA>Printed Circuit Assembly.

pen>1. Even though the inkjet plotter has no physical pens, the lines it draws match the attributes for pens numbered 1 through 8 in the application software. (See also •palette.")

2.Sometimes used instead of •print cartridge."

pinch(￿rm lever>Pinch?wheel lever, media?jam lever.

PJL'Printer Job Language, developed by Hewlett?Packard to give software applications more job?level device control and to provide device status information to the application.

pl￿ten roller'Drive roller.

plot qu￿lit&>Print quality.

PML>Printer Management Language.

P/￿>Part Number.

po%er c&cle>The switching of the plotter off and then on again.

prim￿r& colors>cyan, magenta, yellow, black.

print qu￿lit&>Plot quality

Product Line 30>Hewlett?Packard's product line of large?format, pen and thermal?inkjet plotters.

P￿M>Pulse?Width Modulation.

￿AM>Random?Access Memory.

r￿ster>1. A matrix of dots, or pixels, where each pixel is defined by a bit. A bit that is •on" will print a dot on the paper. A bit that is •off" will leave the area blank.

2.A method for defining a plot directly in terms of the pixels rather than as vectors.

r￿ster im￿ge processor>Software that converts graphics data to pixel format.

rel￿tive humidit&>The ratio of the amount of water vapor actually present in the air to the greatest amount possible at the same temperature, (from Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary,

E Merriam?Webster 1991).

resolution>A measure of image sharpness expressed as a number of lines per unit length. When referring to plotters, addressable resolution means the smallest move the plotter can make programmatically.

rms>Root mean square.

￿￿M>Read?Only Memory.

rom￿n>A character set based on the Latin alphabet.

￿￿(232(C interf￿ce>A serial interface standardized by the Electronic Industries Association Standard RS?232?C.

￿TL>see •HP?RTL."

sec>Second(s).

second￿r& colors>Red, blue, green.

service monitor>Data display; display data; monitor mode.

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