Interface Cable

HP PCL

An acronym for Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language, the printer control language native to the HP Laser Jet Series II and III printers. Your QMS 1660 Print System has a resident HP PCL 5 emulation.

HP-GL

An acronym for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language, the programming language on which HP plotters are based. Your QMS 1660 Print System has a resident HP-GL emulation.

IDE

An acronym for Integrated Drive Electronics. “Integrated” refers to the fact that all of the controller electronics are on the drive itself, so no separate adapter card or expansion slot is required. See also SCSI.

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers, an organization of engineering and electronics professionals. The IEEE 802 Standards define methods of access and control on local area networks.

Imageable Area

The maximum area of a sheet of media capable of being printed on. It is subject to both hardware limits (the physical page size and the margins required by the print engine) and software constraints (the amount of memory available for the full-page frame buffer).

Intellifonts

A collection of 37 PCL 5 fonts available on the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4Si. An optional Intellifont SIMM provides these fonts on your printer.

Interface

The place where two devices are physically connected, allowing them to communicate.

Interface Cable

A special cable used to connect the printer to the computer so they can communicate.

Glossary

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