Lexmark 1200 manual Print material. See media

photoconductor. An element of the print unit that works similarly to film in a camera. As the photoconductor drum rotates, it uses positive and negative charges to alternately attract the toner necessary to define the image produced by the LEDs and transfer the image to the page.

pitch. A unit of measure that designates the number of characters that can be printed in 1 horizontal inch. For example, a 10-pitch font prints 10 characters per inch (cpi).

point. A unit of measure that designates the height of a printed character (1 point = 1/72 in.).

point size. The height of the characters in a font.

portrait orientation. Printed page orientation in which the print runs along the short edge of the paper.

power saver. A printer setting that reduces power usage when the printer is idle. When the Power Saver message is displayed, the printer is ready to receive print jobs.

ppm. See pages per minute.

primary color. Colors that, when combined, produce white in an additive color system and black in a subtractive color system. Red, green, and blue (RGB) are the additive primaries. Cyan, magenta, and yellow (CMY) are the subtractive primaries.

print material. See media.

print server. See external network adapter.

print unit. The assembled unit inside the printer that includes the toner cartridge and developer and the photoconductor.

printer driver. A program that translates the language of a software application to the language of the printer so the two can communicate data.

printer language. A set of defined commands (such as PCL or PostScript) to which the printer responds.

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