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G
Gamma Correction
Gamma is used to adjust the mid-range color
density of your image.
H
Halftone
This setting in the Options dialog box allows
you to define how sharp you want the printed
image to appear. There are three types with this
printer driver: Spiral; Mesh; Error Diffusion.
Handshaking
In data communications, the automatic acknowl-
edgment by the receiving device of information
that has been sent to it, either by signals and the
interface ("hard") or by software controls
("soft").
Hex dump
Conversion by the printer of ASCII symbols into
their hexadecimal (base 16) equivalent. This is
useful for programmers or other users who want
to troubleshoot the communications between the
computer and the printer.
I
Icon
A small pictorial representation of an item on
your computer's desktop in Windows.
Interface
A hardware plug that allows cable connections
of two devices. For example, a cable from a
computer parallel port to a printer's parallel port.
L
Landscape
Printing on paper across its wider dimensions,
such as a spreadsheet that is 11 inches wide and
8.5 inches high; landscape pictures are usually
wider than they are tall.
M
Megabyte
1024 kilobytes, or 1,048,576 bytes. Also repre-
sented as MB.
Memory
Part of the computer system that can store in-
formation and retrieve it later.
Menu
A list of items either in the group windows or in
your applications from which you can select.
These are selected by clicking on them with your
mouse button.
Mesh
This is a type of dithering method which is part
of the Halftone setting in the printer driver's
Options dialog box. The dithering cells are
larger than Spiral which makes misregistration
of color less noticable.
Mirror
This function, in the printer driver Setup dialog
box, will cause your image to be printed verti-
cally reversed.
Mouse
A device that controls the pointer arrow on your
display in Windows.
Mouse button
The button on the top of the mouse which you
press to make selections or do some action on
your screen.
MS-DOS
Microsoft Disk Operating System.
P
Parallel
A communications interface that sends or re-
ceives 8 bits of information plus control signals
at a time.
Parity
A bit in a serial information that allows a com-
puter and printer to automatically check for er-
rors in transmission.
Point
This is the typical unit of measurement for height
of a font. One point equals 1/72nd inch.