Glossary

high-gloss photo A glossy, opaque photographic paper.

HP-GLOne of Hewlett-Packard's standard graphics languages for plotters and printers. Produces vector data. Forerunner to HP-GL/2.

HP-GL/2One of Hewlett-Packard's standard graphics languages for plotters and printers. Produces vector data. Newer than HP-GL.

I/O Input/output. 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 the drawings relative dimensions.

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

JIS size A Japanese standard paper size.

LAN Local area network.

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

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

matte Not glossy.

matte film Opaque, polyester media type (not glossy).

media The material, usually paper, onto which the plotter prints.

media bin The media catcher situated below the plotter.

MIO Modular input/output. Refers to the plotter's network interface.

nesting Placing two or more plots side-by-side on the media to avoid waste.

opaque bond A matte paper media.

palette A set of logical pens defined by color and width.

PJL Printer job language. A programming language that controls jobs going to a printer or plotter.

PML Printer management language.

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

pen Even though the plotter has no physical pens, the lines it draws match the attributes of a pen.

platen The exterior part of the plotter on which the media rests before going into the media-entry slot.

plotting area Page size minus margins.

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