while retaining its correct format, as de®ned by the architecture and as required by Print Services Facility.
format. (1) The arrangement or layout of data on a data medium. (2) The size, style, type of page, margins, printing requirements, and so on, of a printed page.
FORMDEF. Form de®nition.
forms. The material on which output data is printed, such as paper or adhesive labels. The area between perforations on continuous printer forms. See electronic overlay and preprinted form.
forms path. The entire route that forms travel during processing. The forms path usually begins where the forms are loaded and ends at the stacker. Synonym for paper path.
form de®nition (FORMDEF). A statement that speci®es the attributes of a physical page, such as the number of copies and
fuse. To use heat and pressure to blend toner onto forms to make a permanent bond.
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GCGID. Graphic Character Global Identi®er.
GCSGID. Graphic Character Set Global Identi®er.
GDDM. Graphical Data Display Manager.
GOCA. Graphics Object Content Architecture.
graphic. A symbol produced by a process such as handwriting, drawing, or printing. See also vector graphics.
grayed out. Indicates that a Display Touch Screen selection is not active and cannot be selected. For example, the Check Reset pushbutton is grayed out when the printer is in Ready status.
Graphical Data Display Manager (GDDM). An IBM licensed program that allows pictures to be de®ned and displayed through function routines.
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IBM branch office. The local IBM sales office.
IBM Customer Engineer (CE). An IBM servcie representative who performs maintenance services for IBM hardware.
IBM Installation Planning Representative. An IBM representative who assists customers in planning and meeting the requirements for installing hardware.
IBM Marketing Representative. An IBM representative who takes product orders.
IBM MMR. Similar to MMR
IBM Service Representative. An IBM representative who services IBM products in the ®eld.
IBM World Trade Corporation. A subsidiary of IBM that manufactures and markets IBM products outside of the United States of America.
IHF. Image Handling Facility.
IML. Initial microcode load.
impact printer. A printer in which printing is the result of mechanical impacts. Contrast with nonimpact printer.
installation. (1) In system development, preparing and placing a functional unit in position for use. (2) A particular computing system, including the work it does and the people who manage it, operate it, apply it to problems, service it, and use the results it produces.
installation veri®cation procedure. A procedure distributed with IBM licensed programs that tests the newly installed IBM programs to verify that the basic facilities of the programs are functioning correctly.
Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS). Information the system sends to printers that contains
I/O. Input/Output.
IOCA. Image Object Content Architecture.
IPDS. Intelligent Printer Data Stream.
IPL. Initial program load.
IPM. Impressions per minute.
ISO sizes. Pertaining to a set of paper sizes selected from those standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for use in data processing.
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jam. In a printer, a condition where forms have become blocked or wedged in the forms path so the printer cannot operate.
JES2. An MVS subsystem that receives jobs into the system, converts them to internal format, selects them for running, processes their output, and purges them from the system. In an installation with more than one processor, each JES2 processor independently controls its job input, scheduling, and output processing.
