HP 510 Inkjet Large Format CH336A#B1K Margin, Matte, Input/output, Inked area, ISO size, Media

Glossary

HP-GL/2

One of Hewlett-Packard's standard graphics languages for plotters and printers. Produces vector data. Newer than HP-GL.

IDS

margin

The space around the page added by the printer to separate one page from another and to avoid printing right to the edge of the media.

Ink Delivery System.	matte
I/O Input/output	Not glossy.

The transmission of data between a computer and a device.

inked area

The smallest rectangle that contains all the content of the drawing, while maintaining its relative dimensions.

ISO size

An international standard media size; e.g. A1, A2, etc.

media

The material, usually paper, onto which the printer prints.

nesting

Placing two or more pages side-by-side on roll media to avoid waste.

palette

A set of logical pens defined by color and width.

ISS

Ink Supply Station

JIS size

A Japanese standard media size.

LAN

Local area network.

LDS

Leak Detect System

long-axis printing

Printing a page whose X-axis (the axis vertical to the printer as you look at it from the front) is longer than a standard page size.

Paper-axis

The vertical axis, as you look at the printer from the front.

PJL

Printer Job Language. A programming language that controls jobs going to a printer.

PML

Printer Management Language.

parallel interface

A type of interface between computer and device. Generally faster than a serial interface.

G-2